6/10/08 – Finally, after a cold cold spring, green up is in full swing. Purple, yellow, white and pink wildflowers dot the dense green ground cover just off the trails. The scraggly bare-branch spots on the landscapes that marked the aspen and birch stands in winter and early spring now bear the fresh leafy evidence of a wet start to the season here in the Boundary Waters. Looks like a sign of good things to come. And just in time for summer. – Lee

A few of my favorite aspen basking in the evening sun off the back road of the Sawbill Campground.

Forget-me-nots growing in a spot of afternoon sun near the outfitter.