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basser31

03/07/2011 03:20PM

This has probably been done before, but where is everyone from and how many trips have ya made to the Bdub? West Virginia-0 trips hopefully one soon

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AndySG

03/07/2011 03:23PM

Central Illinois. Six trips...1st was a day trip and 5 multi-day trips since. Looking forward to many more.

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Jeriatric

03/07/2011 03:31PM

Coarsegold/Oakhurst, California. 3 trips.
1st trip, 2007, age 61, group of 4, trekking, 7 days.
2nd trip, 2008, turned 62 during trip, solo, trekking, 8 days.
3rd trip, turned 63 during trip, solo, base camping, 7 days.

Last year (just after turning 64) I towed the tent trailer to British Columbia instead of going to the BW. This year, age 65, I plan on towing the tent trailer to Yukon Territory and Alaska in order to work on my fishing bucket list. Possible BW trip in September if I can talk my son into it. Weeklong true solos may be in my past.

The business of life is the acquisition of memories. In the end that's all there is. ___Mr Carson (Downton Abby)

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oldgentleman

03/07/2011 03:40PM

South Michigan, just outside of Lansing. Just 775 miles from Ely!

I've done 9 Boundary Waters trips and at least that many trips in other wilderness areas.

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Chilly

03/07/2011 03:46PM

I'll tell you where. Someplace warm. A place where the beer flows like wine. Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I'm talking about a little place called Duluth.

"Now days these kids take out everything: radar, sonar, electric toothbrushs" Quint

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Spartan2

03/07/2011 03:51PM

South central Michigan, about 50 miles south of oldgentleman, actually. 25 trips to BW or Quetico, one to Temagami, two to Algonquin, since we started in 1971. I trip with my husband, Spartan1.

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Dennisal

03/07/2011 03:51PM

NW IL, Stockton IL

around 20 trips total since 1963....

Never lost. All portages and roads go somewhere or they would not be there.

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daddyomolly

03/07/2011 03:56PM

Central Wisconsin(where the ginseng grows) Trying to fit in my first trip this year between full-time job, almost full-time college student, and full time dad. Where there is a will there is a way I guess.

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ozarkpaddler

03/07/2011 04:16PM

quote daddyomolly: "Central Wisconsin(where the ginseng grows) Trying to fit in my first trip this year between full-time job, almost full-time college student, and full time dad. Where there is a will there is a way I guess. "

I remember looking down at the ginseng plots from Rib Mtn when we lived near Wausau!

SE MO at the eastern edge of the Ozarks. 965+ miles to Grand Marais one way. Been going since '84 and have lost track, but it has to be 30-40 something since I used to make 2-3 trips a year for awhile. Even earned the name "Wilderness Webb" from friends I used to take up there. Have backed off due to medical issues and now have only made 3 trips since 2004. But I love the BWCAW, and would live there from May-October if I could! TW

"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." Mark Twain

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lars54

03/07/2011 04:35PM

Fargo,ND
tripping since 1970
between 35 and 40 trips

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OBX2Kayak

03/07/2011 04:37PM

North Carolina's Outer Banks, a sandbar near the Cape Hatteras lighthouse. 1,600 miles to Ely.

"I go because it irons out the wrinkles in my soul" -- Sigurd Olson

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arctic

03/07/2011 04:39PM

Near Two Harbors, Minnesota. At least 60 trips to BWCA and Quetico since 1979. Many other trips beyond...

“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” -Edward Abbey

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boonie

03/07/2011 04:39PM

Another West Virginian! Morgantown. Six trips, three of them solos.

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rogerson

03/07/2011 04:43PM

quote Chilly: " A place where the beer flows like wine."

Homer Simpson is a genius, plain and simple...

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S Thompson

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bassnut

03/07/2011 04:47PM

Northeast Okla., (Nowata)about 45-50 miles north of Tulsa. first trip in Sept. '83, total about 50 trips...been in all open water months, prefer May and Sept./Oct. The best thing that ever happened is when I started bringing a flyrod

"Blessed are the cracked because they let in light."

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Savage Voyageur

03/07/2011 05:01PM

From Fargo and have made about 30 trips.

"So many lakes, so little time." WWJD

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mc2mens

03/07/2011 05:04PM

Twin Cities, MN - trips 11 and 12 planned for this summer.

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mooseplums

03/07/2011 05:27PM

Waseca, MN. 59 trips since 1985 and counting.

