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10/25/2013 09:58AM
quote RainGearRight: "quote mooseplums: "a much younger Mooseplums and friends"
That's a lot of mustaches!
The guy on the right could be my dad,
Grandpa, brother and dad. Mid 90's"
The guy on the right is Snakecharmer...I am to the left of him, and Mr. Barley is to the left of me.....early 90's
10/26/2013 04:00PM
quote Dennisal: " h20: "VoyageurNorth: "very cool photo..You were thinking it's '79!"I
This was 1979, our family trip to Knife Lake to see Dorothy Molter, the Root Beer Lady. Love my hairdo? What was I thinking?"
I know which one is Dorothy, who is the other elderly lady?"
Sorry, I meant to post that. The lady in the back,next to me, is her sister Ruth.
Notice the suckers my daughters have & are enjoying? For years they swore to me that those were made by Dorothy, just like the root beer. They loved Dorothy and her sister was pretty cool too.
10/26/2013 09:31PM
quote Basspro69: "quote h20: "+1 on the cool photo."quote VoyageurNorth: "very cool photo..You were thinking it's '79!"
This was 1979, our family trip to Knife Lake to see Dorothy Molter, the Root Beer Lady. Love my hairdo? What was I thinking?"
Thanks Basspro! I do realize how lucky I am to have taken a picture with Dorothy, a bit different from the "regular" BWCA pictures.
I'll have to go through my stuff and find the rest, I don't want to lose them some day.
10/27/2013 12:14AM
my wife at whale lake sporting her late 70s due. i want to be twenty again. but i guess that not going to happen. i did it well.check out the size of her pack and then look at what i was carrying. (above). this is how it is done.
i had and used both of those packs, a wilderness experience and a lafuma, heavily until about a year ago when i got tired of stitching them all of the time. great gear last forever, almost.
10/27/2013 02:07PM
quote Basspro69: "quote bottomtothetap: "3rd Trip with that boat, other 2 were on non rocky lakes."quote Basspro69: "My first trip to the BWCA Tin Can Mike Lake in the 80s"
Maiden Voyage for that Alumacraft? It looks pristine!"
Yeah, I have the same model Alumacraft and when I look at pictures of it after its first few trips on the docile St. Francis River in Sherburne County, MN, It looks pretty good too. While it is just as seaworthy as ever, you should see all of the scratches now!
BTW...I still take my Alumacraft QT17 on my trips these days and, like in a lot of these old pictures, I still take cotton and denim to wear because it is comfortable for me on my summer trips and I still have a lot of fun!
10/27/2013 02:15PM
quote okinaw55: "quote Basspro69: "My first trip to the BWCA Tin Can Mike Lake in the 80s
Love everything about that picture but the hat. What were you thinking? Haha"
LOL...I did not pay real close attention to the hat at first. I thought is was a hat for Raider Boats. I figured BASSPRO69 just might have a RAIDER-PRO model boat.
10/27/2013 02:19PM
quote VoyageurNorth: "quote Dennisal: "quote h20: "Iquote VoyageurNorth: "very cool photo..You were thinking it's '79!"
This was 1979, our family trip to Knife Lake to see Dorothy Molter, the Root Beer Lady. Love my hairdo? What was I thinking?"
I know which one is Dorothy, who is the other elderly lady?"
Sorry, I meant to post that. The lady in the back,next to me, is her sister Ruth.
Notice the suckers my daughters have & are enjoying? For years they swore to me that those were made by Dorothy, just like the root beer. They loved Dorothy and her sister was pretty cool too."
I too have a treasured picture of "the guys" and me with Dorothy from my first-ever trip in 1986--the last summer she was there.
In the 70's my hair looked like that as well. But Lynn, is that really you?
10/28/2013 08:44AM
quote VoyageurNorth: "
This was 1979, our family trip to Knife Lake to see Dorothy Molter, the Root Beer Lady. Love my hairdo? What was I thinking?"
LOVE that picture with Dorothy Molter and your hair kinda looks like mine! I didn't have any control of it then and I don't now (LOL)! It never looks the same 2 days in a row.
My first trip began on my birthday, it was August 14, 1984. This was Little Rock Falls on the Granite River.
10/28/2013 01:18PM
quote Mocha: "quote awbrown: "Trip to Quetico, 1967. Found a ruined mining camp full of racks of core samples on the "Man Chain."
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that would be so cool to find! did you rummage around at all?"
Yes we did. I actually carried a chunk out. I discussed the scene with a geologist at the university I attended. He assumed they were sampling for taconite, a form of iron ore. It was quite a surprise to stumble upon this site.
10/28/2013 09:29PM
quote mooseplums: "quote Hawbakers: "1985 Quetico
Yes, of course those are walleyes, six of 'em from a location I simply can not tell you about!"
can't disclose the location cuz you can't remember? :)
nice glasses "
Lol No I know where it is just not giving up my best walleye hole.
Glasses circa 1980's
10/31/2013 09:46AM
I love seeing the old pics! I miss being young, but I don't miss the hair styles. Lynn, your photo of Dorothy Molter is just so cool!
I found a few photos to add to this thread.
Photo #1 1972. Left to Right Don, Robert, Me.
Photo #2 1983 My wife and I are sitting at the top of Louisa Falls.
Thanks for the great idea!
Dave
I found a few photos to add to this thread.
Photo #1 1972. Left to Right Don, Robert, Me.
Photo #2 1983 My wife and I are sitting at the top of Louisa Falls.
Thanks for the great idea!
Dave
10/31/2013 07:54PM
quote awbrown: "Trip to Quetico, 1967. Found a ruined mining camp full of racks of core samples on the "Man Chain."
