Paddling Notes

[caleb]

In the past, I've put paddling photos and reports in with the weekly ride reports, but perhaps they could use their own place. This can be a thread for anyone with write-ups, pictures, or questions who wants to use it.

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I got up to the BWCA this week for the second run of the summer. We went out of Kawishiwi Lake, and did an out-and-back to Alice, mostly through the Kawishiwi River followage.

Here are a few shots from the trip:

[robin3mj]

Nice.
I'll post some soon.
Bought an inflatable canoe recently and test runs on tiny Lake Anne last weekend were successful.
Circumnavigating Roosevelt Island tomorrow.

[Too Tall]

Envy. For three years prior to college I traveled from Eli into Quatico with a gal pal who was a pro. guide. Her goal was to get as far into Canada as possible where very few people are able to go without a plane. Basically I was the muscle ;) Incredible country, mystical and at the time quite pristine.

YES post those paddles.

[ides1056]

I look at that breakfast and recall Hemingway's Nick Adams Stories.

I have some gear from Nemo I am very pleased with.

[johnmdesigner]

Oh I love hash browns.

[caleb]

I look at that breakfast and recall Hemingway's Nick Adams Stories.

I have some gear from Nemo I am very pleased with.

Their bug tent exemplifies that old line about luxury being necessity after the first time. I usually sleep out in it when it's not raining. It cools down at night quickly, and it doesn't heat up like a tent in the morning. That, and you get great views as soon as you open your eyes.

What of theirs have you liked?

Oh I love hash browns.

The dehydrated ones that come in a carton are gold for these trips.

[caleb]

I look at that breakfast and recall Hemingway's Nick Adams Stories.

From Hemingway’s unfinished piece, The Last Good Country (1958ish):

“Do we go through it very long?”
“Quite a way.”
“It makes me feel strange. But I’m not afraid.”
“I said that first.”
“I know. Maybe we say it because we are afraid.”
“No, I’m not afraid because I’m with you. But I know I’d be afraid alone. Did you ever come here with anyone else?”
“No. Only my myself.”
“And you weren’t afraid?”
“No. But I always feel strange. Like the way I ought to feel in church.”

[robin3mj]

Winning life this week!

[j44ke]

If I am outside, I am not bored. If nothing is happening, that’s something to see.

[deano]

Where is that?

[caleb]

Where is that?

If you're asking where Jorn is finding stuff to see outside, I'm not sure.

If you're asking where I took the pictures above, they're from the eastern end of the Boundary Waters, east of the Gunflint Trail.

[deano]

If you're asking where Jorn is finding stuff to see outside, I'm not sure.

If you're asking where I took the pictures above, they're from the eastern end of the Boundary Waters, east of the Gunflint Trail.

Oopsie, the latter. Not that what Jorn's got going on outside isn't interesting. :) Boundary waters has been on my list since about age 12 when Mr. Bill, the taciturn plumber scoutmaster waxed absolutely poetic about doing a trip up there. It never came to be, but it stuck with me.

[caleb]

Oopsie, the latter. Not that what Jorn's got going on outside isn't interesting. :) Boundary waters has been on my list since about age 12 when Mr. Bill, the taciturn plumber scoutmaster waxed absolutely poetic about doing a trip up there. It never came to be, but it stuck with me.

I highly recommend it. Or even better, drive around through International Falls and go into Quetico from the north at Beaverhouse.

[j44ke]

If you're asking where Jorn is finding stuff to see outside, I'm not sure.

If you're asking where I took the pictures above, they're from the eastern end of the Boundary Waters, east of the Gunflint Trail.

Sorry - I was wondering how Jon could be bored on a lake like that. Looks great to me. Though I guess he says it isn’t a bad thing after all.

[deano]

Sorry - I was wondering how Jon could be bored on a lake like that. Looks great to me. Though I guess he says it isn’t a bad thing after all.

Yeah, that was deeply suspect, but subtlety and understatement is a lost art, so I guess he could be forgiven.

[deano]

This definitely makes me wish for some time canoeing with my special lady friend, that's for sure.

[caleb]

Labor Day weekend floatila. Likely one of the last paddling days of the summer.

[vertical_doug]

I guess with a backwards Patagonia hat and paddling canoes, you were kicked out of the Trump Flotilla and had to make do...

[guido]

The Flotilla has a >150HP limit...

[guido]

At Least 4 Boats Sink During ‘Trump Boat Parade’ in Texas, Officials Say | New York Times

Maybe being excluded was not such a bad thing...