Driving in fog can get tiresome but photographing Lake Superior in fog never does. It changes the shoreline with every passing minute. I got up early for some foggy sunrises this past week. I was very thankful I did even though it's harder to get up for sunrises in the summer since the sun in June will rise at 5:10 AM. The attached photos are a sunrise off the mouth of the Gooseberry River and early morning fog shadowing Split Rock Lighthouse in the distance.

Paul & Karla

The portage between Seagull Lake and Alpine Lake was at the center of the Cavity Lake Fire. All the trees are completely gone. You don't see a single live tree along the entire portage. A small amount of green grass and a few wildflowers are the only signs of life coming back. It is a sharp contrast between the parts of the BWCAW that burned and the area just over the ridge that was saved due to the firefighting efforts. The two attached photos demonstrate that difference.

We had the most beautiful campsite on Red Rock Lake. Pink Lady Slippers were growing around the site. Loons and bald eagles frequented the bay along with two pine marten and a fisher. We even had a woodpecker that was nesting in a Red Pine at the water's edge. We watched the adult feed the baby once and then it decided it was time for the little one to leave the nesting cavity. It stopped feeding the baby for most of the day. The adult came back in the evening but didn't give it any food. As soon as the adult flew off, the little one jumped out of the hole and followed. It was a great experience to witness.

The last day out the wind went down and the lakes reflected the shoreline in their glass like surface. Even Saganaga Lake had a glass like surface. Saganaga is about 8 to 10 miles long and it was a picture perfect day canoeing across that large expanse of water in perfect calm waters.

Like Adam said as we were crossing Saganaga, "This is an absolute perfect day for canoeing".

Paul & Karla

I was hopping that the fox kits would hang around so that more people could see them, especially the ones by the Visitor Center. The mom built the den only about 50 feet off the sidewalk. She must not have been very scared of people. We even dropped trees on both sides of the den while clearing some hazardous trees and didn't even know the mother was in the den with the young. Nobody noticed them until the little ones were already a few weeks old and started coming out along the hillside to play. We had to put a sign up "Fox Den Please Stay Back". Several hundred people got to see them but now it looks like they have moved further down the hill since the den seems to be empty. I was able to get some good photos on Friday with my spotting scope while the little ones were playing outside the den. Fox kits are so cute and seem so happy when playing together.

Paul