Great pictures AW! I was through the "Man Chain" in 1984, and at that time, the walls of the cabins in your pictures were still in tact enough to resemble cabin structures, but nothing like the picture to the right. Many of the core sample were exposed and strewn about.
There must not be too much left of these cabins, because I never hear anyone who has done the "Man Chain" in recent years mention them. When I was there in 84', they were quite noticeable. I think I have pictures of their 1984 condition on slides somewhere.
Hans Solo
10/31/2013 09:32PM
quote ozarkpaddler: "quote VoyageurNorth: "
This was 1979, our family trip to Knife Lake to see Dorothy Molter, the Root Beer Lady. Love my hairdo? What was I thinking?"
LOVE that picture with Dorothy Molter and your hair kinda looks like mine! I didn't have any control of it then and I don't now (LOL)! It never looks the same 2 days in a row.
My first trip began on my birthday, it was August 14, 1984. This was Little Rock Falls on the Granite River.
"
I think that kind of "do" was so you didn't have to have control, wasn't it? :-) I had the perm & then the wind did the extra styling.
10/31/2013 10:48PM
quote Stumpy: "
1977 Brent Lake, Quetico.
I know I look like I'm 12 years old, but I was about to enter my senior year of high school.
I've been a late bloomer, my whole life."
Stumpy, you must be my long lost twin: My 17 year old saw this picture and I had a hard time convincing him it was not me!
11/01/2013 02:09AM
quote VoyageurNorth: "quote ozarkpaddler: "quote VoyageurNorth: "
This was 1979, our family trip to Knife Lake to see Dorothy Molter, the Root Beer Lady. Love my hairdo? What was I thinking?"
LOVE that picture with Dorothy Molter and your hair kinda looks like mine! I didn't have any control of it then and I don't now (LOL)! It never looks the same 2 days in a row.
My first trip began on my birthday, it was August 14, 1984. This was Little Rock Falls on the Granite River.
I think that kind of "do" was so you didn't have to have control, wasn't it? :-) I had the perm & then the wind did the extra styling. "
11/01/2013 08:52AM
quote VoyageurNorth: "quote ozarkpaddler: "quote VoyageurNorth: "
This was 1979, our family trip to Knife Lake to see Dorothy Molter, the Root Beer Lady. Love my hairdo? What was I thinking?"
LOVE that picture with Dorothy Molter and your hair kinda looks like mine! I didn't have any control of it then and I don't now (LOL)! It never looks the same 2 days in a row.
My first trip began on my birthday, it was August 14, 1984. This was Little Rock Falls on the Granite River.
I think that kind of "do" was so you didn't have to have control, wasn't it? :-) I had the perm & then the wind did the extra styling. "
Unfortunately, I was born with mine and it's never the same 2 days in a row (LOL)!
11/03/2013 02:28PM
quote bottomtothetap: "quote Stumpy: "
1977 Brent Lake, Quetico.
I know I look like I'm 12 years old, but I was about to enter my senior year of high school.
I've been a late bloomer, my whole life."
Stumpy, you must be my long lost twin: My 17 year old saw this picture and I had a hard time convincing him it was not me!"
You have my sympathy.
11/06/2013 06:46PM
quote Stumpy: "quote bottomtothetap: "quote Stumpy: "
1977 Brent Lake, Quetico.
I know I look like I'm 12 years old, but I was about to enter my senior year of high school.
I've been a late bloomer, my whole life."
Stumpy, you must be my long lost twin: My 17 year old saw this picture and I had a hard time convincing him it was not me!"
You have my sympathy."
Now my wife saw it and agrees with my son! Thanks for the sympathy, Stumpy, But I'm actually glad--strength in numbers!
11/09/2013 08:45AM
quote starwatcher: "Early 60's canoe trip, me in the front of my father's 125 pound Grumman freighter. Glad I didn't have to portage that thing!125# thats a beast but i'll bet it was stable, i use to bring in a coleman scanoe 98#
We need the fashion police out for my army reserve hat and my brother's mountain dew hat.
starwatcher"
09/16/2017 04:34PM
I just noticed that there was at least one recent addition to this thread so decided to check it out. The first one I hadn't seen was by Jc posting photos from his 1978 shots. My first thought was "Old?! 1978 isn't old." Well guess it might be. That was my first trip to the Quetico with my soon-to-be-husband Darryl. The start of our 32 years of at least once-yearly Quetico trips. Our last trip there together was in July, 2010; he died that November.
Here are a few pics from that first trip.
Here are a few pics from that first trip.
09/17/2017 08:25AM
My girlfriend Mia (now wife) in 1986 and 1983. She was game for two trips with me but would rather stay away from the bugs now. She gets bad reactions to any kind of bite. The pic with the headnet is at a Frost Lake beach. The jeep is my 1979 Renegage we took on our first trip at the Homer lake landing. That big red duffel bag held all of our food. Our first night on Juno Lake a bear came and pulled it down and devoured all the contents. It was game over and we spent the week at the Grand Marais campground in the harbor. The fuel cans were in that duffel.
09/19/2017 09:28AM
quote TomT: " My girlfriend Mia (now wife) in 1986 and 1983. She was game for two trips with me but would rather stay away from the bugs now. She gets bad reactions to any kind of bite. The pic with the headnet is at a Frost Lake beach. The jeep is my 1979 Renegage we took on our first trip at the Homer lake landing. That big red duffel bag held all of our food. Our first night on Juno Lake a bear came and pulled it down and devoured all the contents. It was game over and we spent the week at the Grand Marais campground in the harbor. The fuel cans were in that duffel.
"
That's one very nice Jeep there.
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