Boundary Waters, Trip Reports, BWCA, Stories

1977 Our First Time in Quetico
by Spartan2

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/15/1977
Entry & Exit Point: Moose Lake (EP 25)
Number of Days: 6
Group Size: 2
Part 2 of 7

Day One:

After several canoe trips, the journey to Ely is beginning to take on a "traditional" feel. We had our lunch at the Ely A&W, and then headed up to Moose Lake Landing. It was rainy. Saw a deer on the way to the landing.

Left Moose Lake Landing at 2:30 PM. Spotted one heron early on our way.

The weather cleared and we camped at Sucker Lake in a birch forest. The temperature was 68 degrees. (This is the first time we had taken a little thermometer.)

We had rain in the night, thunderstorms. THE RAIN FLY KEPT US DRY!! YEA!! [Our first trip with a rain fly.]