Voyager National Park and more of Minnesota

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Desert following a nice dinner at The Chocolate Moose in International Falls
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Ranger led pontoon all day boat trip to experience the waters of Voyager National Park.
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A lot of islands but this is not really a canoe/kayak type of park as the distances are greater and water is not calm.
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We spotted over 23 bald eagles on our voyage – the ranger knew where many of the nests were as well as the juveniles that were getting ready to be on their own.
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What a joy to watch them take off and soar!
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Kettle Falls Lodge was the historical destination for lunch.
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We chose to picnic by the dam/falls and enjoy this view.
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This international border marking was under the boardwalk so needed to be pointed out by the ranger.
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This beautiful private beach in Chippewa National Forest on Cass Lake was our home for three nights.
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Nice to relax and take some time off driving. Life doesn’t get much better than this!
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Sunset #1
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Sunset #2
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Sunset #3
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The artistic shot!
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This is Rividoux CCC Camp – a volunteer/camp host gave us an amazing tour. He really brought that era to life and we could envision the men in the camp between their park work.
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The Cass Lake State Park visitor Center was built by the CCC.
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Amazing stone fireplace – notice how the rock placement is so symmetrical.
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This is the Supervisor Office in the city of Cass Lake – also built by the CCC.
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We could not leave Minnesota without visiting Paul Bunyon! Where is Babe? I think he left her back in Michigan!