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Some of our favorite hikes.........

Gary and Ilo on the North Country Trail to Silver Lake Basin
On the Fox River Trail from Kingston Lake to Lake Superior in late April '06
Me and Kukka on the NCT
Gary and Ilo in the Sturgeon River Gorge Wlderness area
Gary and Ilo on the shores of Lake Superior on the NCT........
Gary and Ilo on a fall hike in tunnel of gold on the NCT on the way to Bob Lake.......
Gary with our KBD's on the shores of Bob Lake
A hike on the trails across from Van Riper State Park. From left to right, Kukka, Ilo, and pups Ilta and Kesa. It was Ilta's last day with us....... :-( before she went to her new home the next day.
Kukka and I on the NCT to Silver Lake Basin....
Ilo and I on the NCT.......his first fall with us.....
This one is of the tired blueberry pickers........Gary's Mom, Viola, Gary with Kukka and me with Ilo. Gary's dad, Arvid took the pic........
Gary and Ilo in the Sturgeon River Gorge area........awesome scenery, especially in the fall......
Gary with Ilo and Kukka in the McCormack Track Wilderness Area.......believe it or not this was in May and we woke up to a fresh blanket of snow
Gary and Ilo running across the swinging bridge over the Ontonagon River on the NCT........there was a gigantic wasp nest underneath, so they had to run for it!
Gary with Kesa and Kukka on the NCT in the Baraga Plains area......
Gary and Ilo at Craig Lake State park........
O Kunde Falls on the Balitmore River......taken during and early spring hike 2008
We ran into Joan Young, avid hiker and author of "North Country Cache" a book about her adventures on the NCT. We were both checking out a section of the trail near Autrain.......
On our way to a trailhead of the NCT in the Sturgeon River Gorge area......Ilo doesn't want to miss ANY action.......
The view from Silver Mountain overlooking the Sturgeon River Gorge in early August '08....at one time the home of a silver mine, but no silver was ever found. Later a fire tower occupied the spot, but has since been torn down........
A mid-September hike at Bruno's Run, a beautiful 10 mile loop south of Munising, which includes 7 lakes and a beautiful stretch following the river.........
Mid-October and on our way back to the Sturgeon River Gorge area........a beautiful day with glorious fall color.
Sampo, with me and Kukka on a hike on the North Country Trail......he stayed with us just a little longer than the other pups, so while waiting for his family to come we took him on his first hike. He did awesome! July 17, 2009
Gary, trying to get all four of them in to stand together for the picture.....lol! Sampo ended up behind Ilo's tail... July 17, 2009