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01/04/2021 05:44PM
Jackfish is here.
01/04/2021 08:48PM
Still here. Bought our first Kevlar canoe in the fall and going to refurbish it this winter. Got a deer with my bow at the 11th hour of the late season and my son shot a great buck in October. Also lucked into my first turkey with a bow.
We tripped to Stuart Lake over Memorial Day and found it hopping full of people. Fun trip. Hoping to get to Crooked in early June. Stop and see us if you are in the St. Cloud area.
We tripped to Stuart Lake over Memorial Day and found it hopping full of people. Fun trip. Hoping to get to Crooked in early June. Stop and see us if you are in the St. Cloud area.
01/05/2021 09:39AM
MHS67: "
Still around. Almost packed for next BW trip. Figure if I leave now should roll into Grand Marais around middle of August! Just kidding, looks like I won't make it this year. Hope everyone has a good new year! "
I like your powershuttle, but it might not work for portages in the BWCA.
01/05/2021 04:09PM
Here! Great trip in late September. Sold my share of the practice on Jan. 1st. Working till June 1st.......then part time till next Fall.....then done! Been fighting some plantar fasciitis and it sucks. I need to get it squared away by paddling season. Here's to a better 2021!
01/05/2021 06:49PM
Savage Voyageur: "MHS67: "
Still around. Almost packed for next BW trip. Figure if I leave now should roll into Grand Marais around middle of August! Just kidding, looks like I won't make it this year. Hope everyone has a good new year! "
I like your powershuttle, but it might not work for portages in the BWCA. "
It definitely has its limitations! But it did do a good job fixing the road by the lake and transporting an old canoe I had, over to the shop to get a patch job. There was some talk around my family of me being a red neck. I can't imagine why?
01/05/2021 08:04PM
Happy New Year one and all! Still here occasionally but an insanely busy work life in 2020 has sadly curtailed my lurking. Happy to still be employed and have a healthy family. Elderly Mom with dementia and older brother - both high risk - survived COVID. Thankful my two adult kids are healthy as well. No overnight BW trips in 2020 but treasured cabin time up north with dear friends from Chicago. Spent a quiet small family Thanksgiving on the Gunflint Trail.
Looking forward to a BETTER 2021! We're becoming first time grandparents in the spring... just booked a long cabin weekend at Tuscarora for MLK... and hubby agreed to do the Lady Chain again this summer :-) so I am jumping on that one quickly! Hoping for multiple canoe trips this season. And planning annual cabin week at Rockwood with dear friends from Chicago. Our cabin weeks at Rockwood have turned me in to a kayak lover. Canoes are still my first choice and I can't wait to get back to the BW with my Northwind this summer.
Looking forward to a BETTER 2021! We're becoming first time grandparents in the spring... just booked a long cabin weekend at Tuscarora for MLK... and hubby agreed to do the Lady Chain again this summer :-) so I am jumping on that one quickly! Hoping for multiple canoe trips this season. And planning annual cabin week at Rockwood with dear friends from Chicago. Our cabin weeks at Rockwood have turned me in to a kayak lover. Canoes are still my first choice and I can't wait to get back to the BW with my Northwind this summer.
01/10/2021 07:25AM
Happy New Year... I’m giving the go south for a bit in winter thing a shot... Maybe settle these hands down for a trip this year... Big thanks to housty9 and Lisa for taking me and putting up with me last may. I’m real excited to look forward to supporting Marks efforts on his hike this May. I’m enjoying my cabin on a truck...
01/18/2021 02:38PM
Hello BWCA Board and happy new year,
UP Boy here. Still alive and doing pretty good, not bad, can't complain.
Several trips canceled last year due to the Covid and the single trip we took last August got cut short by a Derecho storm that cut thru Cedar Rapids, Iowa on August 10 and knocked down most of the trees. I lost most in my yard.
Got several trips in the planning stage now for this summer plus a move to the Saint Paul area to get a little closer to the grandkids.
UP Boy
UP Boy here. Still alive and doing pretty good, not bad, can't complain.
Several trips canceled last year due to the Covid and the single trip we took last August got cut short by a Derecho storm that cut thru Cedar Rapids, Iowa on August 10 and knocked down most of the trees. I lost most in my yard.
Got several trips in the planning stage now for this summer plus a move to the Saint Paul area to get a little closer to the grandkids.
UP Boy
01/18/2021 02:52PM
01/18/2021 03:22PM
Happy New Year from the family!
01/18/2021 04:40PM
Still here... pop in to see what's happening once a week or so, but I don't post very often anymore.
I couldn't fit in a solo last year and big duckling changed up our daddy/daughter trip, but it was still special and a lot of fun. Instead of our annual bwca trip we stayed in a bunkhouse at Rockwood at the end of May for a few nights and did a bunch of dayhikes. Magnetic Rock, Centennial, Caribou Rock, Honeymoon Bluff, and Chic Wauk Museum Trails. These trails can be busy in the summer, but we didn't see anyone on any of our hikes.
The family did get to stay at a Cabin for a week at Rockwood in July and our unnual stay in Grand Marais for MEA Weekend/Moose Madness. We got in some daytrips to the bwca during those 2 trips. We also spent part of Christmas Vacation in Ely and the ducklings saw their 1st wild wolf .