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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shoreviewswede

03/07/2011 05:36PM

Shoreview, MN. 6.

Be Nice -Swede

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fishguts

03/07/2011 05:42PM

Oregon, southern coast, Brookings, 1st trip in 1963

fishguts

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fstask

03/07/2011 05:43PM

Springfield, Nebraska just south of Omaha. Inaugural trip begins May 29 at EP #16. Hopefully the first of many.

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Unas10

03/07/2011 05:47PM

quote daddyomolly: "Central Wisconsin(where the ginseng grows) Trying to fit in my first trip this year between full-time job, almost full-time college student, and full time dad. Where there is a will there is a way I guess. "

Central Wisconsin (where the cranberries grow). 30 miles straight south of Edgar. 2 1/2 months to number 9.

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tworke

03/07/2011 05:58PM

Hibbing, MN

an hour and a half west from the bwca

That tree looks familiar?!

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Basspro69

03/07/2011 06:36PM

Pine City, Mn 20 plus trips to bwca .

" I want to know Gods thoughts , The rest are details " Albert Einstein. WWJD

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kanoes

03/07/2011 06:40PM

im *from North Freedom, WI. Prior Lake, MN now. almost 40 trips.

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griswold

03/07/2011 06:47PM

Neillsville, WI. Third trip to BWCA in 74 days!!!

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.~Thoreau

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bapabear

03/07/2011 06:47PM

A short drive north of Madison, WI. First trip in 2004. Waited too long for that first visit. Have been back every year but one - following brain surgery the neurosurgeon felt a month and a half wasn't enough recovery time........he was right. That was a long summer.

My superhero name is TYPOMAN. Writer of wrongs.

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shr2807

03/07/2011 06:53PM

Northwest Missouri, Near St. Joseph. Home of the Pony Express and death place of Jessie James.

I have made 4 trips, with a 5th planned for this June.

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marc bates

03/07/2011 07:00PM

Mt.Clemens MI, just Northeast of Detroit, 8 trips, many others around the country.

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candyj

03/07/2011 07:19PM

Wausau, WI. First trip was last year (EP 70) and a second is planned this summer at EP 14.

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MOgirl

03/07/2011 07:20PM

quote shr2807: "Northwest Missouri, Near St. Joseph. Home of the Pony Express and death place of Jessie James.

I have made 4 trips, with a 5th planned for this June."

I live with him :) Taking my 3rd trip this June!

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kanoes

03/07/2011 07:21PM

quote MOgirl: "
quote shr2807: "Northwest Missouri, Near St. Joseph. Home of the Pony Express and death place of Jessie James.

I have made 4 trips, with a 5th planned for this June."

I live with him :)"

my sincerest sympathies.

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maxxbhp

03/07/2011 07:24PM

Walls, MS via Jemison, AL, first timer

"...And the days I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, .......well, I have really good days". Ray Wiley Hubbard

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Woods Walker

03/07/2011 07:31PM

originally Beloit, WI.... now I live in Baxter, MN.... I would have to sit down & really figure it out, but more than 30 trips to the BWCA / Quetico.

A road is a dagger placed in the heart of a wilderness. -William O. Douglas, in Ghost Grizzlies

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bear bait

03/07/2011 07:39PM

mankato, mn
getting close to 30 trips i think...

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SunCatcher

03/07/2011 07:41PM

Reside in Norfolk, Nebraska
2 BWCA
1 Woodland Caribou Provincial Park (Solo)
Go HUSKERS!

SunCatcher

"WWJD"

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Troutman

03/07/2011 07:48PM

Colorado Springs. 1st trip last year.

"If dogs don't go to heaven then when I die I want to go where they are" Will Rogers

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OneMatch

03/07/2011 08:06PM

quote SunCatcher: "Reside in Norfolk, Nebraska
2 BWCA
1 Woodland Caribou Provincial Park (Solo)
Go HUSKERS!

SunCatcher"

SunCatcher,

Many many moons ago I had a gig in Norfolk at a bowling alley. Can't remember the name but it seemed to be on a main drag. Maybe you bowled there while I was singing Mr Bojangles??? :-)

We all have to believe in something. I believe I'll go paddle.

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gbuskk

Guest Paddler

03/07/2011 08:07PM

quote Jeriatric: "Coarsegold/Oakhurst, California. 3 trips.
1st trip, 2007, age 61, group of 4, trekking, 7 days.
2nd trip, 2008, turned 62 during trip, solo, trekking, 8 days.
3rd trip, turned 63 during trip, solo, base camping, 7 days.

