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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...

When I leave home they are always packed together but during a trip I tend to pack them separately.

Always wanted a canoe I could build with an Allen wrench! :rolleyes:

So cool, thanks for the report and pictures.

Great report and thanks for all the pics! Now has me even more antsy for my first trip of the season - BWCA in 18 days.

Yeah, pretty much all my projects slipped til now. Have 3 weeks to do some paddle and canoe refreshing before my first BWCA trip this year.

As a MN resident who has been to the BWCA over 200 times I'm torn. Mining if it can be done correctly does have a place but I would like to see it kept in the country. There are many hurdles to get past before any mining is done if ever, the Senate action did not directly open up mining...

I use Ursacks vs a bear vault, they are lighter and pack down as they are being emptied. Don't think I've ever triple portaged but I do usually double pack, I find a pack on front actually balances things out.

I totally agree, finally worked in a BWCA trip last summer with my oldest (18) grandson and decided those trips need to be my priority. Already have 2 BWCA trips booked with grandsons this summer and a CA to MN road trip planned with 3 or 4 of them.

Moving into a stage of life where I have young strapping grandsons who want to go canoe camping with grandpa. 1st trip was last August in the BWCA with my oldest (18) grandson and we knocked off 15 new lakes I've never been to. Have a week booked in May with him again to explore a number of...

In MN (the Boundary Waters) it is illegal to burn any garbage. I do my best to repack what I can before a trip to minimize what garbage I need to pack out. I will admit to burning paper if there's no ink on it and coffee grounds and some food scraps although my pup usually makes sure there's...

Don't believe that the ice will be out the 1st weekend in March, almost never is.