The ULTIMATE way to explore Voyageurs National Park!

Welcome to Voyageurs National Park! Located in Northern Minnesota, Voyageurs National Park commemorates the voyageurs, French-Canadian fur traders who traveled through the area in the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as preserves logging and resort history across its lakes and islands. And to experience the park’s waterways ourselves, we rented a HOUSEBOAT!

Over 6 days our home on the water took us to some of the park's top sights, like Kettle Falls, Grassy Bay Cliffs, I.W. Stevens Resort, and Hoist Bay. Plus gave us the chance to have the ultimate Minnesota summer getaway full of swimming, grilling, hot tubbin', reading, crafting, and fishing. It was a unique and memorable national park adventure that we will never forget!

A BIG thank you to Ebel’s Voyageurs Houseboats for hosting us on this adventure! 🎉 They offer a wide range of houseboats for different group sizes and budgets. Check out all of their options here: https://links.adventuresofaplusk.com/s/ebels (Ours was the Vista 51 3-bedroom)

📆 This video was filmed from July 5-10, 2026

⌚Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:58 And we’re off!
01:52 Our plan for the day
02:30 How houseboat camping works at Voyageurs National Park
03:20 Tour of our Ebel’s houseboat!
08:38 We have a big day ahead!
09:13 History of Voyageurs National Park
10:44 Visiting I.W. Stevens Resort & Hoist Bay
13:50 Our first rock landing campsite
15:45 Exploring Kettle Falls
17:20 Racing a storm back to camp
18:31 The crew’s different tasks
19:10 Other ways to explore Voyageurs National Park
20:11 Kathryn’s first time captaining!
21:11 Cruising through the Namakan Narrows
22:50 Seeing the Grassy Bay Cliffs
23:32 Our first undeveloped houseboat campsite
24:37 The best campsite of the trip
25:15 Summer camp day!
26:46 Fishing tour with Travis Carlson
29:23 A very early cruise to return our houseboat
31:20 Photo montage 💕

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👋🏼 About us
Hi y’all! We’re Adam, Kathryn, and Kona, an adventurous married couple (+ pup!) living on the road in our self-converted sprinter van! You can often find us driving all around the US and Canada, scoping out the best coffee shops, eating tacos and ice cream (we're a 5+ taco and 2+ scoop household), and enjoying nature.

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