Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Trip Reports :: Trip Report - The Long Trip
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Spartan2 |
old guide: "Reading this many months after you posted. It was great! The green plaid shirts and note about flying at Devil's Track brought back memories. Best to you both in these trying times." Just saw this post. Glad you enjoyed my little walk down memory lane. The green plaid shirts were a classic--I even have a picture of us posing in them in this month's photo contest. Thanks for your good wishes. We are doing well, just keeping away from other people. Hoping that we can get on the list for the vaccine quite quickly once it is approved. |
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MichiganMan |
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Spartan2 |
Thanks for your kind comments. |
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BigOarDeal |
I'm definitely having some serious regret for not staying at that site on Weird when we had the chance... |
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Spartan2 |
Trip Name: The Long Trip. Entry Point: 48 Click Here to View Trip Report |
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rdgbwca |
I appreciate including the temperature readings. It shows what kind of weather is possible in June. Interesting to see the difference between old photos and more modern ones. Glad you sided on putting the photos in the report even if they had some technical faults. On the Vern River day trip. From what I have seen and read it is more of a bushwack than a free flowing stream. It is very cool how many moose you saw. |
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TuscaroraBorealis |
I recall I was doing a spiritual exercise this past spring and avoided logging on for several months, thus missing out on the original publishing of this incredible report. So, I'm glad I finally stumbled onto this special story. Having devoured tantalizing snippets of the fond reminiscing of this adventure you have provided on bwca.com over the years, it was a most satisfying culmination to finally get to read; (as Paul Harvey used to say) "the rest of the story." The familiarity of some aspects of the story added a flavor of enjoyable anticipation as I kept asking myself, "When are they going to get to the Cherokee campsite?!?" :) I also enjoyed the historical aspect of the story. Seeing the price for the motel, the old vehicles and seeing the photos of area's affected by the '99 blowdown. I thought your photos really conveyed a good sense of what you encountered along the way. Thanks ever so much for taking the time to put this together and share such treasured thoughts and experiences. The effort and artistry do not go unnoticed or unappreciated. I'm kind of leaning towards doing a trip to Cherokee/Long Island etc. next spring and this really helps motivate me to do just that. God bless, Paul (TuscaroraBorealis) |
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Spartan2 |
But I do agree that there is quite a wide variety of photo quality in this report. |
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missmolly |
Spartan2: "I don't use Photoshop but I did try to tweak the exposure after scanning. Some worked better than others. Almost all of the photos were a bit faded, and as I mentioned in the report, some had a light streak from the light leak in my camera. I liked the mix, Lynda. |
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merlyn |
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Spartan2 |
merlyn: "Thank You!!! I stopped at #12 (still snow on the ground and not working) so I need to save some for Wednesday. I get a big smile every time you say Tang. This is exactly what I hoped for. Thanks again." You are very welcome. Oh, if I had known there were Tang fans out there, I could have mentioned it more often! We had it for every breakfast, I think. :-) |
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Spartan2 |
It almost makes me want to make the effort to do another "historic" trip report!! Maybe during the long winter I'll be inspired. |
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Mashuga |
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Spartan2 |
user0317: "Great report. I grew up in the UP, and had Grandparents in Duluth. I have fond memories of stopping for lunch at Grandma Grooters in Bruce Crossing for lunch on the way. Unfortunately it burned down some years ago." Yes, we were really bummed when it burned. I was always surprised that they didn't rebuild. |
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missmolly |
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Spartan2 |
But I think the frustration with film was in not knowing at the time if you "got" your shot or not. So I would take a few extra, and then I had a stack of prints to just throw away. Very inefficient by today's standards. How I would have LOVED to have a good digital camera on Weird Lake for those moose shots! |