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06/20/2013 10:37AM (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
Thinking of repeating my spring trip around Sept. 20. Any thoughts or opinions?
Boonie, thanks for the trip info on the UP and travel to Grand Marais I had a fantastic time. I plan to spend more time in the UP!
Boonie, thanks for the trip info on the UP and travel to Grand Marais I had a fantastic time. I plan to spend more time in the UP!
07/11/2013 09:07PM
kanoes, good advice your right life is too short. bonnie, was thinking of doing same entry but will probably take kanoe's advice and tryn something different.
I did see a cow moose nuring her calf on Caribou Lake and a big black bear on the gunflint trail on my spring trip.
I did see a cow moose nuring her calf on Caribou Lake and a big black bear on the gunflint trail on my spring trip.
07/11/2013 09:49PM
I've always gone in a different entry and usually a different area, although I have overlapped a few lakes. Have a good trip. I'm going in 2 1/2 weeks before that (9/3) and will get back home on the 15th.
Be prepared for whatever, "weatherwise", that time of the year ;).
Be prepared for whatever, "weatherwise", that time of the year ;).
07/12/2013 06:30AM
quote DaBurgh: "boonie, have a great trip. As for the weather the outfitter said "NO COTTON!"
Yeah, if you haven't been up there later in Sept, you get just about anything from winter to Indian summer. Good rain gear, fleece/wool, long johns, synthetic T's, convertible pants/shorts. A lot of us pack dry long johns, wool socks, warm hat in a waterproof compression sack with our sleeping bag. Days are shorter, pack extra batteries for the headlamp.
Weather averages This link will give you an idea of what to prepare for - it'll probably be somewhere between 20 and 90, maybe both in a week ;). There will be wind, probably rain, and probably both together. The averages are pretty nice though.
07/12/2013 10:57AM
Great time to go but I'm with Kanoes on this one find some place new.
Be prepared for cold weather. Nothing wrong with having extra insulation or a favorite cold weather down vest or coat. Sucks the other way around.
Be prepared for cold weather. Nothing wrong with having extra insulation or a favorite cold weather down vest or coat. Sucks the other way around.
The best part of this journey here is further knowing yourself - Alan Kay
07/13/2013 06:54AM
quote Exo: "I couldn't fathom the same loop even a few years apart. Quite honestly, a lot of the fun of a canoe trip is the exploring and navigating part of it. And of course the route planning and pouring over maps beforehand. For me anyways..."
Yeah, exactly my thoughts as well. Adventure, baby! I do like revisiting a favorite old campsite of yesteryear though. I have fond memories of a perfect evening at a site on the northern island in MacIntyre from 1988 and stayed there again in 2001. I hope to get back again sometime.
"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw
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