Well the bus is getting ready to pull out for the "big" trip. We'll be leaving tomorrow at noon and driving to Ely. We'll visit the Wolf Center to get our permit and then maybe stop at Dorothy Molter's museum. This whole trip is to get to the place where Dorothy lived and died as the last resident of the BWCA.
Saturday morning we will paddle 4 miles across big Snowbank Lake to its northeast corner. Then there's two short portages, 30 and 50 rods, (a rod is approximently 17 feet, the average length of a canoe) and a small pond will lead us to Boot Lake and then a long portage to Ensign Lake (220 rods). We'll paddle up to the portage of 180 rods to Vera and a 280 into Knife Lake and Isle of the Pine, right on the Canadian Border, the home of Dorothy Molter. That will be our first two days. We are going in for nine. We'll be visiting other lakes, fishing, enjoying the wildlife and the full moon that will be big and bright on Thursday the 21st. We'll be coming out on Sunday July 31st.
I'm really looking forward to getting back in the great outdoors (just got home from Motortown). I'll fill you all in when we get home.
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Have a great time and be safe!
What a nice picture!!
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