in a few hours i'll be picking up a buddy for a 12/14 day trip thru the wilderness canoe area in northern Minnesota.
the first day will be down a narrow creek into lakes used by fisherman and familys and then off into the true wild.i plan on getting a permit that will let us,and only us,get entry into backwoods lakes that have no camp sites or portages into.we will have to find a way thru and bushwhack.these are not tiny ponds but good size lakes that were set aside years ago for folks like us who want to get way off the trail.
what make this trip special for me that this is the friend i went with in 1969, when i was just out of the Army, on a wild wilderness canoe trip in Canada.on that trip i decide to use my GI bill in Minnesota and take up canoeing.i think if i had stayed in NY in the 60's and as a Vet i may have taken a much worst path.



try this Youtube link for my PFD survival kit,part two is also there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuFhM2z_1zM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUw_6IX2Lurj33HDAyz7BIXw

Hats off to you. I am envious. May the wind be at your back. I hope you will grace us with a full report when you return.

-Doug

CANOEDOGS!! WELCOME BACK!! Can't wait to check out the video!

I'm looking forward to your report!

Wow! I'm green with envy! It's been a dream of mine to do a boundary waters trip. It was a dream of my dad, too, but we never got around to it while he was alive. Someday I still hope to do it myself.

That sounds like a blast. Hope you have a great time.

Also... Pictures.. or it didn't happen.

Can't wait for the photos canoedogs!

Looked at northern Minnesota on google earth. Sure is A LOT of lakes up there. Finland is ofter described as the land of thousand lakes but Minnesota is just as full of water.

Welcome back to the forum. You were missed. Have a great trip.

Yeha... while you are off to the Boundary Waters my Dad and I are joining my brother up at his fishing lodge for the week. Should be some great fishing. Normally it's lake trout, pike and grayling but Gord found a lake 10 min. away that has walleye! Imagine walleye north of Yellowknife -- reports of 150 catch per day. That's going to be just nuts.... Bring it on!

http://www.yellowdoglodge.ca/