Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Trip Reports :: Trip Report - The Year of Rain
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Koda |
- Getting out of your boats on Canadian soil - and then camping - without a permit - Not picking up your buddy's dump on the latrine trail - Rinsing your dishes in the lake - Tampering with border monuments - Tying a Care Bear to a tree I hope that in the future you'll learn to abide by Leave No Trace principles. And if you plan to step foot in Canada be sure you have the proper permit. |
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Trip Name: The Year of Rain. Entry Point: 55A Click Here to View Trip Report |
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BWPaddler |
Jumping rocks - huge!!! Nice moose shots and blueberries. Memories were definitely made, despite the PITA parts of the trip. Must not have made a lasting impression since you're back at it! |
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RT |
After the trip is done I am miserable. A day in the rain is better than a day in the office. |
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RT |
wow, thank you for the praise. I wrote the reports as a way to remember the trips later in life and only posted them here because I got pestered by members of this board (half joking on that). I am all for a challenge when I am in the BW but the rain that year did the rain-for-4-hours-stop-for-2-rain-again-for-4-hours thing the entire trip. Rain normally does not bother me but after days of that... blargh. Donnie has since said that he will never go back to the BW. One portage was too many, let alone multiple portages. We have asked another friend to come with for our Aug 2011 trip but he has yet to confirm. He better hurry up. We only have 10 months before we leave. |
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I will take some time to address the things you mentioned however. While they may not please people, they are the truth. 1. Canadian soil camping - By the time we were setting up camp it was dark out. The closest campsites to where we were (which might have been taken) were on the south side of Ottertrack. We took the site with the full intention that, should a Ranger stop, we would happily have paid the fine. We felt there was no other option. 2. Donnie's Dump - Tempers by that point were high, to say the least. Donnie is a friend of a friend of mine and by that point, had I said something, I could have easily lost teeth. 3. Rinsing Dishes - Yes, I wash dishes in camp and do a final rinse in the lake. I have one of those portable kitchen sinks that I wash in but the final rinse is always in the lake. 4. Border Monument - If you think that anyone would be able to pull out one of those by hand then feel free to hit me with a paddle should we ever meet. I let Goph have at it because I knew that he would/could cause no damage to them. 5. Care Bear - Looking back I totally agree with you. I can say no more than that. I say, in regards to my journals, take it or leave it. Feel free to call me a dumbass. Sure I have done some less than acceptable things but at least I have the balls to point out my own faults. |
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I've been on many rain-soaked, wind-blown trips, so I sypathize with your frustration with this one. But, when I look back at all my trips, the rainy, windy, stormy ones form a kind of background that make the sunny, calm ones glimmer that much more. Also, most of us go to the wilderness because we enjoy the challenge of coping with whatever it deals us by way of weather and adversity. I enjoy your frankness and honesty, and I hope you will continue to report your trips truthfully. It adds a refreshing zing to these tales. |