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Trip Report - Quetico, June 2009; In Bottle - Brent - Darky - Minn (

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fishguts 04/15/2010 03:05PM
Hey! Goose,
I just re-read your report again because we are looking at your route for next years trip!! Good pictures, nice report.
OldGreyGoose 08/10/2009 09:38PM
mr. barley: Nope, got it right in front of me -- MSR Ground Hog -- pretty thing, too, red aluminum, very light. Maybe that big turtle at the "Deer Camp" ate the Big Agnes X. ;-) I'll keep an eye out for it on my next trip up that way . . .

mr.barley 08/10/2009 04:37PM
Are you sure it wasn't a Big Anges X stake? I think I lost one somewhere along the way and I was with snakecharmer.
OldGreyGoose 08/10/2009 02:09PM
Snakecharmer: Don't remember finding any socks. Found an MSR "ground hog" tent stake somewhere on the trip -- a bombproof stake. When were you there and how much did we miss you by? Did you see the turtle, too? ;-) Wish I was back up there right now!
nojobro 08/10/2009 01:27PM
Awesome report! I love the pic with the cigars. Ha.
Ho Ho 08/10/2009 12:14PM
I really enjoyed spending my lunch hour with this trip report! Glad to see I made it onto your map too. :-) We stayed two nights at your Elk lunch site in 2004, and also at your Darky site that year. But it sounds like June 2009 was very different from August 2004. Good times!
OldGreyGoose 08/10/2009 09:07AM
Bojibob/all: Sorry, it's NOT the Tetragon 9, it's the 7. (Seven foot square).
OldGreyGoose 08/10/2009 08:49AM
Bojibob: Not well! Not recommended. I got this tent after my old Timberline 4's floor developed pinholes all over it and was leaking . . . I may repair/re-waterproof it for my next trip. T9 tent is smaller, lighter, and sets up quicker, but has plastic poles unlike the TL's aluminum. Poles started to buckle in the wind, before we set up the canoe as a windbreak and re-guyed the fly. Rain found its way in one way or another. (One of the short poles that go over the front door and back window broke the second time we set it up. IMO they are too long for the stress they're under.)I called Eureka for a replacement, and THEY ARE ON BACKORDER! No surprise there.
bojibob 08/09/2009 08:30PM
Nice report and I looked at you photo album. Smart move on not taking any risks and laying up. Very nice photos of the pictos. What model of the Eureka Tent is that... a Tetragon 9? How did it perform in the rain/wind for you?
fishguts 08/08/2009 05:17PM
Nice! Good to see you made it to our favorite campsite!
snakecharmer 08/08/2009 03:47PM
Goose - We must have just missed you. Did you find my socks? There's a $.50 reward for their safe return :) Nice report btw!

OldGreyGoose 08/08/2009 03:31PM
Link to complete set of trip photos now up on Picasaweb . . .

http://picasaweb.google.com/molonlabe44/2009JuneQueticoCanoeTriip?authkey=Gv1sRgCPaw0YWTrZK58gE#
Mongo65 08/07/2009 05:51PM
Good report and pics OGG. Thanks for sharing.
alpine525 08/07/2009 07:55AM
Great trip report - thanks for putting it together. Enjoyed the pictures, too!
bojibob 08/07/2009 07:09AM
Looks like the boys had a great time together! Hope you both have many more trips together.
OldGreyGoose 08/06/2009 08:54PM
New Trip Report posted by OldGreyGoose

Trip Name: Quetico, June 2009; In Bottle - Brent - Darky - Minn (.

Entry Point: Quetico

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