Our route was through several lakes which were beginning to show the same terrain as further east near the North Shore of Superior.  Precipitous cliffs, ridges between every lake and "mountainous" terrain in comparison to our flatter topography further West in BWCA or northwest in the Q.
My least favorite portage was 160+ rods which took us to an elevation 200 feet higher than the lake we started in, within the first half of the portage. 
But I shouldn't whine...the guys said I must have grown a set of balls to do it and I know I lost a couple sizes in my butt from the way my jeans fit when I got home. 

A good time was had by all. These were some of the most grueling portages I've ever seen strung together in the BWCAW. Thank goodness for the steps that the Forest Service must have put in to make it a bit more tolerable. It really reminded me of backpacking in the mountains of West Virginia.

It was a new area to me and I hope to get back to that corner of the Park someday.

See photo attached—Ben on the portage trail

CanoeFly

I tried to post pics but the files are to big and I'm not sure how to shrink them. I tried putting them in cold water.

Thanks CanoeFly! I didn't know that Preview did anything but annoy me when it opened instead of PShop sometimes.

Is there a program that comes with Windows that will do the same thing and can anyone give easy directions? I tried Paint but... (Worst case you could email it to me.) Cameras come with software too don't they?


Think of the 250K limit as a weight restriction. The average POD ends up at 50K after it's processed. The forums will automatically limit the display size on it's own as the weight limit will still allow images that we'd all have to scroll to see as well as any text on the page.

I find I have better luck shrinking things in the dryer.