New Trip Report posted by Beemer01

Trip Name: Solo Trek into Quetico - No Country for Old Men.

Entry Point: 25

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Bryan,

Outstanding report! Congratulations on another successful solo and getting thru all of the Wilderness Challenges you had to overcome. I'm sure they added to thrill of the adventure.

You're a great asset to BWCA.com and this report is an example of an outstanding report filled with details, emotions and visual art. I loved the integration of the videos and some of the photos are simply stunning.

Most excellent! Loved the pics and vids too. I did this route solo in 2001 only I went up through McIntyre then down to Robinson. It brought back many memories.

We have similar systems too - hammock, CCS pioneer pack, kondos (BWJ) guide pack. I am gonna use kitty litter buckets for my food. Tell me more about your olive jar. What's it made of and where do you get them?

Thanks for the report!

Nice report! Great pictures, we camped at the same site on Isabella, nice views. Thanks!

Olive jars - well I got mine through a friend of a friend. Delis seem to have them - made from plastic they have a water (and olive oil) tight seal. Certainly not bear proof, but they'll float and no odors escape. I think I paid $8 for it.

Very nice report! Thanks.

Thanks, beemer, most enjoyable! I think we heading that way in late August/early September. I'm especially looking forward to the Tuck River.

congrats on that awesome solo. it was nice to see the tuck river again. i cooled off in those falls a few years ago. way to go!

Great report and pics. A very enjoyable read.

Great report. I really enjoyed reading it. Nice pics.

Thanks

Great report, nice country to go through.

What model canoe did you build beemer, I like it, good work.

This is the Kootenai design. There are at least four of them I'm aware of in the Midwest. Nice lines, good glide and tracks well if trimmed out properly.

Mine weighs about 42 pounds.

Excellent report - and outstanding photography. I really enjoyed your trip report - thanks for sharing!

Beemer01,
Terrific report. You have a captivating manner in catching the moment at hand. I also enjoyed following your route as the Q holds great interest for us. Your pictures were a big highlight as you had some real beauties to offer.

Thanks for sharing another enjoyable report.
Boppa

Excellent trip report! I really enjoyed the videos.

Nice report.....liked the intro about being very careful, and that the smallest thing can turn on you when you are solo. I noticed the extra PFD(green ribbed) shoved in the bow of the canoe in one of the pictures. Would not have thought to bring an extra PFD.
CB

Is it yours? Found it floating in a lake, couldn't see leaving it behind.

Nice report and pictures. Thanks

Just razzing you B, thought you werent wearing one. Now you do have an extra?
CB

One can never have too many PFDs.

Nice trip report. Thanks for the comments and keep them coming. Nice pictures.

sounds like you had a awesome trip, and thanks for
the excellent report

Maybe "no country for old men", but you are clearly a man who knows the country. A wonderful trip report and very inspiring.

If I knew the country that well I'd have had more success fishing! Ah well, the lifetime quest for more fish!

To be honest, Beemer, I sort of glaze over any fishing stuff people include in their TR's. So good luck with the life long quest, but it's the way you approach the challenges and revel in the joys that I really picked up on:)

What a great report. Love the pictures, got to look into that camera.
Thanks JB

Nice report and photos, and great to see you putting that pretty little solo to good use!

Nice report.

My wife is now upset at you for putting me on the quest to find the "Secret Bay" ;)

Thanks for posting.

T

As always a great trip report

Nice report and pics -

thanks

cc

Very enjoyable read on a quiet night @ work.

Great trip report. Loved the detail and the pics. Nice canoe. Sounds you had a very fulfilling trip, hope my upcoming solo proves as satisfying. Reading this really makes me want to be in that secret bay instead of where I am at (my cubicle at work…)

This is the second trip report of your's I've read, and I'm struck by how different your writing was from the trip where there were other people and the solo trip. Your style here is very contemplative, and, to my taste, better.

At any rate, I've never been to the area you described, but I was captivated by your descriptions, especially the first days of wind. Isn't the wind the great non-ponderable of all our trips? And, don't we anquish over whether to stay on the lake or pull over?

Your comment about the various species of fish brought back an intersting memory. I haven't had much luck fishing for trout, except in the winter, but once on a lake I will not say the name, I drift trolled along a shore in a bay, and it was like a fish market. The first 30 yards were walleyes, the next were Norhterns (I know Northerns don't usually school, but here they did), and the next 30 yards were small-mouth bass.

Your pictures are wonderful. What a pleasure it is to see these vistas. Thank you!

Hands down my favorite trip report to this point. I too really enjoyed your style of writing, and the photos were phenomenal. In five to seven years, or when I determine my son is equal to the task, I would really like to follow your route. Thanks for posting.

Thanks folks - I write these after the trip, but keep daily notes in a small pocket notebook - these notes and the date log on my Olympus allow me to reassemble the trip in these reports.

I'm happy you like my writing style!