Mid-life crisis, Sasquatch, + 21 year old girl take on the BWCA
by bookholder186
MARK: Final day in. Started paddling out around 8:30am. Took portage through Azion. Started raining. Pipestone, Jackfish Bays, Newton Lake, to Fall Lake. Arrived at exit point around 2:30. Got showers and went to the Frisky Otter for a great burger and cheese curds. I went to sleep around 8:30 and was awakened by snoring at 9:30. After clapping, screaming, grabbing, and slapping I went to the car the got another hour of sleep. After sitting outside till 3am I woke the other 2 up and we hit the road. 20 hours later after seeing the Big Mac Bridge we made it home around 12:30am. Long Day.
LILY: We had studied the map pretty well last night so we would know where exactly where we were going. We had breakfast of bacon and egg wraps. Packed up camp and headed out around 8:30. We took our time and went slow all day. We had 3 portages, 2 that we had done on the way in. The new to us portage was hard to find. It rained lightly off and on all day. The last 2 portage were both really busy. We made it out to entry point #24 Fall Lake around 2:30pm. We got the car loaded up and headed back to Ely. After returning all the gear and talking to the workers about our trip we got our room for the night and all got long showers and went to eat at the Frisky Otter. It was yummy! The rootbeer I got to drink was from The Dorothy Molter Rootbeer Museum! Me and Dad shopped a bit after dinner while Montana did Montana things. Dad went to bed at like 8 and I went at like 9. Tana came in shortly after and woke us up with his snooring and wound NOT STOP! No matter what! Dad ended up going to the car to try and get some sleep after he tried the bathroom. Because of this we ended up leaving at like 3:30 am our time. Me and Dad drove the whole way home and Montana slept and snored. I was so ready to be home and not in that car. We had McDonalds for lunch and Canes for dinner. We got home around 12:30 am and I finally got to see my Harlow(dog) and Coltie! <3 Overall it was an awesome trip but I do think that we were staring to get sick of each other! :/
MONTANA: Feel like Fess Parker again navigation skills trying to teach the basics I believe everybody is still friends almost out. If you have the attitued you have to make it out IN HIGH SPIRITS!