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Apostle Islands, Day 1 — June 19, 2008

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

On Thursday morning, I hooked up with a kayak tour group from Trek & Trail Outfitters. Destination; the sea caves along the mainland near Meyer’s Beach. The 10 of us, including 2 guides, were shuttled out to Meyer’s Beach, had some quick instruction, and then started getting our boats ready.

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About an half-hour later, we were at the cliffs.

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The cliffs were awesome!

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This is the first tunnel we spotted.

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A large crevasse lured us to explore its dank, dark depths.

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The colors, patterns and shapes were fantastic.

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Someone mentioned that it was like being at Arches National Park, only with water. I had to agree. It was definitely fun paddling through the arches…

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…to find out what was on the other side.

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Threading the needle… Scott, one of our guides, pulls himself through a particularly narrow arch.

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We stopped on a sand beach for lunch. There was definitely more than enough to go around!

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Lots of smiles to go around too, on the way back.

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Did I mention the fantastic scenery?

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Apostle Islands Kayak Trip -- Click on photo for larger view

That’s all, for now, from day 1. I’ll try to have the photos from day 2 (my solo trip) ready soon. Eventually, I also plan to have a slideshow on my site that will include more photos.