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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Listening Point - General Discussion Wow! Almost a catastrophic fire in BWCAW |
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05/21/2018 11:34PM
That is a great story. That is an area of some of the best old growth Left up there. Not so long ago my bother and I spent an entire day dousing a fire smoldering in the quetico. I understand that fire and wind damage is a part of the forest ecology in the north woods, but I think the bwca has seen enough devastation for the next decade or so.
05/22/2018 06:31AM
A close one for sure. What a brave, handsome fellow this guy must be! His wife is the most beautiful and brave woman on the planet, too. They didn't catch any fish, though! ;)
"Life is not a beauty contest. It is a fishing contest." --me
05/22/2018 07:11AM
lundojam: "A close one for sure. What a brave, handsome fellow this guy must be! His wife is the most beautiful and brave woman on the planet, too. They didn't catch any fish, though! ;)"
Ha! Good job.........right place at the right time.
Lets Go!
05/22/2018 08:18AM
Way to go, Jim & Stephanie! Handsome, beautiful, brave AND TIMELY! Glad you were there to get the fire put out. Just think if you weren't!
"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir
05/22/2018 09:09AM
lundojam: "A close one for sure. What a brave, handsome fellow this guy must be! His wife is the most beautiful and brave woman on the planet, too. They didn't catch any fish, though! ;)"
Well done!
.... I am slow.... took me a while to make the connection.... couldn't figure out the "handsome" and "beautiful" comments without a picture of the two of you in the story!!!
Never criticize someone until you walk a mile in their shoes....by then you'll be a mile away and they will be shoeless!
05/22/2018 10:42AM
Hooray for you two and hooray for the woods too! My dad and I were fishing the UP once and the area had been devastated by fires. We were driving through a burned area and a fire had restarted in burned woods. My dad ran to it to fight it while I drove to the fire station to alert the firefighting crew. I didn't want to be seen as hysterical, so I calmly told one of the firefighters and lawdy, did that ever set off men running and screaming and trucks burning rubber.
I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.
05/22/2018 06:12PM
Thank you Lundojam! You probably saved many acres of forest. And thanks to your beautiful wife, too!
A few years ago in Quetico we came upon a campsite and saw smoke coming out. Smoldering a lot of places including the base of a couple of trees. Of course we put it out but had no way of knowing who the perps were that were so irresponsible.
A few years ago in Quetico we came upon a campsite and saw smoke coming out. Smoldering a lot of places including the base of a couple of trees. Of course we put it out but had no way of knowing who the perps were that were so irresponsible.
We all have to believe in something. I believe I'll go paddle.
05/22/2018 09:48PM
lundojam: "A close one for sure. What a brave, handsome fellow this guy must be! His wife is the most beautiful and brave woman on the planet, too. They didn't catch any fish, though! ;)"
Thank you!
Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe. -Thoreau
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