One of the biggest questions of the pandemic – will our trip still happen? Will our local BSA council allow us to go, will the COVID level remain low enough to allow our group of 18 travelers to experience the wilderness? Sunday, July 26, 2020Monday, July 27, 2020Tuesday, July 28, 2020Wednesday, July 29, 2020Thursday, July …
11 years since our last trip, Joe and I spend 10 days exploring a section of the wilderness off of the Echo Trail. I can’t think of a time when I’ve got together with Joe since before our first trip in 2008 when we didn’t talk about past, present, or future canoe trips…. Sometimes in …
Because, who doesn’t like winter camping in the Superior National Forest? Snow, cold, wind, sun, slush, attempts at cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and dogsledding all happened on this trip. Day 1, December 28, 2019Day 2, December 29, 2019Day 3, December 30, 2019Day 4, December 31, 2019Day 5, January 1, 2020Day 6, January 2, 2020 Trip …
It’s New Year’s Eve! The day dawns with a veil of clouds over the sun at the horizon and clear skies overhead. I actually woke up closer 6AM this day, based on the timestamp on some star photos I took. I tried to sleep a little longer, and around 7:30 our interpreter was checking on …
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 …