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BOUNDARY WATERS

WHEN I WAS A BOY OF ELEVEV;
THE YMCA SPONSORED A FISHING TRIP TO THE BOUNDARY WATERS I WENT WITH A FRIEND:
THERE WERE EIGHT KIDS IN A VAN:
WE WERE DRIVING UP TP THE BOUNDARY WATERS TO GO FISHING AND CANOEING THAT WAS THE PLAN:

WE DROVE STOPPING AT A FEW LAKES ALONG THE WAY:
CATCHING CRAYFISH CANOEING AND FISHING EVERY DAY:

WE STOPPED AT LAKE MILAC TWO HARBORS ON OUR NORTHERN TRIP;
WE EVEN STOPPED AT THE GOOSEBURY FALLS FOR A LITTLE DIP:

OUR FINAL DESTINATION WAS THE BOUNDARY WATERS AT MINNESOTAS NORTHERN MOST TIP:
FINALLY WE ARRIVED AT THE BOUNDARY WATERS AT THE END OF OUR LONG TRIP:

THE FISHING REALLY WAS GREAT, BUT THE MOSQUITOES THEY WERE GREATER:
WE COULDNT TAKE IT NO MORE AND SAID SEE YA LATTER;

22--JULY--2010:
JOHN D.JUNGERS


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