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airmorse

06/30/2012 09:57PM

Which is your favorite?

"It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you think you've got the stock market beat...but a man worth while is a man who can smile when his shorts are to tight in the seat", Judge Smails.

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kanoes

06/30/2012 10:01PM

set (hi curt)

i think bigfoot is blurry. (mitch hedberg)

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AdamXChicago

06/30/2012 10:05PM

Definitely sunset

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airmorse

06/30/2012 10:54PM

quote kanoes: "set (hi curt)"
Hello Jan.

"It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you think you've got the stock market beat...but a man worth while is a man who can smile when his shorts are to tight in the seat", Judge Smails.

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Savage Voyageur

06/30/2012 10:58PM

Sunset is best for me. I like to sleep in on trips so I miss the sunrise.

"So many lakes, so little time."

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Royce

06/30/2012 11:04PM

quote Savage Voyageur: "Sunset is best for me. I like to sleep in on trips so I miss the sunrise. "
+1
How about some pictures?

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kanoes

06/30/2012 11:09PM

i think bigfoot is blurry. (mitch hedberg)

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Chilly

06/30/2012 11:13PM

It's like picking a favorite son, no pun in 10 did.

"Now days these kids take out everything: radar, sonar, electric toothbrushs" Quint

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walllee

06/30/2012 11:31PM

set

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kayakrookie1

07/01/2012 12:39AM

quote Chilly: "It's like picking a favorite son, no pun in 10 did. "

I just love this post. You ever listen to Bob Dylan, Chilly?

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OBX2Kayak

07/01/2012 04:37AM

quote Chilly: "It's like picking a favorite son, no pun in 10 did. "
+1 ... both have their good qualities.

"I go because it irons out the wrinkles in my soul" -- Sigurd Olson

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joetrain

07/01/2012 05:03AM

sunrise for me.~JOE~

al dio sia la gloria

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joetrain

07/01/2012 05:06AM

al dio sia la gloria

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gutmon

07/01/2012 05:25AM

Sunrise.

"The trouble with the world isn't that people know too little, but that they know so much that just ain't so." Mark Twain

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mocha

07/01/2012 06:03AM

sunrise for me.

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bapabear

07/01/2012 06:11AM

I'm usually up looking for a decent sunrise and have seen plenty but...

I prefer the end of day.

May waters rise to meet you. May wind and current be always at your back. May the Good Lord paddle with you, And may yours be the lightest pack.

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Goldenbadger

07/01/2012 06:21AM

Though I love both, I'm definitely a sunrise girl. Dawn is my favorite time of day. as soon as the sky starts to lighten and the birds are singing, I'm awake. It's so peaceful and beautiful at that time of day. And the fishing is usually awesome in the morning. There's nothing better than sitting at a campsite greeting the sun with a fresh cup of coffee. I always get impatient waiting for everyone else to wake up.

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bwcasolo

07/01/2012 06:27AM

rise-start of another day!

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Spartan2

07/01/2012 07:20AM

While it is hard to choose, I will also have to go with sunrise. On a canoe trip I am often up at first light so that I am sitting with my coffee waiting for the sun to make an appearance. It is those few minutes before you see the sun that the world is the most beautiful.

Nothing wrong with a gorgeous sunset, either, though. :-)

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Trix

07/01/2012 07:48AM

quote Spartan2: "While it is hard to choose, I will also have to go with sunrise. On a canoe trip I am often up at first light so that I am sitting with my coffee waiting for the sun to make an appearance. It is those few minutes before you see the sun that the world is the most beautiful.

Nothing wrong with a gorgeous sunset, either, though. :-)"

I could not have said it better myself. Sunrise for sure! It think it is the best part of the day!

C-H-A-L-L-E-N-G-E: Do not let what you cannot do, interfere with what you can do.

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bhouse46

07/01/2012 08:27AM

Rise, but both are gifts to enjoy. Moonrise is my favorite, though.

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Savage Voyageur

07/01/2012 08:32AM

I did make it up for this sunrise picture on Seagull lake...

"So many lakes, so little time."

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LuvMyBell

07/01/2012 08:49AM

Sunset is my favorite. Time to reflect on the great day that just past.

Sunrise is a close second because of the anticipation of what's to come.

Upon further reflection........they are both great as long as I'm outdoors somewhere.

Paddle Faster....I hear banjo music

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hobbydog

07/01/2012 09:31AM

I would have to say sunrise. Sunsets are easy. It takes effort to make the sunrise. But both can make great pictures.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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missmolly

07/01/2012 10:04AM

I prefer sunsets, but here's a pretty sunrise. It really was as golden as the photo shows. I've taken many evening photos were the blues and reds are more intense than what my eyes saw, but this photo shows that morning as it really was.

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missmolly

07/01/2012 11:10AM

Here's a sunset with canoe photo.

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bellolake

07/01/2012 11:43AM

Sunrise. That's usually the time I have the lake and the campsite all to myself.

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Basspro69

07/01/2012 12:08PM

Love em both, but if I had to choose one it would be sunset.

" I want to know Gods thoughts , The rest are details " Albert Einstein.

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Merganser

07/01/2012 12:37PM

I like both but I find that I enjoy more sunsets. In the evening I'm relaxing in camp and can take it all in. In the morning I'm busy with breakfast and breaking camp. I might notice, even snap a photo but I don't sit there and watch it happen

When I do base camp and am not trying to get on my way, I'm usually up too late to enjoy the sunrise.

