Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: Canoeing with kids :: Any good family trips coming up?
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JJ47 |
A trip to the b-dub in June. Moose EP northeast to Splash, SE to Ima, SW to Snowbank. My 7 year old sons first canoe camping adventure, and our first b-dub adventure as a family. I can hardly wait! Then a mid July trip to Whitewater SP to do some trout fishing and bluff climbing. We've never been to Whitewater so I'm interested. Trying to talk the wife into pack camping that weekend, but it's tough to convince her when all the amenities are right there! LOL! And an early October weekend to Banning SP. We LOVE the Kettle river! |
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mirth |
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Canoearoo |
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paddlefamily |
quote George: "Just got back from a 4 night trip with my 9 and 10 year old daughters. Fish were not biting, but the bugs sure did! Kids had a blast catching crayfish, fire fly's, dragon fly's and swimming all day long. Savored every moment." Where did you go? |
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TuscaroraBorealis |
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ripple |
2 BWCA grandparents + 1 (7 y/o + 6 y/o + 5 y/o + 4 y/o) + 2 canoes + (?#) packs + 2 lakes + 1 30 rod portages + 1 sandy beach base camp x 3 days in August = infinite memories and fun! |
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Corsair |
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paddlefamily |
quote ripple: "So excited to have the chance to finally indoctrinate grandchildren this year. You do the "math"... How fun! What are some of the activities you have planned for them? We'll be going up with our kids again in Aug.-ages 14,11 + 8. I am hoping to fine a sandy campsite or one with a good rock to swim off of. |
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bumabu |
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luft |
I am still job hunting so I can't get too firm with my plans that far ahead this summer. So for now we are heading up to the Brule area later this week for our longest trip yet and then hopefully another trip up to base camp at Sawbill for the 4th of July with day trips out of Sawbill EP. |
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bumabu |
quote mirth: "Bud - I passed by Starved Rock on the way to/from a canoeing overnight with the Scouts last weekend. Seems like its pretty close to our area, maybe a 2 hour drive?" Yep about two hours, and really awesome. |
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ripple |
Grandpa teaching the kids how to fish 1st cast- first fish! 2nd cast first fish! Big Tent! Best fun.. S'mores seal the deal! |
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bumabu |
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luft |
Have a great trip! |
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HighnDry |
quote bumabu: "quote mirth: "Bud - I passed by Starved Rock on the way to/from a canoeing overnight with the Scouts last weekend. Seems like its pretty close to our area, maybe a 2 hour drive?" I realize that it still January....but has anyone put anything on their calendar (even wistfully) about paddling trips for this summer? Can you tell winter's been a long time coming :)? |
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Canoearoo |
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HighnDry |
quote DeanL: "We're going to Knife in June again this year. My 5 year old boy is going and I'd love to take my 3 year old but unless he makes some huge strides he's still gonna be in diapers which is a road I'm not going down. I can't wait!" That will be a great trip no matter how your "crew" works out :) We're going in LIS north over Memorial Day weekend. Might get up Sawbill over 4th of July. My wife teaches so we have to work around 3 day weekends in the summer until mid-July. Anybody else? |
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PaddlinMadeline |
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ripple |
Another really beautiful place to head is Mississippi Palisades- These are some ancient pictures but they give you an idea of another great family spot in Illinois. Matthew is now 33 years old with 3 kids, Daniel just graduated grad school- and teaches Environmental Education. The trails have spectacular views- |
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ripple |
I raised 5 kids who were experts at traveling across country by car 2-3 times per year. My now 20-30 year old kids report their best memories are of long car drives and camping trips. I know these kids will have great memories- but my fear is they are a bit "soft" never having a time without the electronics and TV. It is something we feel strongly the kids need from us- a sense that world is bigger than they see everyday. A new set of "googles" to know how to have fun |
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paddlefamily |
Love your campsite scavenger hunt idea. I did that one year...went over really well. One of our fav car games that appeals to many ages is something like this scavenger hunt. Kids draw a car that has them search for specific signs or vehicles or animals, etc. Our kids killed many hours doing this. There are others out there that are specific...like "In the City" or "In the Country" cards. |
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mirth |
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bumabu |
quote mirth: "I'm taking my son, my paddling buddy, and his wife to the Sylvania Wilderness in August. Hope we get cool, bugless, clear nights for the meteor shower!"when is the meteor shower in august? |
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mirth |
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ripple |
quote paddlefamily: "quote ripple: "So excited to have the chance to finally indoctrinate grandchildren this year. You do the "math"... We have tons of fun car stuff to do. None of the kids have ever been on a long drive and they are addicted to video games for even around town- so we are going to try to make them have fun without electronics... Plastic Lap Tray Desks Coloring books, little toys, tons of snacks... -I have a cool scavenger hunt idea- pictures of various things to find at the campsite that I have made into card size laminated collections for pairs of kids to hunt down. -A campsite bingo game I also made and laminted. -The ice cream ball for the first day while ice will last. -Fishing-lots of fishing. -I have some other of fun games as back up if they are bored- from this great book The 175 Best Camp Games - flashlight tag with their headlamps, redlight/green light, 7 up, funny camp songs, Fire Color Changer - then I have and disposable cameras, Light Sticks for night lights in the tent.... - We have started the gearing up for them- Sleeping bags , Packs, Portage boots, Sporks -Each kids is getting a little bag of things to use around the site. I found these amazing plastic magnifying glasses at Amazon Jumbo Magnifiers - We have T-shirts we made for them (Camp Grandma & Grandpa), we made fleece camp pillows with fleece they had fun picking out with me one weekend- along with reading so many great books listed in another thread- we are building the excitement - Finally my favorite idea- We are going to write a book (journal as we go and take pictures) so the kids will have a book to remember the trip. Can you tell we are excited? |
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luft |
So far I have a Mother's Day camping cabin trip with another family and the boys, a 10 day BWCA solo trip in mid May, a BWCA trip with another family and the boys in early August, a long weekend over the Labor Day weekend as a possible trip to Texas,and maybe another long weekend BWCA trip in with the boys over MEA weekend in Mid October. Hopefully a new job won't ruin all my careful planning:-) |