Last year (just after turning 64) I towed the tent trailer to British Columbia instead of going to the BW. This year, age 65, I plan on towing the tent trailer to Yukon Territory and Alaska in order to work on my fishing bucket list. Possible BW trip in September if I can talk my son into it. Weeklong true solos may be in my past."

Check out Liard Hot Springs.

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Corndog

03/07/2011 08:11PM

Wisconsin:

When I was young I would hike in the BW and my first paddling experience was on the angleworm.

OMG "Corndogged again!" My all time favorite quote.

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nctry

03/07/2011 08:21PM

Many trips in the late seveties and early eighties. Then late in the eighties I got real busy with my business and paddling was limited to the cabin lake. Two years ago I did a may trip with a friend and I've been canoeing pretty steady ever since... Six trips in the past two years with four planned for this year. My trips are usually ten days.

I live on the Iron Range... only a hundred miles to Ely.

Nctry

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BearBrown

03/07/2011 08:47PM

Anoka, MN (Northwest Suburbs)

I've been on 6 canoeing trips to the BWCA. My first trip was in 2005, the summer after I graduated high school (I'm only 23). My first solo hiking/camping experience was to George H. Crosby Manitou State Park. I was there 4 days and didn't see anyone until I hiked out. I'm planning my first solo to the BWCA this year along with a couple of group trips.

Richard "Bear" Brown

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Ozarker

03/07/2011 09:02PM

Lake of the Ozarks region in central MO. No, I've never been to Party Cove and have no intentions of ever going. I'll just stay here on the farm, thank you.

If summer is tourist season, then why can't you shoot them?

I've taken 12-13 trips to the BWCAW and border lakes over the past 10 years.

"Always leave the woodpile higher than when you found it."

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SunCatcher

03/07/2011 09:04PM

quote OneMatch: "
quote SunCatcher: "Reside in Norfolk, Nebraska
2 BWCA
1 Woodland Caribou Provincial Park (Solo)
Go HUSKERS!

SunCatcher"

SunCatcher,

Many many moons ago I had a gig in Norfolk at a bowling alley. Can't remember the name but it seemed to be on a main drag. Maybe you bowled there while I was singing Mr Bojangles??? :-)"

I think it was Kings Lanes and they had a Dance Hall also,
My neighbor used to own it. small world

"WWJD"

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BWPaddler

03/07/2011 09:09PM

quote boonie: "Another West Virginian! Morgantown. Six trips, three of them solos."

I was gonna ask if he met you yet. I spent my formative years (grades 7-10) in Charleston (GWHS)... still have many many friends there and it will always hold a piece of my heart.

From all over (MN, IL, MO, NJ, WV, MN, NC, VA, MI, CO, Germany, Italy, VA, MN). Been back in MN now for about 17 years and call it home.

About 15 BW trips, 5 with adults, 10 with kids.

Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe. -Thoreau

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talusman

03/07/2011 09:11PM

Finland, Minnesota. We were Finland before the country was Finland. Haven't been going a long time but I make multiple trips each year now. Probably have done 30 hiking trips and about 20 canoeing trips.

He's a rolling stone, and it's bred in the bone; He's a man who won't fit in.

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Canoearoo

03/07/2011 09:19PM

Mn and well over 40 trips now

Life jackets float, you don't!

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KennyLogIn

03/07/2011 09:23PM

Originally, from my Mother.

Tofte is my home, Sawbill is 20 minutes away.

Too many trips to count.

Rocks, trees, and water...

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jcavenagh

03/07/2011 09:26PM

quote Dennisal: "NW IL, Stockton IL

around 20 trips total since 1963...."

Yeah, Stockton, right next the famous Home of the Pretzels!

LNT - The road to success is always under construction. http://hikingillinois.blogspot.com/

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jcavenagh

03/07/2011 09:27PM

born and raised in Oak Park, IL
Village of wide lawns and narrow minds, according to Papa Hemingway.

7 trips...all of which involved BW and the Q...

