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CW Crews - Boundary Waters Adventure
June 2008
CW1 takes off first and heads up to Gun Lake. Today we will paddle 8 miles with 7 portages - a hard first day but we can sleep late the next day, we're staying two nights at Gun Lake.
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Ryan and Connor paddle through the rice paddies |
Our first portages are rocky, slippery, and steep -- I thought they were supposed to all be flat??
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The least flat portage of the whole trip
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Lunch break, I think the mosquitos are getting to Nico
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Ryan models the latest fashion in mosquito repellant accessories. Pretty soon we are all wearing citronella bracelets wherever we can hook them - wrists, ears, glasses, pockets. |
The rain stops and we decide it is time to start some fishing! |
Tim: Hey, Tom, do you think Deb will ever quit taking pictures and start paddling?
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Tom catches the first fish of the day.
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Nico and Kevin
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Richard and Mark do some fishing
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| Nico takes after his brother the double bagger. |
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Blue skies!
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Everyone is worn out after our first day
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Richard is channeling Mark Perkins on the food organization job.
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Hey Mark, just tell me what to write down!
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First night - steaks and baked potatoes
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After the steaks, we are all still hungry and Tim cooks up some burgers for everyone
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Tom helps Mark get the tents up before the rain starts
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Special dessert for our first night in the Boundary Waters! |
| Tim makes coffee with his French press |  |
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During the storm last night, one of the Scout canoes escaped and tried to make a run for Canada, but Ryan, Spencer, and Jeff chase it down and bring it back to camp.
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View from the Scout camp
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We are spending 2 nights at Gun Lake, so it is a rest and fishing day for everyone. |
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Ian pumps water for us |
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Spence and Jeff make breakfast
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Richard gives some fishing tips to Brandon and Jeff
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Check out this big fishing tackle box Jeff's dad bought him!
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Mark goes after the big ones just offshore
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Roasted apples for lunch |
| Ryan hangs out by the canoes |
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Connor gets some special big toe treatment |
Spencer sacrifices a bass
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..and the heart is still beating
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Tonight's dinner is ham steaks, mashed potatoes, and corn
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and fish! |
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The Fish Whisperer is born
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| Today we leave Gun Lake and we'll paddle 9 miles with 4 portages over to Thursday Bay and hopefully meet up with the CCW crews at the Thursday Bay Hilton! |
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CW1 takes off first and finds out that today will be our best fishing day of the trip. The pike and bass are biting in Papoose Creek!
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Only 4 portages today but the first one is a killer, 300 rods
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And the CW2 crew takes off
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Through mud and rocks and mosquitos and poison ivy, nothing can stop the packs from getting through!
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Let the fishing begin!
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| Kevin and Nico at our lunch break on Niki Lake |
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How to portage a canoe:
Tim sure made that look easy!!
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Let's go check on CW1.. it looks like the fishing is great!
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Mark shows off another big pike
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| The Deadly Duo have teamed up! For the rest of our trip, Kevin and Conner will be the ones to beat in the fish count contest. |
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Don't bother helping us, Deb, we can do this, just go take more pictures |
| Surprise, Kevin caught another one! |
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Meanwhile, back to the CW1 crew... does anybody know where we are? We sure don't!
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Look, a bald eagle, we must still be in the United States, right? But why is the map screen on our GPS blank, eh??
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Tim: Hey, Tom, do you think Deb will ever stop looking at the maps and start paddling?
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Give me a break guys, you don't want to end up lost in CANADA, do you??
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Another pike, Tim?! |
Give me back my favorite lure!!
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Nico and Ryan enjoying the scenery |
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Hey, what do you know, it's CW1! We all meet up in Crooked Lake and get an escort over to the Hilton by some of the CCW Scouts
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| Our welcoming committee |
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| Ian catches a whopper of a pike! |
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I hope I don't get bit by this tonight! |
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