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Last canoe adventure together at Hegman Lakes, a Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) near Ely, Minnesota.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://rodneyschmidtlegacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image000003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>image000003</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Rod's good friend, Dave Rike, September 19, 2022. Last canoe adventure together at Hegman Lakes, a Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) near Ely, Minnesota.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://rodneyschmidtlegacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image0000011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>image000001(1)</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Rod's good friend, Dave Rike, September 19, 2022. 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