"That sort of thing is my bag baby."

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DeterminedOrange

07/01/2012 02:34PM

quote missmolly: "I prefer sunsets, but here's a pretty sunrise. It really was as golden as the photo shows. I've taken many evening photos were the blues and reds are more intense than what my eyes saw, but this photo shows that morning as it really was. "

Beautiful photo missmolly!

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VoyageurNorth

07/01/2012 03:17PM

On canoe trips, definitely sunset. But anyone who knows me knows that I am not an early riser, so that is all I see.

However, when I am at work, I usually see both. Sunset when I'm at work, sunrise when I'm on my way home to get some sleep. The sky can be so beautiful to see as I drive home, a nice "end" to my day.

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schweady

07/01/2012 04:34PM

Sunrise and white horses

"You can observe a lot by watching." -- Yogi Berra

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mooseplums

07/01/2012 04:44PM

I love to watch the dawning of a new day...Sunrise it is.

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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bojibob

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07/01/2012 04:46PM

quote schweady: "Sunrise and white horses
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yep... what a way to start a day

"One inch on the map ~ is not one inch on the ground"

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missmolly

07/01/2012 05:03PM

quote DeterminedOrange: "quote missmolly: "I prefer sunsets, but here's a pretty sunrise. It really was as golden as the photo shows. I've taken many evening photos were the blues and reds are more intense than what my eyes saw, but this photo shows that morning as it really was. "

Beautiful photo missmolly!"

You're just sayin' that 'cause you're orange and that was an orange morning.

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missmolly

07/01/2012 05:04PM

quote mooseplums: "I love to watch the dawning of a new day...Sunrise it is. "

I love the one on the left!

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Camp Cook

07/01/2012 06:09PM

Rise

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dicecupmaker

07/01/2012 06:21PM

Both!

Joy is a great teacher, but so is dispair. Wonder is a great teacher, but so is confusion. Hope is a great teacher, but so is disillusionment. And life is a great teacher, but so is death. To deny yourself any of those in any aspect is not experiencing life totally.

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Hawbakers

07/01/2012 07:03PM

Gonna say sunset. Because after that the stars come out and hopefully Northern Lights.

I think this is a planet though. Thomas Lake

"Far more interesting than the chase itself is the observation, the study of the life histories of the strange and wonderful creatures of the wilderness." President Theodore Roosevelt

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nofish

07/01/2012 08:55PM

I have to go with sunset.

Here is the sunset on Winchell last August. This was from the site on the small peninsula just to the east of the bay that leads to the Omega Portage.

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RainGearRight

07/01/2012 08:59PM

Sun rise here. Just because it is so elusive to me

There's always money in the banana stand.

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snakecharmer

07/01/2012 09:04PM

Sunrise. It's the best time of the entire day...and many people sleep right through it. How sad is that? :)

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after"
~ Henry David Thoreau

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Royce

07/01/2012 11:08PM

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jwartman59

07/01/2012 11:20PM

sunrise is good, mist can make for a nice effect.

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nojobro

07/01/2012 11:42PM

Got up at 5am the other day on Vera Lake and still missed it. So sunset for me.

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gsfisher13

07/01/2012 11:48PM

What is this sunrise thing you are referring to? Not familiar with those. Sunsets, now those are beautiful and I look forward to each one.

Not all those who wander are lost - J.R.R.Tolkien

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OneMatch

07/02/2012 04:49AM

quote jwartman59: "sunrise is good, mist can make for a nice effect. "

Awesome pic!

We all have to believe in something. I believe I'll go paddle.

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blutofish1

07/02/2012 05:08AM

Sunrise for me.

blutofish

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oldgentleman

07/02/2012 06:23AM

Love 'em both.
Won't make a choice.

Moon rise with a full moon is great too.

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SunCatcher

07/02/2012 08:16AM

SUNRISE...I ussually get up at 4:30 or 5 am and love watching the World Wake up!

SunCatcher

Dad Always said "We don't Always catch fish...but we ALWAYS have a good time"

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inspector13

07/02/2012 11:00AM

No favorites, but I’m beginning to better appreciate every sunrise I get to see, now that I’m getting older.

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Ho Ho

07/02/2012 12:00PM

I don't know that I could say one or the other is my "favorite," but I do really treasure sunrises, especially in midsummer between 4:00 and 5:00 in the morning.

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Jeriatric

07/02/2012 01:47PM

Sunrise

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MrBreeze

07/02/2012 02:47PM

Sunsets are beautiful but I prefer Sunrise. Sunsets can be hectic getting chores done while sunrise is quiet, calm, and peaceful.

I wish I were, I wish I might, I wish I was in the BWCA tonite!

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missmolly

07/02/2012 02:51PM

quote jwartman59: "sunrise is good, mist can make for a nice effect. "

I also like this one.

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missmolly

07/02/2012 02:51PM

quote Jeriatric: "Sunrise

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This too!

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fitgers1

07/02/2012 03:57PM

Sunrise. It's the dawn of a new day. A new day of exploring, traveling, fishing, lounging and all that good jazz. Sunset just means the day is over and all I have to look forward to is a couple evening drinks and starwatching and lighted bobber fishing.
But
Sunsets are more spectacular.

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson...and...“Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".

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Goldenbadger

07/02/2012 04:29PM

If you can't tell, I love sunrises. Though I have tons of pictures of sunsets as well.

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