New Trip Report posted by TuscaroraBorealis

Trip Name: Maiden voyage exploring the Temperance River flowage.

Entry Point: 39

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It was taken unsuspectingly & I didn't add it to the report, but, this was Vickies' favorite photo from the trip. It's just begging for a caption! And, several would work. :)

Great trip report and photos. thanks.

Awesome report...as always. We just took our 2.5 mo old on her first hike...can't wait to get her up north!

What a great gift you two have given Aurora.

Patrick

quote TuscaroraBorealis: "


It was taken unsuspectingly & I didn't add it to the report, but, this was Vickies' favorite photo from the trip. It's just begging for a caption! And, several would work. :)
"

Like:
"Watch me imitate your dog" or "Peek-a-Boo I see you"

enjoyed your report.

Moose Yoga

As usual...your customary stellar trip report! What a gift you and Vickie have in Aurora.

Great report. Its been fun watching your daughter grow up these last couple of years. I have a son about the same age and its high time I took him along a trip.

Id also like to add, your day 3 paragraph on bacon just might be the most important words to have been written regarding the wilderness:)

Thanks!

Nice report. Thanks!

Once again - another wonderful trip report. How fortunate you were to see so many moose. Aurora is lucky to have such great parents teaching her about the BW at an early age.

quote RainGearRight: "Id also like to add, your day 3 paragraph on bacon just might be the most important words to have been written regarding the wilderness:)


Thanks!"

LOL!

I'm sure the day will come when we'll need to make that concession, but for now, it's definitely worth the hassle.

quote alpine525: "Once again - another wonderful trip report. How fortunate you were to see so many moose. Aurora is lucky to have such great parents teaching her about the BW at an early age."

Thank you! We feel pretty lucky too!

I have always really enjoyed your trip reports, TB, and this one was no exception. I'm glad you had such a nice trip. Aurora seems to have become a real tripper.

5 moose in 1 trip. That's awesome! I love bacon in the wild woods. On our spring trip we had fresh bacon on morning #5. No problems. I don't think bacon would fare as well in the summer heat though.

We've usually gotten at least 4-5 days too. And, I'm sure, had the stitching on our collapsible cooler not given away we'd of had no worries.

As always your report is awesome! I've been meaning to read it and I finally got around to it thanks to your post in the Baker thread. I really enjoy watching your little girl grow from year to year in your trip reports. The rapids near portages brings back memories of my trip with my younger daughter last year. The water was so high and the rapids so strong we couldn't get to a portage landing (spun around and sent back down river 2 times) on the Cross River that I had to carry her and the packs and drag the canoe through the woods in knee deep water just to get to the start of the portage. Another well written report by TB that I completely enjoyed reading.

Very well written. Your daughter is blessed to have parents willing to share time in the wilderness. Too often, kids get dropped off somewhere else before a trip. You guys have a wonderful family. Thank you and congratulations.

Nice! Thanks for sharing. --Goose

Some additional video & photo information about this trip/area.

Jack Lake campsite #928

Jack ~ Weird portage

Jack Lake Mine

Thank you to everyone for the kind comments.

Wow, neat trip. We once went in at Baker and traveled to Cherokee so have gone that way. That was a memorable trip for us with moose and other critters. We also explored the Jack Lake mine, which was really cool to check out.

Your little one has taken well to the outdoor experience. Well done.

This has been a very hectic spring for us with moving to a new house, and I didn't have time to read ANY trip reports, but I made an exception for yours because I knew it would BE exceptional. :-) And of course, it was. I only wish I didn't have to click on the photos to make them larger--I am lazy, and rarely keep at it long enough to enjoy them all.

Your photos are wonderful and your story even more so! This was my favorite area of the park from our 22-day trip, and the main reason was because of all of the moose that we saw when camped on Weird Lake. Your photos and descriptions brought back so many fond memories.

Last year we took our trip at the end of May and ended up bailing because we froze! It was simply amazing to see photos of you lounging in shirt sleeves on Memorial Day weekend. What a difference a year can make in conditions--we certainly picked the wrong year for our first May trip!

