We visited our 500th body of water on the 363rd day of our #wildernessyear to @savetheBWCA. Crashing through wet branches and soggy moss, over rotting white pine trunks and through balsam thickets, we slowly bushwhacked towards Reflection Lake. The final 100 yards was a soupy, boot-sucking bog. Before we paddled into the Wilderness nearly a year ago we set a goal of visiting 500 lakes, rivers, and streams. At times it seemed like that would be an easy task, only to seem out of reach a day or two later. It seems fitting that our 500th water source was difficult to reach and thus rarely visited.
All this tromping through the Wilderness has brought into sharp focus what a special place the Boundary Waters is and the urgent need to protect this national treasure.
All this tromping through the Wilderness has brought into sharp focus what a special place the Boundary Waters is and the urgent need to protect this national treasure.
We have been posting a new way you can help protect the Boundary Waters each day for the last 10 days of A Year in the Wilderness here on Facebook. Please take take action and help us #savetheBWCA.