LNT - The road to success is always under construction. http://hikingillinois.blogspot.com/

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HighPlainsDrifter

03/07/2011 09:28PM

Brookings, SD
Trips: some in the BWCA, some in Northern Sask, and some here and there

"Boredom, Tyler - that's what's wrong. And how do you beat boredom, Tyler?... Adventure...(Never Cry Wolf, 1983)

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n8ville

03/07/2011 09:31PM

alexandria mn 4 trips.. many more to come

"Anything worth doing, is worth doing right" -Hunter S. Thompson

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Jackfish

Moderator

03/07/2011 09:49PM

Green Bay, WI... Otherwise known as Titletown USA. Home of your 13-time World Champion Green Bay Packers.

As for number of trips, it's over 20. Kind of lost count.

"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir

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Wables

03/07/2011 10:25PM

Duluth, MN. I made 1 trip to the BWCA and 3 to the Quetico in High School. Moved away, started a career and family, and moved back 3 years ago. I made 3 trips in the last 2 years, and hopefully at least one trip this summer ... as long as the expected family addition this summer doesn't ruin my plans!

"Hold on, I think I can get in without getting my feet wet."....SPLASH...

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fishfry

03/07/2011 10:38PM

Farmington Mn, trips planned for 2011, May 6 days, June 16 days, Aug 10 days, Sept 5 days, Oct 9 days. In the last 9 years I have been there for 25 times for a total of 154 days.

It's not the speed, but the grace in which you arrive.

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tony

03/07/2011 11:45PM

Apple valley, MN Trips somewhere north of 30 not exactly sure.

tony

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Mort

03/08/2011 04:12AM

Northeastern Wisconsin. My first trip to the B'dub was in 1974, and I've now done more than 55 trips, ...and going strong.

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Jeriatric

03/08/2011 04:42AM

quote gbuskk: "
quote Jeriatric: "Coarsegold/Oakhurst, California. 3 trips.
1st trip, 2007, age 61, group of 4, trekking, 7 days.
2nd trip, 2008, turned 62 during trip, solo, trekking, 8 days.
3rd trip, turned 63 during trip, solo, base camping, 7 days.

Last year (just after turning 64) I towed the tent trailer to British Columbia instead of going to the BW. This year, age 65, I plan on towing the tent trailer to Yukon Territory and Alaska in order to work on my fishing bucket list. Possible BW trip in September if I can talk my son into it. Weeklong true solos may be in my past."

Check out Liard Hot Springs."

Planning on it. By the way, it was the site of a fatal black bear attack.

The business of life is the acquisition of memories. In the end that's all there is. ___Mr Carson (Downton Abby)

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1BigPaddle

03/08/2011 05:07AM

Granite Falls, MN

about 23 trips including bdub, quetico, woodland caribou,

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254Bow

03/08/2011 06:57AM

quote OBX2Kayak: "North Carolina's Outer Banks, a sandbar near the Cape Hatteras lighthouse. 1,600 miles to Ely."

Going to Ocracoke... Again! Love the OBX

Warrior mind, Warrior heart.

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alpine525

03/08/2011 07:44AM

From suburbs of Chicago - and have made 16 trips.

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. Dalai Lama

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Longpaddler

03/08/2011 07:59AM

Fairfield, Ohio (northern edge of Cincinnati). Been going to B-Dub or Quetico once a year since 1980 (missed two years).

..there is nothing- absolute nothing- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats - Wind in the Willows

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airmorse

03/08/2011 09:44AM

NW Indiana where Superfund sites outnumber people.

"In wilderness is the salvation of mankind." Thoreau.

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Boppa

03/08/2011 09:52AM

From Canton, CT.
This will be our 6TH trip up to the BWCA.
Boy do we look forward to it.
Boppa

"Yesterday is the past, Tomorrow is the future, Today is a GIFT, that is why it is called the present".

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QueticoMike

03/08/2011 10:40AM

Piqua, Ohio. Been on more than 50 + trips to Quetico and BW. Been going since 1988.

I can be followed on Instagram @queticomike

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grampgramp

03/08/2011 11:07AM

Twenty miles north of Madison Wisconsin. This spring will be my seventh trip. have gone every year for the past six years, wish I lived a few hundred miles closer.

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shawhh

03/08/2011 11:09AM

small town in southeastern north carolina. while i've paddled all over the southeast and south-central united states, i've only made 3 solo trips to the bwca 10 to 15 days each.

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Basspro69

03/08/2011 03:55PM

quote Jackfish: "Green Bay, WI... Otherwise known as Titletown USA. Home of your 13-time World Champion Green Bay Packers.

As for number of trips, it's over 20. Kind of lost count."

