New Trip Report posted by TrailZen

Trip Name: Old Lakes, New Lakes, and Great Weather in Quetico.

Entry Point: 25

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I so enjoy your trip reports with the fantastic descriptions of your experiences and the wonderful photos!

And I am amazed at your masochistic tendencies to tackle any and all portages. I have only once portaged from Louisa to Agnes, in the rain, and I can safely say I will not do that again... but since you and Tia have now done it multiple times I may have to give it another try. :-)

The portage from McEwen to Kenny was my first time to ever ascend to such heights that I was able to look down on the tops of trees in the canyon next to the portage. Similar, but not nearly as dramatic, as the Yum Yum to Kahshahpiwi portage.

Great minds think alike as I too enjoy the campsite on the horseshoe portion of that large island on Kawnipi. The two firepits are a pleasure, especially the one on the cliff overlooking the water. It's a great place to watch the stars come out while enjoying the warmth of a fire.

It was great to meet you and Tia last year at Dead Man's portage. And I grin at the idea that if I had just extended this year's trip another day we most likely would have encountered each other going opposite directions at Prairie Portage as you entered Quetico.

I'm also glad that you and Tia were able to successfully endure hurricane Helene and be such a great help to all of your neighbors.

Next year: Wawiag River and Blackstone Lake sound wonderful!

Thanks, Johno! I enjoy putting trip reports together, and Tia usually does a photo book of our trips. Next year's potential routes will certainly include Wawiag & Blackstone. And it's been several years since we've been on the west side of the park, so we'll probably look at avoiding 2021's fire damage, but looping west. Usually by the time we can apply for a late-August permit we have three routes in mind and let weather, etc, make the final decision for us.

My local USFS district reopened from the Helene storm damage today, so I spent time helping clear a trail of storm debris (I'm a USFS-certified volunteer sawyer). It appears I'll be spending tomorrow and Sunday with the chainsaw in hand, too. Crazy damage out there--today's work area had a couple white oaks in the 28" diameter range, and poplars in the 24" range.

Let's keep trying--maybe we'll cross paths again!

TZ

Great trip/great report! Impressive! Thank you for sharing!

chessie: "Great trip/great report! Impressive! Thank you for sharing! "

Thanks, Chessie, glad you enjoyed it.

TZ