Recent content by mwaalen

Agreed. I guess dynamic landscapes simply have dynamic weather. I think I'll bail on using my Garmin InReach Messenger for weather in favor of the forecast print-out handed us at the ranger station which seemed to work...mostly...Do enjoy the piece of mind having the SOS function. If it could...

Me too on the Astral Rasslers but don't think any shoe can counteract a slip when the moss lets lose from the slick rock its perched atop. Happens to us a lot. Soft soles are nice to feel the terrain but a bane when you bruise the bottom of your foot on a root the first day in. Can't imagine...

So I'm not just making this up. Darn, wished I was. Q: What do you use? I queried "The Hallucinator" which provided the following. No clue if any of it is accurate. When you are deep within Quetico Provincial Park where cellular signals disappear, your Garmin inReach Messenger fetches its...

Just speed read most of this thread to learn more as struggled with my Garmin Inreach Messenger last week. Granted I've only used it a handful of times so just now did another test. The way I understand it is the device itself provides only real-time wind direction & speed which is more critical...

Great conversation. My original paddle-pardner was my brother and when young & strong we built our egos around being (what we considered) the most efficient trippers in the park. We would wet-foot most every portage. He would then lift the gear bag for me to help get it on my back. Then grab the...

Quetico being Quetico, sans A.I. Paid heck for these photos with a brutal windy/rainy following day getting out of the park.

Scratch this...Just learned Prairie Portage is closed. I either got some bad AI information or misinterpreted the "Closed" list. The Atikokan headquarters told me only Beaver House & Batchewaung are active entry points currently.

dang cat scratched our canoe.

Looking for input on this proposed Quetico route. The plan is to do a 5 night out of Prairie Portage and thread our way North between Kahshahpiwi & Agnes as those lakes are closed. We've never gone in from Prairie Portage before and understand it is more popular than entering from Nym which is...

In 2024 we did a 7-night in Wabakimi. Took the train from Savant Lake where it stopped in the bush only to drop us two off and 7 days later Bruce picked us up for a night at his lodge. To say I am grateful to have had the experience seems selfish. Just sharing some photos for posterity. The last...

We've used the double ended spoon & fork things for years. Never before considered which end gets used most but as I think of it, the fork end is being ignored. Oatmeal in the AM & sloppy, ricey, beany, glurpy, stuff for supper. Will probably keep the utensils as-is just because it has become...

Being close-ish proximity, I think MN is seeing the same thing as southern Ontario with the wind, but we could sure use some of that rain if you can spare. For what it's worth the Google answered me the following... The 10-year trend for high wind events in MN shows a significant increase in...

In MN the spring sustained winds & all season microbursts seem to be increasing. You don't need to travel far to come across a shorline or trail completely tangled with a mess of downfall. I don't recall this a decade or two ago.

Not quite as stable as a rope bridge. Instead, 3 layers of untreatead plywood for the decking & reclaimed roller coaster supports from 1927. Maybe it's an art installation, uncertain.

First paddle of the season with my son. Stopped dead in our wake in contemplation of this engineering marvel.