Aurora is fortunate to have these experiences and it is so much fun to share her adventures, albeit vicariously. Thank you for another great trip report!

Bapapa bear @ Spartan2,

It's ironic that the 2 of you commented in succession. The reports you each allude to played a significant role in illuminating the fascinating wonders of this area, enticing us to take this trip. So I'd also like to thank the 2 of you as well.

TB..... I wanted to thank you again for the report and the impact it had on my daughter choosing this area for our trip. We camped on Jack at the other site which wasn't a very nice site but it was "unoccupied" :) and it ended up being about 100 yards from a fantastic fishing hole. There were moose everywhere! We saw them on on Peterson, Kelly, and multiple times while staying at Jack.

Thanks for reporting back. So glad it worked out for both of you.

How were the river sections (water still very high)?

TB....Yes, still very high! I was nervous at the top of the first one especially with a little one in the bow so I walked the canoe a ways up stream before paddling on the way in and then pulled up short and walked the canoe up to the portage on the way out like you did. We got the permit at Sawtooth Outfitters and she said they have had a few people not make that sharp turn to the portage landing above the rapids and get sucked down the chute. Nobody hurt but some damaged canoes. The second portage we were also able to paddle over on the way in and out.

Great report, great traveling partners, great weather. I camped on the same site as you kids did the 24 of June and the moose skull was still in camp sitting on a stump. I saw 8 moose in the 4 days I was on Jack lake. All the moose I saw were in really good looking health, nice shiny coats, the picture of the moose looking under her leg looks like she doesn't have much hair on her back or her backside, if I'm wrong please comment. FRED

FOG51,

I can say, with absolute certainty, that you are wrong about the gender of said moose. It is the young bull. Although you may be right about the coat. As I recall, I thought it looked that way because he was still shedding his winter layer. (and was wet)

Nice to hear the skull was still there @ glad you had a good trip too. Quite remarkable at how many moose have been seen in this area so far this year.

This was awesome!

"You put your right hoof in, and you shake it all about. You do the hokey-pokey and you turn yourself around....."

quote OldFingers57: "

quote TuscaroraBorealis: "



It was taken unsuspectingly & I didn't add it to the report, but, this was Vickies' favorite photo from the trip. It's just begging for a caption! And, several would work. :)
"

Like:
"Watch me imitate your dog" or "Peek-a-Boo I see you""

Thanks again TB for a great report - these writings are a treasure you give to Vickie and Aurora, and generations to come. How special to have the photos and the thoughts that went with them.

Thanks for sharing!

Bill Plouff may have been an employee of Frank "Nickels" Johnson... Willis Raff claims, in his book "Pioneers in the Wilderness," that it was one of Johnson's mines. He was an 1890s prospector looking for anything valuable in the rock, not just silver or gold but also iron, nickel, and copper. Here's the page that it's on, halfway down the left column. He had a sled team haul out the ore and had it shipped by train from Duluth to the U of M, where it was discovered that the ore was no good :(

Bill Plouff may have been an employee of Frank "Nickels" Johnson... Willis Raff claims, in his book "Pioneers in the Wilderness," that it was one of Johnson's mines. He was an 1890s prospector looking for anything valuable in the rock, not just silver or gold but also iron, nickel, and copper. Here's the page that it's on, halfway down the left column. He had a sled team haul out the ore and had it shipped by train from Duluth to the U of M, where it was discovered that the ore was no good :(

Bill Plouff may have been an employee of Frank "Nickels" Johnson... Willis Raff claims, in his book "Pioneers in the Wilderness," that it was one of Johnson's mines. He was an 1890s prospector looking for anything valuable in the rock, not just silver or gold but also iron, nickel, and copper. Here's the page that it's on, halfway down the left column. He had a sled team haul out the ore and had it shipped by train from Duluth to the U of M, where it was discovered that the ore was no good :(

Thanks for chiming in & providing the photo. I always enjoy reading/learning about the history of canoe country.