10th-13th June: Days 63-66
One of the lesser known US National Parks is a watery wilderness on the Canadian border known as Voyageurs. It is named after the population of French-Canadian trappers, or Voyageurs, that travelled up and down these waters by canoe, exploring and trading fur. There are 500+ islands in approximately 220,000 acres of lands and water. The park is pretty much only accessible by boat or on foot, but there are a few areas that have roads to them. Our stop for 3 nights was a small park on Lake Kabetegoma. Quite exclusive, and a bit pricy because of it. You do get what you pay for though, and it was clean and quiet with good facilities. We caught up with laundry (…this might be becoming an obsession…) and I tried to get more up to date with the blog. The park had the same electrical storm as we had the night prior and this had unfortunately fried the internet connection. A temporary fix had been done, but this meant we had to sit in the sun outside the office to get a signal. Not a bad spot for an office.
The lake was beautiful and we had hoped to rent some kayaks to explore the waterways but the tail end of the storm made it either quite windy or very windy for all the time we were here. We decided to stay ashore. There was hiking and biking to be done, a bar a short cycle away, and a fantastic spot for a sundowner on the lake shore.
