Wednesday, August 13, 2008 This is our layover day. I had hoped we would have traveled farther than he had at this point but we’re still close enough if we have good weather we can make up for Tuesday’s shortened paddle. Breakfast today consists of coffee, oatmeal, and toast with peanut butter on it. Once …
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Awoke to winds out of the South and West today, skies were overcast but not threatening. Breakfast consisted of coffee, oatmeal, and scrambled eggs. Once the dishes were done and camp struck, we loaded up the canoe and bid farewell to our first camp. Hit the water at 11, hoping to …
Monday, August 11, 2008 Wake up to paddle across for breakfast around 7AM. Immediately after unloading its obvious Ken’s fishing pole has an issue – the crank on his reel won’t stay on! We can still fish like that but the crank not staying on will be a serious drag on this trip. He takes …
Sunday, August 10, 2008 Alarm goes off at 4AM so we have time to wake up and pick up Ken before 5. Clocks just turned 5 when we merged onto I-94 in Kenosha to start our long drive to Voyageur Canoe Outfitters. Made good time through Wisconsin, got slowed down some on MN-61 after it …
Saturday, August 9, 2008 The day before we leave for the Gunflint. This day had originally been our desired day for driving until a friend decided to have a sunrise wedding that day. The wedding could have worked fine with our plans to travel on Saturday had one of our trip partners not been brewing …