Me and my 3 ducklings on the Caribou Rock Trail. The 2 teenagers are almost as tall as me......but sometimes they act like the toddler LOL.
I couldn't fit in a solo last year and big duckling changed up our daddy/daughter trip, but it was still special and a lot of fun. Instead of our annual bwca trip we stayed in a bunkhouse at Rockwood at the end of May for a few nights and did a bunch of dayhikes. Magnetic Rock, Centennial, Caribou Rock, Honeymoon Bluff, and Chic Wauk Museum Trails. These trails can be busy in the summer, but we didn't see anyone on any of our hikes.
The family did get to stay at a Cabin for a week at Rockwood in July and our unnual stay in Grand Marais for MEA Weekend/Moose Madness. We got in some daytrips to the bwca during those 2 trips. We also spent part of Christmas Vacation in Ely and the ducklings saw their 1st wild wolf .
Me and my 3 ducklings on the Caribou Rock Trail. The 2 teenagers are almost as tall as me......but sometimes they act like the toddler LOL.
01/18/2021 04:55PM
Best wishes to all for a safe and happy 2021.
If you are considering making this year the one to give back to the wilderness, contact me regarding fun, rewarding trail maintenance trips to the Powwow Trail. Visit www.BoundaryWatersTrails.org for more information or email me, Susan.Pollock@BoundaryWatersTrails.org. Volunteer crew leaders are planning right now for spring trips.
Cheers!
Boundary Waters Advisory Committee (BWAC)
If you are considering making this year the one to give back to the wilderness, contact me regarding fun, rewarding trail maintenance trips to the Powwow Trail. Visit www.BoundaryWatersTrails.org for more information or email me, Susan.Pollock@BoundaryWatersTrails.org. Volunteer crew leaders are planning right now for spring trips.
Cheers!
Boundary Waters Advisory Committee (BWAC)
01/18/2021 08:40PM
Hey everyone! Technically Rugged here, still as obsessed with the BWCA as ever, and can't wait to get back. Caught this gorgeous brookie (my first) during my Sept 2020 trip with my girlfriend who also caught her first brookie. It was a 9.5/10 trip, near impossible to top. I'm almost afraid that 2021 will have nothing but bad weather and tons of bugs to make up for the sheer bliss of the September trip.
Hope to see some of you out there this year!!
Hope to see some of you out there this year!!
01/21/2021 03:37PM
01/21/2021 04:21PM
Looking forward to a great 2021 in the wilderness, finally made the move from the cities to Cook County. Trips planned to Winchell before Memorial Day and Duncan in August for the "with kids" trip. Hoping for a few more as well and lots of weekend day trips in between.
01/21/2021 07:31PM
Still here!
I finished hiking the Traditional Superior Hiking Trail last fall (NOBO), and plan to finish up the section from Hartley Nature Center to the Southern Terminus this year.
We went on 1 BWCA trip last year out of East Bearskin Lake (Alder/Johnson Falls), and a trip to Voyageurs National Park as well.
Excited for various trips planned this year, including a hopeful return to winter camping!
I finished hiking the Traditional Superior Hiking Trail last fall (NOBO), and plan to finish up the section from Hartley Nature Center to the Southern Terminus this year.
We went on 1 BWCA trip last year out of East Bearskin Lake (Alder/Johnson Falls), and a trip to Voyageurs National Park as well.
Excited for various trips planned this year, including a hopeful return to winter camping!
01/21/2021 11:27PM
Still enjoying the BWCA - Get to bring a buddy and his daughter this year (both rookies), another trip with my cousin, hoping to get to Knife and Kekekabic for the first time! Taking another shot at Eagle Mountain, hopefully it will be above 0 in May. Trying to get my wife to Cherry in July/Aug, and with luck, may try Stuart or Angleworm end of Sept/early Oct. Happy New year to all - may your dreams come true. Been trying to think of something profound to say, but can't think of anything!
01/25/2021 06:28PM
Pinetree: "Yes I do Pinetree fished Yawkey Pennington and Huntington this past fall just love this area for the last 30 years. It’s amazing the trails and the access improvement they have made in the last few years . This is where I caught my biggest Minnesota Brookie that was close to the state recordBasspro69: "
Still around."
Still fish the mine pits by Crosby?"
01/25/2021 06:36PM
Basspro69: "Pinetree: "Basspro69: "
Still around."
Still fish the mine pits by Crosby?"
Yes I do. Pinetree fished Yawkey, Pennington and Huntington this past fall.
Just love this area for the last 30 years. It’s amazing the trails and the access improvement they have made in the last few years. This is where I caught my biggest Minnesota Brookie that was close to the state record."
Wow, that is awesome and good colors on them. This last year they stocked lake trout in Pennington and Sagamore, also, and they are trying to put in a 20 inch minimum on the lake trout.
They did just this last few weeks put some big brook trout, rainbow and brown trout brood stock into the pits this last few weeks. Quite a bit of pressure thru the ice this last week, but quieting down now. I did not make it out. Yes, love that clear water.
One heck of a lot of fat bikes now even riding the trails this winter. That has just exploded. Nice to see a lot of young women and men riding there. I guess the local hospital business has picked up with bumps and bruises from the riders mishaps.
Take care.
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