Bournday Waters Trip - Day 8 Final Day

We got up around 6am an left Ogish by 8:15 am.  The wind was down at first.  We paddled Ogish, did a 45 rod portage to Jacknife, then a 24 rod portage to Jasper, a 42 rod portage to Alpine and then a 97 rod portage into Seagull.  By the time we hit Seagull the wind had picked up. 

There is a lot of interesting rocks in this part of the BWCA.  Evidently there was volcanic activity some millions of years ago and it left some very cool formations.  Here you can see some white granite ribbons incased by volcanic lava.

One of the portages had some moving water beside it. 

Another rocky portage.

Ellie and Dave getting ready to walk a portage with their packs.  You can see the burn down behind them.

Makita is loaded with his pack and ready to make the trek.

We got to our vehicle at 1:30 pm.  Found some warm beer in the truck that we drank.

While loading our gear in to the truck Foresty Man, Donald Dekker, stopped by to talk to us.  He was a sigher.  Had a hurt leg.  Couldn't get out on the portages any more.  Nice yet odd fella.

 

We stopped in Grand Marias and had yet another Puff taco!

 

We made our way to Thor for the night.  We stopped by a grocery store in McGregor and bought some steaks and grilled them up.  A week without fresh food makes you really hungry for a nice juicy steak with a fresh green salad, not to mention an ice cold beer.

Boundary Waters Trip - Day 7

The fella's fill the sun shower first thing in the morning so it will be nice and warm by evening.

We head out to the South end of the lake for a day of fishing adventure.

Hello again Mr. Eagle.

We stop at an empty campsite for a bite to eat while on the South end of the lake.

Brokeback Campsite from the water.

Sláinte

A bit too many Sláinte's possibly.

Fire Pizza. 

Another beautiful peaceful evening.

Boundary Waters Trip - Day 6

 Our campsite had several chimpmunks that hung out with us.  Here's one eating the seeds off a cedar tree.

A little afternoon relaxing on the rock.  Pass the wang please.

Shower time.

Yeah baby, that felt good.  The sun shower was really warm.

I'm building something for a dinner side here.

Ellie fries more fish. 

Hey Dave doesn't have his glasses on.  He seems to be squinting pretty bad.  His glasses were lost for about 12 hours.  We all looked for them right where he said he lost them while showering.  We had all but given up on them when Ellie envisioned finding them and blam there they were, in perfect shape, right where we had all been looking (and probably stepping). 

I have no idea why I took this photo....

Another awesome moon!

Makita builds more wang as night falls.

Oh yeah, more uno and more Kim and Dave ass kicking.  Congratulations you reneging bunch of cheaters.

Boundary Waters Trip - Day 5

Here comes Ellie and Dave.  I'm standing up on a neighboring campsite (Brokeback Campsite) taking their photo and they round the bend.

Hello Mr. Eagle.

Ellie with one of her smallmouth bass catches.

Ellie made us a fantastic fish fry again.

We had mashed potatoes, gravey and corn with our fish.  Good eats.

I assist Ellie in making bread.  Actually all I do is hold the bag.  She made the dough and set it out to raise in the sun and baked it later that evening on the fire.

Boundary Waters Trip - Day 4

Here's our campsite from a distance.

Dave and Ellie's canoe sitting beside our campsite.

Ellie is rehydrate the the shrimp she dehydrated and brought from home.

Here's the gang building something out of those shrimp.

It turned out really good!  Nummy in my tummy shrimp.

Yes, that's UNO.  Makita struggles with any game that you have to strategize, count cards or think about in any capacity.  So Ellie and Makita teamed up to kick mine and Dave's butt's in Uno.  Our card playing table doubles as a fish cleaning surface.

Boundary Waters Trip - Day 3

The morning starts out with Ellie and Dave bringing down the bear bag to retrieve the makings for a nice steaming cup coffee.

It's a hazy morning.  You can see we're right on the edge of the Cavity Lake fire of 2006.

Three loons pop up behind Makita.  That would make a grand total of 4 loons in a small area of the lake.

After a morning on the lake the guys clean our catch.

A fire is built in preparation for a nummy fish fry.

More firewood is needed.

But finally the fish fry begins.  Ellie is the fish frying expert!

Nice full moon that evening.

Boundary Waters Trip - Day Two - Going In

Saturday morning we loaded the canoes and headed out on Sea Gull Lake (4032 acres).

The wind was down and paddling was good.  We paddled and portaged (4 portages) for about 5 and a half hours for a total of somewhere between 10 and 11 miles. 

On our last portage we ran into two groups of people that may not have watched the video.  They were pushy and rude and broke a rule or two.  It was unfortunate.  On a different portage, another horrible thing happened.  We met a girl with an Obama hat on.  :(

We got lucky again and found a great campsite right after entering Lake Ogishemuncie. 

 

We kicked back the rest of the afternoon in our rock living room (which we grew very fond of over then next week).  Nature's chairs, made from volcanic lava from over a million years ago.

A chimpmunk loved the leftover Cheeto we had for lunch.

The fella's hung the bear bag.

Ellie and I made something for dinner.... I don't recall now.

Makita makes himself a Wang.