Koochiching State Forest: Paddling Moose Lake

We finally got the canoe out of the garage for the first paddle of 2017. Instead of braving the big water and wind on Rainy or Kabetogama, we headed to the much smaller Moose Lake near Littlefork. I think we made a good decision. The small lake is quite scenic. We started out by paddling the outside of the lake close to shore in a counter clockwise direction.

We were able to see some interesting plants being so close to shore
including iris

and sundew.

After circumnavigating the entire lake we cut across the center and then made our way back to the boat ramp in a clockwise direction. Along the way Sierra dipped her net into the water to try and catch fish (and her bath toy animals)

and a dragonfly landed right on my hand at one point.

It was a great way to get the 2017 paddling season started!