10 days. All systems go...

How about you?

Still have another month before I go.... way to long to wait!!!

T minus 8 hours. Just finished packing. 6am departure, meetup in Duluth at noon, Seagull Outfitters by evening. 7am Saturday tow to Hook Island, Janice about 9am and then fish and camp for a week!

About 8 days till we're headed north. First ever trip out of Moose lake and first time ever using a tow. So far so good on gear and meal prep

9 days until entry for me. Leaving stupid early for the drive up to Clearwater lodge. Hope to be paddling by 11AM. Can't wait, whole family going for first time ever.

9 days for me. Going to be starting late though. I hope to be on the lake by 8pm :)

10 for me! We plan to be on the Stuart River by 6am.

16 days for a fly-in paddle in northern Wabakimi PP ("In my mind, I'm already gone..." Kramer)

10 here as well Bower Trout we are ready

8 days for me headed in at Lake one

Wow, bunch of ya going in. Have a good time and if fishing, catch lots. Little jealous, but sitting here soaking in the breeze off the lake I feel pretty lucky. Course, it feels better after working hard before it got to warm. I miss mostly the excitement before and during my trips. Sometimes rent a bunkhouse just to hear people get going in the morning with anticipation. Don’t ever lose that! Nothing more exciting than a canoe trip on my book!

2 weeks..... destination: Boulder Bay

6 days--Snowbank. Can't wait!

15 days for me, heading in Moose Lake headed toward Knife and Kek, everything’s looking good. Just need to do the grocery shopping a few days ahead of time, booze, permit, and bait in Ely the night before. And, of course, dinner in Ely as well, then a terrible night’s sleep and on the water by 7 am.

Can’t wait,

Tony

T minus 15 days until a basecamp trip out of Seagull with friends. Absolutely cannot wait. It's a wonder I haven't started trying to check the extended weather forecast yet.

17 days, Moose River North to Boulder Bay to Iron, across Crooked with my son and then the girls join us for a basecamp at LBF. Absolutely cannot wait, full weekend of prep ahead!

Have at it, Scott! Hopefully can hear the story at a later wingnite. R.

19 days
E. Bearskin
Bringing a new Dream Sparrow. I feel like a kid.

8 days for me - can’t wait!

rtallent: "Have at it, Scott! Hopefully can hear the story at a later wingnite. R."

Agreed, Ray...we'll cross paths again! I'm jealous of your adventure, haven't done a fly-in trip since I was a teenager, looking forward to hearing about yours as well!

Heading to Ely in 12 hours and staying at VNO for the night. Then out to Pine lake (Trout lake entry) for a week of camping and hopefully enough walleyes for several meals.
Luke

T minus 1 day...ep16 Boulder Bay/Iron Mission.

Canoe-go
Paddles-go
Pack-go
Fishing gear-go
Tent-go
Sleeping bag and pad-go
Gear-go

All systems go ready for launch.

airmorse: "T minus 1 day...ep16 Boulder Bay/Iron Mission.


Canoe-go
Paddles-go
Pack-go
Fishing gear-go
Tent-go
Sleeping bag and pad-go
Gear-go


All systems go ready for launch."

Great! A person can feel the excitement! Tomorrow night you might have to bunker down a bit with rain, but once that clears I just see some hit and miss stuff. And what trip isn’t complete with out a tad bit of rain.

2 more days heading north in the morning after wife gets off work
going in bower trout to frost and back out skipper to Rockwood

August 24 is our launch date. On one hand I don't want to rush summer along. On the other hand...

Trip #1 is in the books. Now I have to wait until September.

rtallent: "16 days for a fly-in paddle in northern Wabakimi PP ("In my mind, I'm already gone..." Kramer)"

Have fun Ray. I hope the trip won't be too grueling. And I expect a detailed trip report.

18 days until I go in through Sag to (hopefully) Cherry and SAK. Still in the process of gearing up, but getting close. I’m essentially outfitting a group of 4, but as always the preparation is half the fun!

5 days. Ely and Wood Lake entry are waiting. VNO, we'll be checking in to get our permits sometime Saturday evening. Can't wait.

June 25th! Tow up out of Moose lake! Under 2 weeks! Cats are sleeping with dogs!!!

End of July for me. Heading up to Wawa Ont and doing a fly-in to Mosambik Lake. First trip for my son too.

My trip was modified from tow to Basswood to base camp for 10 days to now staying at Trails End campground due to a ruptured ACL and torn meniscus. Perfect knees until this injury....still can try out the new MegaMat Duo and quilt though...in 24 days

Not going to the Bee Dubs, but about 10 weeks until I leave for my solo road journey to see national parks of the west. Mesa Verde, Rocky Mountain (though I've already been to both of those and may skip straight on to... Yellowstone, Glacier, then down through Olympic, Raineer, then down the PCH to NoCal for Yosemite. Then back across with a stop in Vegas, then Bryce/Zion/Canyonlands, down to the Grand Canyon (never been to the South rim) then across southern New Mexico, to Big Bend, then the desolate and soul crushing 10 hour stretch of interstate from El Paso back home to Dallas. About half camping, half cabins/lodges.

This is something I've always wanted to do, ever since I read Steinbeck's Travels with Charley in the 8th grade (and many times since.)

That's the ambitious plan. I may scale it back. That seems like a month or 6 week long trip and I'm not sure my wife and dogs would be able to tolerate that much time without me home.

Just got back and feel drained but a good drain. Next one is in August with the 1 and 4 year old. I like the warmer weather and no bugs of late August for them.

rtallent: "16 days for a fly-in paddle in northern Wabakimi PP ("In my mind, I'm already gone..." Kramer)"

Are you on your way yet Ray? Boy would I like that! Maybe I’ll be on hwy 53 hitchhiking. Haha! Your going through I Falls?

Not yet. We're driving up via Thunder Bay on Monday. I'm at work but having a bit of trouble concentrating :)