Monday, 9/26/2022. Day 9 It’s a cool morning to start today, our last full day in the BWCA. I slept with the water filter down in the foot of my sleeping bag so it wouldn’t possibly freeze overnight. The filter tech doesn’t like being frozen. Development of ice can rupture the membrane allowing unfiltered water …
Saturday, 9/24/22. Day 7 It rained overnight, and the day is gray with low wispy clouds. There’s a weather pattern change coming, and the next several days are forecast to feature North winds at various speeds and gusts. Our plan today is to continue West onto Pocket Creek, then turn South onto Ge-Be-On-E-Quet Creek and …
Friday, 9/23/2022. Day 6 It sprinkled overnight. There’s a higher chance of rain later today and into Saturday. Saturday sounds like a clash of the seasons as thunderstorms are a featured headline. Today, it is overcast. After listening to the weather radio and getting some coffee and other food in us, we head into the …
Thursday, 9/22. Day 5 Today marks the halfway point of our trip. We are leaving Iron lake today and headed for the expanses of Lac La Croix. This is a monster of a lake, definitely top 5 in terms of size. Canada will be off our right shoulder for much of today’s paddle Today starts …
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. …