I hope one of the moderators deletes this particular post, its making me ill :-)

" I want to know Gods thoughts , The rest are details " Albert Einstein. WWJD

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rookie in 03

03/08/2011 04:03PM

Milroy,MN, southwest part of the state. Hey 1BigPaddle, we're neighbors! 7 trips and counting

rookie in 03

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basser31

03/08/2011 04:06PM

quote arctic: "Near Two Harbors, Minnesota. At least 60 trips to BWCA and Quetico since 1979. Many other trips beyond..."

Hey im from Kingwood!

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basser31

03/08/2011 04:14PM

Hey Boonie im from Kingwood!

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smuts

03/08/2011 04:27PM

Decorah IA. 20 plus trips.

Not every turtle has a campsite; but every campsite has a turtle.

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BigZig

03/08/2011 04:53PM

I live in Champlin, MN but grew up in Duluth, MN. I have been going to the BWCA since 1964 when I was 3 years old.

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Jackfish

Moderator

03/08/2011 05:05PM

quote Basspro69: "
quote Jackfish: "Green Bay, WI... Otherwise known as Titletown USA. Home of your 13-time World Champion Green Bay Packers.

As for number of trips, it's over 20. Kind of lost count."

I hope one of the moderators deletes this particular post, its making me ill :-)"

LOL... you're the man, BP. Thanks for the chuckle.

"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir

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boonie

03/08/2011 06:06PM

quote basser31: "Hey Boonie im from Kingwood!"

Yep, I know where it is, but arctic will probably have to look it up :). BWPaddler will know.

So, you've never been - when do you plan to go? What's your interest?

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wtgmonkey

03/08/2011 06:16PM

Ruthton, MN (southwest corner) 6 trips

"Champions are measured by the adversity they overcome"

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Canoe42

03/08/2011 07:00PM

20 miles north of Chicago. 10+ trips.

"Half the things you read on the internet are false"-Abraham Lincoln

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PatnAspen

03/08/2011 07:05PM

Pequot Lakes, MN short drive north of Baxter, MN. 5 trips over the last couple of years, many more in the making!!

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basser31

03/09/2011 12:13AM

I have planned to go on 3 different occasions and something has came up each time. Were planning on June 2012( fingers crossed) camping and fishing is the interests and the overall solitude and scenery!

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mr.barley

03/09/2011 12:24AM

New Ulm MN

About 30 trips in the past 25 years

serenity now

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Stumpy

03/09/2011 01:32AM

Evergreen Park, IL (surrounded by Chicago's South Side)
74 camping trips....if you count day trips it's 150+

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly

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rlhedlund

03/09/2011 06:26AM

Twice. Once with a canoe in '09.

From Richmond, VA - Born in Litchfield, MN

Life is Good, Living is Better. Everlasting Life is Best! Pray for Us Amok.

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boonie

03/09/2011 07:15AM

quote basser31: "I have planned to go on 3 different occasions and something has came up each time. Were planning on June 2012( fingers crossed) camping and fishing is the interests and the overall solitude and scenery!
"

I go for the solitude and scenery, and have always gone in Sept, so I can't tell you much about June or fishing. I can tell you it's a long drive if you plan on driving up and I can give you some information about that when your planning gets serious.

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wawasee

03/09/2011 09:19AM

Warsaw In, where most of your artificial hips and knees are made! I have made 10 trips into the beautiful BWCA. I wish I would have started at a younger age.

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airmorse

03/09/2011 09:29AM

quote smuts: "Decorah IA. 20 plus trips."

Hey Smuts,

Great trout fishing in your area. I try and get up your way a few times a year to enjoy the trout streams.

Curt

"In wilderness is the salvation of mankind." Thoreau.

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airmorse

03/09/2011 09:30AM

quote wawasee: "Warsaw In, where most of your artificial hips and knees are made! I have made 10 trips into the beautiful BWCA. I wish I would have started at a younger age."

Wawasee,

Warsaw, IN not too far from where I work...Valparaiso IN. Maybe we should try and get a wingnight going in our area.

"In wilderness is the salvation of mankind." Thoreau.

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dicecupmaker

03/09/2011 12:13PM

Glenwood,MN Right on Lake Minnewaska.
Taken 12 trips and one solo in '09.

Joy is a great teacher, but so is dispair. Wonder is a great teacher, but so is confusion. Hope is a great teacher, but so is disillusionment. And life is a great teacher, but so is death. To deny yourself any of those in any aspect is not experiencing life totally.

