1st Solo Trip
by rlanason
Trip Type:
Paddling Canoe
Entry Date:
07/10/2011
Entry & Exit Point:
Lizz and Swamp Lakes (EP 47)
Number of Days:
6
Group Size:
1
Trip Introduction:
My goal for this year was to do two trips knowing that I
probably wouldn't be able to
go on any next year. I initially wanted to set up my first
trip for late May/early
June as a hardcore fishing trip. Couldn't find anybody to
go. Lot's of "that sounds
like fun", "maybe next year" "tell me how it goes" type
responses but nobody to
commit. I even got to the point where I was asking so many
people at work that I was
asking myself, "what if they say yes...do I really want to
spend a week with them...I
really don't even know them that well." I was so desperate
that I even found myself
asking Air Bob (sorry Bob I couldn't resist)! The days and
weeks kept ticking by and
I eventually got to the point where I found a week that
would work out in my schedule
and decided to have a go at 'er by myself. This would be
only my second trip to the BW, but I did
have previous experience with backpacking and remote
camping.
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Day 1 of 6
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Today started at my home in central Wisconsin. Woke up at about 6:00 am and headed out. Made it up to Grand Marais by about 3:00 pm. I wanted to go to the Lake Superior Trading Post to pick up a Voyageur Map as a backup to what I had already brought along. It was windy, rainy and cold. The city was having some sort of festival and I had to park a long way from the store. Finally found a spot and made it to the store. Wall to wall people and it took a little time to wiggle my way back to the map section of the store. I had never been to the Trading Post before, it is a nice place to pick up any last minute items before heading up the Gunflint. I walked around town a little bit and checked out some of the tourist trap stores. I then headed over to St. John's for confession and Saturday mass (be prepared, you never know what might happen on a solo trip!). After church I headed up the Gunflint Trail to the parking lot on Poplar Lake and spent the night in my van.
Today started at my home in central Wisconsin. Woke up at about 6:00 am and headed out. Made it up to Grand Marais by about 3:00 pm. I wanted to go to the Lake Superior Trading Post to pick up a Voyageur Map as a backup to what I had already brought along. It was windy, rainy and cold. The city was having some sort of festival and I had to park a long way from the store. Finally found a spot and made it to the store. Wall to wall people and it took a little time to wiggle my way back to the map section of the store. I had never been to the Trading Post before, it is a nice place to pick up any last minute items before heading up the Gunflint. I walked around town a little bit and checked out some of the tourist trap stores. I then headed over to St. John's for confession and Saturday mass (be prepared, you never know what might happen on a solo trip!). After church I headed up the Gunflint Trail to the parking lot on Poplar Lake and spent the night in my van.
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