After growing up listening to my father tell stories of his adventures in the Boundary Waters as a Boy Scout, I have spent the last two decades dreaming of paddling the serene wilderness of the Boundary Waters. I had finally had enough of the procrastination on putting together an extended family trip, so I spent a considerable amount of time researching and reading, lurking on these boards, and then booked a permit and began working with Rockwood Lodge and Outfitters to set out on a trip with my husband to celebrate our fifth anniversary. We couldn’t have picked a better place, and had an amazing first trip!