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NinjaCoco

03/09/2011 12:21PM

Eagan, MN. One Trip, Sawbill EP 38 Aug 2010.

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nojobro

03/09/2011 03:35PM

The wonderful city of Madison, Wisconsin!

Four trips:
August 1997
August 1998
August 2009
August 2010 (day trips with Fenske Lake basecamping)

Next up: June 2011! And hopefully another trip in 2011, too.

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izzy

03/09/2011 05:14PM

I am from my Dad and Mom ( medically speaking ) but I live in Brown Deer , Wi. About 25 trips I guess, and more this year.

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Trix

03/09/2011 05:21PM

Rosemount, MN. I have taken about 20 trips (2 of them solo and 1 Quetico)

C-H-A-L-L-E-N-G-E: Do not let what you cannot do, interfere with what you can do.

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Ghandi

03/10/2011 05:35PM

Hovland, arrowhead trail.

40+ would be my guess.

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Jackfish

Moderator

04/08/2011 05:39PM

Bump... in case anyone wants to jump in.

"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir

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Divainthewild

04/08/2011 06:41PM

JB and I live in Rockford, MN.

I have no clue how many trips we have taken. Mr. Diva can answer that better than me. I'd say 40 plus?

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tnvol

04/08/2011 06:48PM

East Tennessee, 1st trip last year coming back up in late May.

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campnscrap

04/08/2011 07:00PM

Mora...East Ctrl MN, 4 trips, 3 planned for 2011 :)

THE EDGE, there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. - Hunter S. Thompson

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ChazzTheGnome

04/08/2011 07:02PM

Coon Rapids, MN

about a dozen or so, gonna add at least three more this year!

"Every day on this side of the dirt is a good day." ~ My Grandpa

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1BigPaddle

04/08/2011 07:17PM

Granite Falls MN,
25-Bdub
10-quetico
1- woodland caribou
countless river trips and state park camps in MN, and WIS

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soloist87

04/08/2011 07:25PM

Minneapolis, MN

Seven trips...four in groups, three solo, and planning two week-long solo trips this summer.

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SunCatcher

04/08/2011 07:28PM

I already answered this!! Dah

(Grandpa Moment)

"WWJD"

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lean

04/08/2011 07:37PM

south east indiana, lawrenceburg. 2 trips, 3 and 4 this year, fish opener, and sept.

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AtwaterGA

04/08/2011 09:47PM

Tifton, Georgia. 25 trips to BWCAW/Quetico. First trip in 1978. Our Grandson and friend will go with us this year.

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Bonvicken

04/08/2011 10:04PM

Rockford, IL., Former Screw Capital of the World, before they moved all that stuff to China, and home of Cheap Trick!!!

Have yet to visit the BWCA, but it's been a lifelong dream and I plan to take my 3 sons next year. Done a lot of canoe camping otherwise.

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Captn Tony

04/08/2011 10:05PM

Suburb of the twin cities of Iowa(Waterloo/Cedar Falls). Around 7 trips.

You're going to HELL and you're going to drag me with ya!! -Gunsmoke

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520eek

04/08/2011 10:58PM

Tucson and we are planning number....4 (i think)

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it!

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ripple

04/09/2011 09:27AM

Just on the other side of 294 from Canoe42- Libertyville, USA.

Our first trip was 10 days in June 2009, ran back for 5 days more in July and another 5 in late September of the same year!
In 2010 We did 5 days over Memorial day weekend, a week in August.
This year we will be there breaking ice May 17th for 5 days and will either make another 5 day trip in August or late September.

We have spent about 30 years in the woods, on trails and in canoes though...
Many AT hikes in CT and MA when I was in college
1-2 Adirondack area hikes
A few weekend canoe/camping trips on the Pere Marquette in MI
Canoed/camped the Everglades for a week
75 mile hike through the backcountry of Yellowstone
2 one week long hiking trips on the Conasaga River/Chattahooche National Forest, GA
Hiked and camped the Black Hills for a week
A few 4-5 day hikes/camping in Daniel Boone National Forest
2 week long trips canoeing/camping on the 11 Point River/Mark Twain National Forest
Shawnee National Forest for a few days
Dozens of weekend camping trips to IL, MI, WI state parks when the kids were little-
Sand Hill, Mississippi Palisades, Chain of Lakes, Kettle Morain....

Ripple in still water....

