Paddling Pageant and the Sioux Hustler portage
by Benutzer
Trip Type:
Paddling Kayak
Entry Date:
08/22/2006
Entry Point:
Moose/Portage River (north) (EP 16)
Exit Point:
Little Indian Sioux River (north) (EP 14)
Number of Days:
10
Group Size:
2
Part 3 of 14
Day 0 Monday August 21, 2006 73 high/52 low
Snowbank Lake
Headed over to the Wolf Center to pick up permits, watch video and chat with the Ranger, who was a really nice guy, and pretty informative. As had the Ranger in Cook, this one also mentioned that we'd likely be the only folks out where we were planning on going.
Got back to Ely and chatted with the wife on the cell phone while she checked us out on the web cam. Something at either the Chocolate Moose or the Northern Grounds Cafe on the other side of Piragis sure smelled good, and we resolved to stop there for lunch after we got out of the wilderness. But for that day, we stopped at Pizza Hut. It turned out to be a great plan, because we ordered extra pizza and had it for dinner later while we packed up our gear. In the meantime, we took Steve's advice and headed off to Snowbank Lake ourselves for the rest of the day.
Once we got out on Snowbank, we filtered a couple of liters of water and toasted Jeremy's first taste of BWCA water. He was amazed at how good it tasted. We paddled around a bit, but not having a map of the area we stayed reasonably close to the put-in. It was fairly windy and a little choppy, so we thought that would be a good indication of how the boats would handle some bigger water. Once it started getting late, we headed back to Ely, finished off the pizza, and I checked with Lynn about the location of the pictographs on Rocky and LLC, while Jeremy started treating the clothes with Permethrin. I was thoroughly intrigued with John and Lynn's map book and all the notes they had on it. There's years of experience jotted down in those books.
After we got the clothes all treated and hung up to dry, we went through our gear one last time and hit the sack hoping to get an early start. I was actually surprised that I slept so easily, as excited as I was, but I was pretty worn out so that helped.
Snowbank Lake
Headed over to the Wolf Center to pick up permits, watch video and chat with the Ranger, who was a really nice guy, and pretty informative. As had the Ranger in Cook, this one also mentioned that we'd likely be the only folks out where we were planning on going.
Got back to Ely and chatted with the wife on the cell phone while she checked us out on the web cam. Something at either the Chocolate Moose or the Northern Grounds Cafe on the other side of Piragis sure smelled good, and we resolved to stop there for lunch after we got out of the wilderness. But for that day, we stopped at Pizza Hut. It turned out to be a great plan, because we ordered extra pizza and had it for dinner later while we packed up our gear. In the meantime, we took Steve's advice and headed off to Snowbank Lake ourselves for the rest of the day.
Once we got out on Snowbank, we filtered a couple of liters of water and toasted Jeremy's first taste of BWCA water. He was amazed at how good it tasted. We paddled around a bit, but not having a map of the area we stayed reasonably close to the put-in. It was fairly windy and a little choppy, so we thought that would be a good indication of how the boats would handle some bigger water. Once it started getting late, we headed back to Ely, finished off the pizza, and I checked with Lynn about the location of the pictographs on Rocky and LLC, while Jeremy started treating the clothes with Permethrin. I was thoroughly intrigued with John and Lynn's map book and all the notes they had on it. There's years of experience jotted down in those books.
After we got the clothes all treated and hung up to dry, we went through our gear one last time and hit the sack hoping to get an early start. I was actually surprised that I slept so easily, as excited as I was, but I was pretty worn out so that helped.
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