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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Listening Point - General Discussion New York Times On the Water Article |
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10/24/2016 11:11AM
I wonder what others thought about the article. I thought it was OK, got into the history as much as the land and was a bit fluffy. It didn't convey the difficulty and bugs, though I don't think that was the intent of the story.
What I can say is this: it will likely inspire people to make the trip next spring. I doubt it will lead to noticeably higher numbers, but NYT stories often have that effect. When I lived in New York City, our sleepy little enclave neighborhood in northern Manhattan was just that. Then the NYT did a story, and it became trendy and hip in very short order.
Mike
What I can say is this: it will likely inspire people to make the trip next spring. I doubt it will lead to noticeably higher numbers, but NYT stories often have that effect. When I lived in New York City, our sleepy little enclave neighborhood in northern Manhattan was just that. Then the NYT did a story, and it became trendy and hip in very short order.
Mike
I did indeed rock down to Electric Avenue, but I did not take it higher. I regret that.
10/24/2016 12:32PM
Yeah, it was "A bit fluffy," but isn't that the way most trip reports come out through the eyes of "Newbies" in canoe country? Always interesting to look at something "Old" to me through a different perspective.
"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." Mark Twain
10/24/2016 04:01PM
quote ozarkpaddler: "Yeah, it was "A bit fluffy," but isn't that the way most trip reports come out through the eyes of "Newbies" in canoe country? Always interesting to look at something "Old" to me through a different perspective."
Good points. And I got to thinking: would a story ever get published that described the "true" BWCA:
hot, cold, buggy, rainy, sunny, boggy, muddy, sandy, stormy, windy, all of which can happen in one day... and lakes connected together by trails that animals often choose to bypass. But it's still the greatest place on earth!
Mike
10/25/2016 09:23AM
quote HighnDry: "I posted this as well in a thread entitled "a plug for the bwca". It's a great article and the pictures speak to why we love to go there so often!"
The author did a great job
"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." Mark Twain
10/25/2016 07:02PM
quote Pinetree: "quote HighnDry: "I posted this as well in a thread entitled "a plug for the bwca". It's a great article and the pictures speak to why we love to go there so often!"
sorry I didn't see your post."
Oh, it's not a problem ---- and certainly worth two threads! We should have a "Merge Posts" function in the next mod so that we can combine threads when/if the need should arise :)
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
10/25/2016 07:54PM
quote HighnDry: "quote Pinetree: "quote HighnDry: "I posted this as well in a thread entitled "a plug for the bwca". It's a great article and the pictures speak to why we love to go there so often!"
sorry I didn't see your post."
Oh, it's not a problem ---- and certainly worth two threads! We should have a "Merge Posts" function in the next mod so that we can combine threads when/if the need should arise :)"
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