nine days in minnesota

[maxama10]

Alright im going tommorrow morning at 3 am(!) to minnesota for 9 days of conoeing :)
were starting off around the town of ely minnesota and going up through canada, i think, and all over the place.... im taking my digi so ill be sure to bring back lots of pictures, if anyones interested and i make it back (haha i hope so). i have a feeling im gonna run into a few bears up there but were taking bear mace so hopefully we'll be fine.



Max

[Mikey B]

It's not so bad up here... my friends go hiking and such all the time up by the border and only one was eaten by a bear :) but it should be fun.

[Muzikman]

I just recently spent a day in Duluth for work. It seems like a great area. I am not a fan of Conoes, but Kayaking some of the water up that way looks like a lot of fun.

[wanna-b-ballin']

if you see a bear, growl at it, then curl up in the fetal position and make loud squeeling sounds. then come back here and tell us about it. i'v always wanted to know.

[Hexis]

I have been canoeing in the BWCAW for a long time. Bears up there are more scared of you, then you are of them. Hang your food pack to make it difficult to get to. Nice and high. No, higher than that. No, higher than that. No, even higher. As for scaring off bears, get yerself a nice pot and big ol spoon, bang on that think and make a crazy racket, they will go running. I would highly suggest not spraying them with mace of any sort.

[maxama10]

well im back and i had lots of fun but it did nothing but rain and blow the entire 6 days i was there except the 5th day
the 3rd day me and my conoe partner were going up a fast flowing river and he was steering and the river got us on the side and started pushing us around
but he tried to pull it around and it flipped so from then on most of our stuff was damp or wet cause the bags werent very good.....oh well so i caught a few pike and some small mouth
when we got back to minneanappolis we went to the MOA and went to the apple store!!!!
best part of the trip if you ask me
first one is me
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[Alley]

Welcome home!! Rain does kinda suck the fun out of an outdoor trip. Glad you survived and made it home safely. Hopefully next time it will be sunny!! :)

[Muzikman]

After spending a day in Duluth, I have a feeling it never gets sunny in MN:)

See, that is the reason I like kayaks over Conoes. A good touring Kayaking is much harder to flip.

[personman]

Thats cool, I did that last year with the scouts. I have some cool pictures.

http://www.howtodrownkittens.info/oldsite/Albums/NorthernTier/index.html

[Muzikman]

Wow, you guys sure did not pack light. Who the hell carried the cast iron grill?:)

[personman]

Wow, you guys sure did not pack light. Who the hell carried the cast iron grill?:)

Haha, those were camp sites that are set up throughout the place.

But each pack wieghed around 60-80 pounds I think. Food pack, gear pack, and 3 personal (tent, sleeping bags, etc) bags. There were 9 people and a guide IIRC. Fun stuff

[maxama10]

yeah the grills were set up in the campsites

theres no way i wouldve carried that thing out there!
oh and alley thanks im glad i made it too

[Hexis]

The fire grates are how you tell it's a legal campsite. That and the nice fiberglass green stink pot. At least they aren't wood anymore, those rotted out. They were starting to replace them when I started going in the late 80s.