Recent content by jdeerfoot

A belated Happy Canada Day to all of our Canadian friends.

When I was a kid my friends and I would camp out in our back yards with no tents, tarps or ground clothes. It was great fun and we always marveled at how our dew covered sleeping bags still seemed warm and comfortable. It wasn’t until I was in the scouts that I learned the true comfort of the...

A nephew of mine is a longtime conservation warden with the Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources. He has told me they catch many offenders via citizen tips. Sometimes the offenders make their arrest and conviction very easy by posting photos/comments on social media.

Yes, this concern was shared with the truck owner who assured us he has planned out all recharging stops. The last one is in Ignace ON before we head north up Hwy 599. He was an engineer when he worked and has always been a very thorough trip planner. So I will leave the range anxiety concerns...

Sounds like a case for the Sawzall, unless you want to experiment with repairing.

I would think you could check with some outfitters on this. Myself, I would just pickup a crown land permit. Next month I will be participating in a Friends of Wabakimi sponsored trip during which we will be looking for evidence of caribou activity. FOW got a Canadian grant to do the field work...

Great deal for the price.

Well, welcome to the community. I am originally from Ann Arbor but now live in Wisconsin and enjoy the western UP with my solo and tandem canoes.

Yes welcome! New (young) blood is always welcome.

Micro, your Sylvania experience was typical. I have tripped the there since May 1975 and only missed annual trips in a few years. Since retirement in July 2006, I have mostly gone there during the shoulder seasons and always during weekdays to try to avoid others. Summer and nice weather...

July 4, 1999 - the date of a fierce storm that blew through the BWCA causing at least one fatality as I recall and a number of injuries. The first photo (upper left) shows the tree damage at Wilderness Canoe Base at the end of the Gunflint Trail. The other photos show damage within the BWCA...

Looks like a nice trip. I am still waiting for my first trip of the year. I usually go to one of several places in No. Wisconsin or the western UP as soon as the ice goes out. Not this year due to too many medical appts between the missus and me during the nice weather windows.

One of the better trip reports I have read and so personal. Well, at least you know you are a strong person and you will be fine.

I like early morning sunrise paddles - did one yesterday on the local stream from 530 to 7 am with several friends.

On a Kopka Rv trip in 2017 my buddy and I encountered a group of guys in 2 canoes, one of which was a brand new Nova Craft in Tuff Stuff. They came down from the railroad via the Aldridge Creek route and so encountered most of the rapids on the river ending their trip at Bukamiga Lk. When we...