Embrace the suck!
That’s my motto. Or, at least, one of them. Another is that there is no such thing as bad weather. Just inadequate gear or preparation. My packs might weigh more than your average ultra lighter, but I would rather be comfortable and more importantly – PREPARED – when I could be days away from the exit.
Canoe Tripping Since
2008
Camping
Since
1982
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And now, a random selection of posts
NTier 19-20 Day 2
Easy morning today. We don’t have to be on base until early afternoon, so we catch breakfast at Britton’s. It snowed a few inches overnight, and we have to clean off the cars before we ‘re able to get going. Isaac gets pancakes which are incredibly huge. Each is nearly as large as the plate! Britton’s is nearly as much of a “have-to” stop in Ely as the Steakhouse is for dinner. They’re renowned for…
BWCA 2022 Day 4
Wednesday, 9/21. Day 4 Staying put today. One thing about having the weather radio as background noise at night is we’re fairly in tune with the forecast. Yesterday was SW winds that pushed us in to Iron. Today the winds are going to be even stronger constant with 30+mph gusts, and coming from the NW. Had we even considered moving today (never was an option) the main body of Iron is going to be a…
BWCA 2022 Day 10
Tuesday, 9/27/2022. Day 10 My eyes blurry from a couple hours of sleep, the alarm goes off at 5:30AM. I want to get a time lapse of the sunrise, I think our campsite’s Eastern shore would look especially pretty in the new day sun. I’m out of the tent only long enough to set up my phone for the video then it’s back under the warm quilt for another hour of sleep. Joe turned in…
Boundary Waters 2018
As a follow up to a successful family canoe camping basecamp experience at the Turtle Flambeau Flowage in 2017, and to have something constructive for Devin & Evie to do before school started back up, I decided to take my two youngest on a proper canoe trip albeit sized appropriately for a 6 and 13 year old. This will be Evie’s 3rd canoe camping trip, having been on the Granite River in the BWCA in…
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Sylvania Wilderness 2012
Our trip officially started on the 30th of June, when Gavin and I piled into our loaded & canoe-topped Prius to head up North for Cub Scout resident camp. After camp was done we drive a little further North to explore parts of the Sylvania Wilderness in Watersmeet, MI. In April of 2011 I also purchased a used Tuf-Weave Spirit II. While we had paddled it locally a few times this was to be her…
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