08/21/13 – While we all agree that the Boundary Waters is largely comprised of blue skies, great campsites, good fishing, and abundant wildlife, it does have its seamier side. Take this little fellow, for example, that landed on the office window screen apparently checking in to see if there were any permits left for Labor Day Weekend (there aren’t many)!

A large brown bat.
And then there’s this lovely moment showing a mother garter snake instructing her offspring in the finer points of consuming a toad… whole.

They say… once on the lips, forever on the hips… unless, of course, you’re a garter snake.
-Cindy Lou