Recent content by BWCA66

It's too bad but he tried selling it for a year and nothing worked out.

Bet that was one tasty meal!

A thread from a couple of years ago wasn't too favorable.

Been there a couple of hundred times, for me it's the closest "wilderness". Depending on when and where you go you can get away from most folks and enjoy some great peace and quiet and cell service is pretty spotty. That said I do agree that it's not "true" wilderness with designated campsites...

That's a great loop but those long narrow lakes can really get rolling. Technically I've always wondered if it's breaking the rules since you leave the BWCA on McFarland and re-enter on Little John.

Looks nice and relaxing, just spent 5 days on a houseboat on the Mississippi with my brother - did a lot of the same, relaxing and drinking a lot of coffee.

Think it was about 20 years ago I saw a number of them being made, mainly to just keep the canoe straight for fishing.

My last 2 trips to the BWCA worked out fantastic, I take the heavy pack and let the 18/19 year old grandson carry it. Cost me plane tickets from CA but I loved every minute of it and would do it again in a heartbeat - or in 3 weeks if we can make schedules work.

I bought a small (2 oz) rechargeable air pump that doubles as a great bellows to get a fire going.

Thanks for the video, looked like a lot of fun!

We got picked up at the Kipp bridge and all our gear and canoes were shuttled to Coal Banks.

It's one of those weeks - highs in the humid 90's everyday and lows in the 70's at night that are miserable for camping anyway but I do feel for all the outfitters who will be losing at least a week of business.

My pivot point always seems to be changing!

The international wolf center is worth a stop as is the root beer ladies museum.

Just got back from a trip to the BWCA with my grandson and discovered I no longer need my Garmin inReach! I have a Google pixel 9 phone and use Verizon and when I was out of all network availability it automatically switched to satellite mode. I was able to send and receive texts to and from...