BWCA.net, Your Guide to Ely and The Boundary Waters Canoe Area

My last lake.

My daughter wanted to swim this one with me and we did.  I’ve never been to this lake.  There is a beautiful beach and little hiking area.   When we got to the lake I walked right out and jumped in.  My daughter inched out slowly.  After all of the years of watching me sit on the shore she couldn’t believe that I just jumped in.  I guess after 50 lakes in 50 days I’ve turned into a true Minnesotan swimmer!

This goal was fun!   Most days I hiked or biked to the different lakes and some days I found one while on a drive.  Almost never did I actually plan the lake ahead of time.  Each day was a new adventure.  Towards the end it became really challenging because of the amount of time it was beginning to take to get to these lakes.  All of the easy to get to lakes that are close to my house have been used up on days when I didn’t have much time.  Although there are still many, many lakes within 20 miles of my house, it would take me hours each day to continue to swim in a new lake every day. 

For the next 50 days I am going to continue to swim every day in a lake.  I’m just going to go back to all of my favorites.