New Trip Report posted by butthead

Trip Name: Moose to Knife and back..

Entry Point: 25

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Excellent photos!

The eagles nest was neat & seeing the ribbon rock is always cool beans. Looks like you had an awesome trip? Thanks for sharing.

Sure was nice of float stanley to save you those 2 beers. :) Had to of tasted mighty good?

WowI Those are incredible photos Butthead. I like the one of your new canoe and the still waters.
How did you like the new canoe for tripping?
The overlook photo must be on the Vera to Ensign portage. Beautiful is right.
The weather must have been great.
Glad you had a wonderful trip.

Float Stanley is at that age were he just wants to hang out where the beer is.

COOL slide show!! Love the eagle picture!! We had the same week in the BWCA- such a great window of weather!

Butthead: Tell us about your new ride, fast, able, comfortable....we are all ears. Very nice photos by the way!
WC

quote whitecedar: "Butthead: Tell us about your new ride, fast, able, comfortable....we are all ears. Very nice photos by the way!
WC"

All of the above! Paddled thru boat wakes on Moose and New
found,and into whitecaps over 20 inches on Birch did 15+ miles to camp 1st day without trouble, only had to adjust ballast to the back to turn down wind (and it took a bit!). Very happy with it as a long distance tripper (load at > 240 lbs. total)! Fished with flygear, no problem but no real hits. Took no water over the sides, and kept up with PJ's Magic handily. I'm very happy with the choice!
Thanks!

butthead

Great pictures! Thanks

Nice ken! New ride looks sweet!

Nice pictures looks like you had good weather.

Ahhhhhh.....

heaven.

Question...what size is the ribbon rock? Can you please compare it to something that I might know?

About 3 ft long, 2 ft wide, 1 1/2 ft high.

butthead

Great pictures. So did you pick the Advantage over, say, the Prism for better speed?

What breed is your dog (Baxter?). He always looks happy and well-behaved in the canoe. Just thinking about a canine outdoors companion . . .

Didn't like paddling the Prism, wanted a distance tripper similar to the Magic the Advantage is just what I wanted! Baxter is PJ's companion, mixed breed, and is a very good pooch in the canoe, and out for that matter!

butthead

Thanks for the trip report. I also like that portage.

Was that you coming out at about 0800 on Moose lake along the rock ledge on May 20th in a solo canoe(with one other solo} with the Bwca.com logo on it? Brother and I were heading up to Prairie Portage than.

Butthead,
Very nice photo's you always amaze me with the quality you get.
Love the pictures of the boats together...they look like friends side by side also. haaha.
Read above and sounds like you enjoyed the heck out of the ride and the trip.
Take care and thanks for sharing.
SunCatcher

quote PINETREE: "Was that you coming out at about 0800 on Moose lake along the rock ledge on May 20th in a solo canoe(with one other solo} with the Bwca.com logo on it? Brother and I were heading up to Prairie Portage than."

Very likely PINETREE, did the canoes look like this, Blackgold Magic and a skincoat kevlar Advantage?

butthead

Yes,and you were the ones with the big smiles. We talked to you for a minute by the rock cliff on Moose north of the twin islands.Nice canoes.

Ken love the pic's you the man. Your new ride is sweet. I
might be lookin for a solo myself soon. Thanks for sharing your trip with us.

JB

Great photos. I really like the portage photos...lots of variety between them. Enjoyed seeing ribbon rock as well. Looks like a pretty area. Thanks for sharing.

Nice. Thanks.

Nice trip report! Glad you had fun.

Great photos Ken!!! Me and Float Stan were happy to be on our way, but bummed we couldn't join you for cocktails and b.s. Friday night, he actually complained about it for the first couple days of our trip. We are gonna have to get together and paddle sometime this summer.

Great photos!

Awesome photography Ken! Looks like you stayed at some nice campsites. Thanks for sharing.

absolutely beautiful photos!!! thanks for sharing.

Beautiful sharp pictures...what type of camera?

quote Wallidave: "Beautiful sharp pictures...what type of camera?"

Olympus E620, 14–54mm F2.8–3.5/70-300mm F4.0-5.6 lenses. Olympus stylus Tough 6020.
Thank you!

butthead

Nice pics! And your boat looks fast.

great photos butthead!

we stayed at the same site on Moose last weekend. photogenic island!




We had good luck bobber fishing out from the island. Lots of eater-size walleyes.

Great stuff Ken. You certainly have a good eye for photos. I am glad you like the new ride. Wenonah makes some fine canoes.