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wildernessfan2

04/10/2011 09:06AM

Born in Little Falls..now in Bonita Springs Florida and 9 times in the BDub.

Freshwater is delicious! Saltwater not so much..

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LoneWolf

04/10/2011 06:22PM

Raised in Appleton, WI. Currently reside in Eagan, MN. Just over 20 trips (if I'm allowed to included Quetico (3) and Wabakimi (2).

"You guys might not know this, but I consider myself a bit of a loner. I tend to think of myself as a one-man wolf pack." - Alan Garner, The Hangover.

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schweady

04/10/2011 07:18PM

Born and raised in Minneapolis. Teaching career (since retired) all in Perham. Staying put until my wife retires, then who knows?

24 trips, first one in 1978. Trips #25 and 26 coming up this summer.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." -- Yogi Berra

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Traveler

04/10/2011 07:37PM

Siloam Springs, Arkansas. My first trip up was the summer of '69. Quite a few since then.

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RDSturtz

04/10/2011 08:10PM

Albert Lea, MN
5 trips (#6 in July)

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MatthewA

04/10/2011 08:23PM

Brainerd, Mn.
Third trip starts in two months from today!!

The portage is right around this bend.... I think....

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Camp Cook

04/10/2011 08:31PM

Grew up in Aurora, Il just west of Chicago but Minnesota has been my home for 17 years and I have lived all over the state... Currently reside in Excelsior.
Been on about 12 bwca trips; second solo scheduled for next month.

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Lakerloon

04/10/2011 08:37PM

grew up in Akron OH (Go you Zips!), lived in upstate NY for many years with several stops in Alaska along the way. moved to MN 22 years ago - I'm taking my 27th BW trip in mid May - Sag to Seagull loop through Ester/Hansen/Knife/Ogish.

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mogos

04/11/2011 08:25AM

born: Roseville, MN
childhood: Plano, TX
adolescence: Green Bay, WI
adulthood: Twin Cities
7 trips. next one not until 2012...

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canoller

04/11/2011 08:37AM

Originally from Cedar Rapids,Ia now in Coon Rapids,MN
have done 23 trips to the b-dub

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eyez4dinner

04/11/2011 09:32AM

Elk River,MN, 6th trip in June

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nojobro

04/11/2011 09:42AM

Madison, Wisconsin...the best city in the midwest! Perhaps the country!

;-)

3 overnight trips, one day trip...planning on two trips this summer. Yahoo. (gotta make up for all those years I didn't go...)

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I-Hawk

04/11/2011 09:51AM

West Des Moines, IA -- 7 trips-- 3 were solo.

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aholmgren

04/11/2011 10:46AM

grew up in Roseville, MN
college @ UMD in Duluth MN
live in St. Paul, MN
dozen of BWCA canoe trips, solos, with friends, and with dog(s)
I wonder how people remember the exact number of trips they have taken...I usually go 5-10 times a year for the last 10+ years

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Old Hoosier

04/11/2011 11:39AM

Born in Indiana, spent a long time in Texas but now live in far Northeast Tennessee (Johnson City)

Lost count, but around 25 or so - mostly the Q.

Old Hoosier

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Sierra1

04/11/2011 12:16PM

I'm from Blaine, MN. I started going to BWCA in 1965 (Perent River) with my father and uncle. Missed a few years in between now and then for family stuff. Probably 25 - 30 trips since then. I might be missing a few.... it was the 60's - 70's ya know..... :-)

Watch out for that rock!!!........ Oooo.... That's going to leave a mark...

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rentschler

04/11/2011 01:08PM

Fort Wayne Indiana. Gonna be in quetico for the first time this summer.

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rentschler

04/11/2011 01:18PM

quote OBX2Kayak: "North Carolina's Outer Banks, a sandbar near the Cape Hatteras lighthouse. 1,600 miles to Ely."

Shocked... I've been to Ocracoke for the last 13 years. Someday hope to retire there.

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rentschler

04/11/2011 01:31PM

quote airmorse: "
quote wawasee: "Warsaw In, where most of your artificial hips and knees are made! I have made 10 trips into the beautiful BWCA. I wish I would have started at a younger age."

Wawasee,

Warsaw, IN not too far from where I work...Valparaiso IN. Maybe we should try and get a wingnight going in our area."

Seriously? I said "fort wayne", but didn't think too many people would know where Columbia City is. This must be a highway 30 thing?

