New Trip Report posted by IBFLY

Trip Name: Magic Trip - A Short One.

Entry Point: 43

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This trip was a 5 day - 52 mile loop from Bower Trout to Ram.

Thanks for sharing.
I like your writing style with the Irish twist.
The two "fishermen" you encountered on S Temperance may well be 'Welsh'. Fleming is their name and tripping is their game, not
basecamping, like the rest of our group. For a couple of last minute
additions to our group, they fit in well. Anything for an excuse to
visit the b-dub.

Very enjoyable read. I have also felt that the ravens were watching me.

Iwegan -
I just had to include them in the report - any chance to add a bit of humor at someone else's expense!

Beautifully written trip report and photos. Thanks for sharing!

very nice report

Nice "short" report! ;)

Thanks for taking the time to share your story & photos.

Enjoyed reading about your trip. Great weather. I also liked the small narrow lakes - Kiskadinna, Ogema, Henson, Pillsberry, Allen, Horseshoe - and the Cross Bay area too. I'd still like to see Gaskin and Winchell though and I'd still like to go the northern route too, through Rush and Banadad. And there's still Vista and Misquah too.

I paddled around the northern bay on Ogema twice but did not see any obvious sign of the portage to Phalanx either. I"m still waiting for sunnybear to post a trip report detailing his exit from Horseshoe by way of the Brule River. It should be interesting and entertaining ;).

I wish my trip could have been longer too, but I couldn't ask for better weather for a week in late Sept.

I enjoyed your report very much. But I am puzzled by "Ogema", which is "Omega" on my maps and was "Omega" when we were there years ago. Did the name really change? And, if so, does anyone know when? Or has it always been different on different maps?

Anyway, it is a very interesting report and some great photos. Thanks for taking us along on your solo.

Enjoyed your report. I relived many a moment along the way. The take out at ram in the fall is awesome. Thanks again.

quote Spartan2: "I enjoyed your report very much. But I am puzzled by "Ogema", which is "Omega" on my maps and was "Omega" when we were there years ago. Did the name really change? And, if so, does anyone know when? Or has it always been different on different maps?

Anyway, it is a very interesting report and some great photos. Thanks for taking us along on your solo."

Spartan 2- It shows as Ogema on my McKenzie map 4 - and shows as Omega on the Google maps version here, so, I've no idea. I just went with the version printed on my map. Thought it might be a derivation on an Ojibwe name rather than the greek letter.

what a fun trip!! felt drawn to paddle and portage with you. enjoyed your observations and reflections. thanks for sharing.

Great report! Captured the feeling of the bwca.

great photos and the Gift Of Gab make for a wonderful trip report!

What a great trip. It is nice to see what everyone enjoys,
like some folks like hammocks and some don't, some like double portageing and some dont, etc. I always learn from the trip reports, and yours was no exception. Thanks for the great stroyline and the wonderful photos...nothing like a solo, good for the soul and mind.
SunCatcher

Love your writting style-really wonderful to read!

Great trip report! You write well. Very enjoyable.

Thank you for the kind comments one and all.
It's a pleasure to read through everyone's reports and live vicariously through someone else's journey.

Very nice report. I would venture to guess that you write for a living. What you described is what a solo trip is really like. Thoughts to yourself. It's a very personal thing but you brought it to life wonderfully. The trouble is, after reading this I just ache to be back up there even more. Thanks for posting.

Excellent report - bravo!

An absolute treat. I loved both your insights, and your meandering writing style. Sounds like just about everything fell into place.

Interesting. The paragraph: "I remember when I was 15 and my father had given me an errand to run before school . . . A raven had flown at me that morning as I stepped around the back of a garden. Sometimes it's the smallest things that bring you back." Sounds very familiar, as if I had read it somewhere before. --Goose

OGG - I wonder why it sounds familiar to you? I know I haven't written it before!

quote TuscaroraBorealis: "Nice "short" report! ;)
Thanks for taking the time to share your story & photos."

I meant it was a short trip! I'll try to write less next time :)Though, being more of a talker/storyteller - I just turn the tap on and see what comes out. I'd not know what to do if I were faced with the task of editing the thing!

quote TomT: "Very nice report. I would venture to guess that you write for a living. What you described is what a solo trip is really like. Thoughts to yourself. It's a very personal thing but you brought it to life wonderfully. The trouble is, after reading this I just ache to be back up there even more. Thanks for posting.
"

Thank you. Though I'm no writer, at least, not in a professional way. However, I do think that the more personal one makes a piece of writing, the more universal it becomes. A real writer told me that once and I believed her.
It's that time of year when we all ache for the sound and the silence of the lakes.

quote IBFLY: "

quote TuscaroraBorealis: "Nice "short" report! ;)
Thanks for taking the time to share your story & photos."

I meant it was a short trip! I'll try to write less next time :)Though, being more of a talker/storyteller - I just turn the tap on and see what comes out. I'd not know what to do if I were faced with the task of editing the thing!"

The length was fine. The comment was just a feeble attempt, on my part, to be witty.

Great report. I'm planning my first solo after 25 years of tripping with others. It will be my first Gunflint side of the BWCAW also. Thanks for the insight.

Nice report. I am planning on doing a solo one day and this is an area that I would like to see. I have been on Long Island and Gordon, but no further South or East. I am glad that someone recently commented on your trip. It was written before I became a member at BWCA. A great read and the pictures were excellent too.

Happy paddling!!!

Thanks for sharing!

I liked your photos, and especially liked your description of paddling into mist