Minnesota is indeed a land of thousands of lakes,
and the Arrowhead region in its northeast is beautiful
with water everywhere.

This is one such pond found alongside the Gunflint Trail,
which leads from Grand Marais towards Canada.

You can see ripples at lower left where a busy beaver
kept popping up and disappearing again.
His dam is off to the distant right, but the brilliant colors
were what drew us to the scene.