Boundary Waters, Trip Reports, BWCA, Stories

1974 The Rainy Trip
by Spartan2

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/17/1974
Entry & Exit Point: Moose Lake (EP 25)
Number of Days: 6
Group Size: 2
Part 8 of 8
Notes:

PRE-TRIP

Left home 5:47 AM (Groveland, Illinois, near Pekin)

Beginning mileage 53140

Gas (Carlock, IL) 54.9 cents, $10.75

Breakfast (Holiday Inn, Chicago) $9.00

Dropped kids off with my parents at White Pigeon, Michigan

Gas (Chicago) 54.9 cents, $10.75

Gas (Janesville, WI) 50 cents, $7.80

Lunch (Wisconsin Dells A&W) $2.45

Dinner (76 Truck Stop, Hudson, WI) $3.69

Gas (Hudson, WI) $9.75

Motel (Minneapolis) $26.73

Lunch (Hardees, Cloquet, MN) $2.50

Aspirin $2.95

Gas (Amoco) $9.15

Gibson's (stove and camping food) $31.94

Bill Rom, $9.50

Post cards, 85 cents

Souvenirs for kids $6.45

Freeze-dried food, $4.70

A&W supper, (Ely) $4.21

POST-TRIP

Lunch (KFC, Ely) $3.88

Gas (Spur) 50.9 cents a gallon

Coffee (A&W) $1.10

Motel (Ironwood, MI) $10.40

Supper (Stan's Bar) Pizza $4.50

Motel (Cozy Inn, Nestoria, MI)

Breakfast (Cozy Inn) $4.97 (Good)

Gas (Shell, self-serve, Rapid River, MI) 57 cents, $11.00

Our '71 Plymouth Fury Gran Coupe was a gas guzzler!!

Pasties and Coke, (St. Ignace, MI) $2.71

Toll at Mackinac Bridge $1.50

Hartwick Pines $1.26

Gas (Arco) 52.9 cents, $10.25 + 25 cents for pop Gas (Zephyr) $10.75

Picked up children at farm of Grandma and Grandpa Childs

Grandma C. $5.00 for phone calls and Pampers

Lunch (McDonald's) $3.81

Supper (Mr. Quick) $4.57

Gas (Skelley) $8.70

Home in Illinois 3 PM Monday

Ending mileage 55480.5 Total mileage 2340.5