Vayageurs National Park - part 1

During our one month trip, it is the first Park we visited . In parks, we usually take trails, walk with big shoes and a backpack. In this one , we sit down in a canoe, wear a swimming suit, and exchange the backpack for a picnic basket !

Voyageurs is 5 hours driving North of Minneapolis. Fill all the tanks ! Voyageurs is 218,000 acres (882 Km2) ,with Kabetogama, Namakan and Rainy Lakes Named after the French-Canadian fur traders using lakes as an East-West road. So, Ready for the trail ? Let's go ! Don't worry for the weather When it is rainy, the vegetation is even greener We landed here, Voyageurs Park Lodge, by chance, and we were lucky ! They are simple, relax, ready to help ! Hi Casey ! Nice cottages, nice location We really enjoyed our stay there ! (www.voyageurparklodge.com) You may rent motor boats, but we preferred the canoe for its silence ... and its maneuverability . We could explore the islands even in shallow waters and take pictures of undisturbed wildlife www.nps.gov/voya/ will show a map of the park and of all the islands Cormoran, Seagulls on a rock ! You don't need this kind of comments, do you ? There are many, many islands, some like the kitchen, some like a football field. Paddling on the lake is relaxing like a walk in woods, it 's not a race ! Wild vegetation, sun, nice wind, fresh waters, lots of birds the silence of a desert island the calm and peaceful landscape the excitation of discovery ... the question : What is in here ? ...and the answer ! not always the same answer ! And when this is the answer , it is still beautiful ...really beautiful ! I let you explore this island by yourself, in silence... enjoy ! So cute ! Let's try to get closer ! ....Too close !