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kyleyewongster

04/11/2011 02:03PM

South St. Paul, MN. 6th trip will be May 19th e.p. 16

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NinjaCoco

04/11/2011 05:45PM

Grew up in Inver Grove Heights, MN. Currently live in Eagan, MN.
One trip, Aug 2010, Sawbill Lake EP.

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Rapid Runner

04/11/2011 06:40PM

edwardsville, Illinois.

first trip was in the late 80's next trip is in ....40 days!

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KishMark

04/11/2011 07:02PM

Northern ILL - 60 miles west of Chicago
It is an embarrassment of riches but probably close to 100. Lead 6-7 trips a year for 10 years during my last few years of high school, through college and for a few years after graduation. Have made 30 or more trips since. 60/40 split between BWCA and Quetico. Hope I have quite a few more left.

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gutmon

04/11/2011 07:13PM

Smack dab in the middle between PatNAspen and Woods Walker. 30+ trips. PS- welcome Kish Mark!

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bruceye

04/11/2011 10:25PM

Born and raised in Ellwood City Pa. Now reside in suburban Spring brook Wis. 30-35 trips in the Dub, 1 in the Q. Some backpacking in the Catskills, Alleghenies and Smokie Mtn's.

Bruceye

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lil_red

04/11/2011 11:02PM

Southern Arizona. Six Trips, this spring will be number seven.

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cburton103

04/12/2011 01:39AM

Houston, Texas - I took my first trip in June of 2010 and I have my second scheduled for July 2011. If only I lived closer to the BW...

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boconorm

04/12/2011 08:11AM

Mid-Missouri.

My son and I took our first trip June, 2007.

Barring anything unforeseen, we will be back June, 2011, for our second trip.

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Basspro69

04/12/2011 08:48AM

Pine City Minnesota

" I want to know Gods thoughts , The rest are details " Albert Einstein. WWJD

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OBX2Kayak

04/12/2011 10:51AM

quote rentschler: "
quote OBX2Kayak: "North Carolina's Outer Banks, a sandbar near the Cape Hatteras lighthouse. 1,600 miles to Ely."

Shocked... I've been to Ocracoke for the last 13 years. Someday hope to retire there."

You better retire soon, before it washes away. (Actually, Ocracoke is one of the few places expected to survive for a while. The rest of the Outer Banks will be under water.)

"I go because it irons out the wrinkles in my soul" -- Sigurd Olson

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tobiedog

04/12/2011 11:42AM

bruceye from Ellwood City, PA- I was born and raised in New Castle, PA. Maybe we should meet at Forbush frozen custard on 65! Nothing like it!

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outback mack

Guest Paddler

04/12/2011 12:28PM

Hi, I'm from Terrace Bay, Ontario , Canada
Made my first trip in 1990 to Knawnipi through Cache lake.
Have done approximately 22 trips to the Quetico,
Lets protect these amazing and beautiful places.

Mack

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daddyomolly

04/12/2011 02:40PM

quote bruceye: "Born and raised in Ellwood City Pa. Now reside in suburban Spring brook Wis. 30-35 trips in the Dub, 1 in the Q. Some backpacking in the Catskills, Alleghenies and Smokie Mtn's."

Suburban Springbrook, thats funny!!!!!! Would that make Gleason a metropolis?????

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mooman

04/12/2011 04:27PM

Wheaton, IL.
I have made two trips to Ely, MN.
I've always stayed with good friends that rent a cabin at the Moose Track Adventures lodge. ( It wasn't called that back then when I went)

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inspector13

04/12/2011 05:24PM

From St. Paul MN’s East Side. Born at the hospital two blocks north of the state capital building. Currently a homeowner in the east metro suburbs who spends much of the summer in and around the Superior National Forest. Been in or through the BWCAW 17 times.

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bruceye

04/12/2011 09:42PM

quote tobiedog: "bruceye from Ellwood City, PA- I was born and raised in New Castle, PA. Maybe we should meet at Forbush frozen custard on 65! Nothing like it!"

Holy Smokes Tobie! It is indeed a small world. I was just there 3 wks ago. ( funeral for a friend who was living in Mahoningtown) What I remember most about New Castle aside from the fact that your HS. football team used to and probably still does,kick the snot out of us. But that death trap rollercoaster ride at the now abandoned, Cascade park. We laughed hysterically when we drove by there this time out.When did you move away? I graduated from Lincoln High in 77 and hit the road in 80.
Thats the short story.

Bruceye

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