Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!Charlston
Friday, August 10, 2007
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
BWCAW Father Son trip
We had a really nice time. I think Max grew a chest hair during the trip!
He started afraid of the canoe, but got progressively more comfortable as we never hit rocks. He had fun on the portages and camping and hanging out with the boys. I'm glad he liked it. He had some issues with listening, and some crying fits, but in the end he did great.
Weather on day 1 we nice and sunny and warm. We made it to the campsite by 2pm and dedided we would base camp there. Swam and fished a little and hung out by the big rocks and big pines.
Day 2 started at 6am with a patter of rain on tent. We had breakfast and lunch and then from 1PM to 6PM it rained. It was super windy and Steve and I sat under the small evergreens with rain suits for hours and watched the crappy weather. Boys napped in tent, Neil and Tom hung in their tents with their boys.
And overnight it was on and off rain with our tent starting to take on water. Max had his sleeping bag get wet and we figured out it was because it was on a floor seam that sucked up the water. He did fine though and we had it dry the next day.
Day 3 was great. We decided to do a day trip loop. We packed up day packs and fishing stuff and went through lots of lakes and through a low stream with a real beaver dam. Neil and Tom tried to run it... no way that was happening. The weather was on and off T-storms, but we got lucky and didn't get any heavy rain. During a portage [1 of 8 we did] a fast T-storm blew by with load thunder. Max freaked and cried, but it was over as fast as it started. We stopped beneath a rapids to fish and I caught a few nice Smallies. We had to cruise to get back. It ended up being a great trip and got back to camp about 6PM.
We caught some fish, but they all ended up being released, dropping accidentally into the water, or getting eaten? by something so no real fish intake for us. We brought leaches and that turned out to work good. I caught 2 Walleyes, a big Pike, and several Smallies all on a spinner behind a lindy sinker. Go with what you know!
I'm thinking the next trip might be next summer with the family.
He started afraid of the canoe, but got progressively more comfortable as we never hit rocks. He had fun on the portages and camping and hanging out with the boys. I'm glad he liked it. He had some issues with listening, and some crying fits, but in the end he did great.
Weather on day 1 we nice and sunny and warm. We made it to the campsite by 2pm and dedided we would base camp there. Swam and fished a little and hung out by the big rocks and big pines.
Day 2 started at 6am with a patter of rain on tent. We had breakfast and lunch and then from 1PM to 6PM it rained. It was super windy and Steve and I sat under the small evergreens with rain suits for hours and watched the crappy weather. Boys napped in tent, Neil and Tom hung in their tents with their boys.
And overnight it was on and off rain with our tent starting to take on water. Max had his sleeping bag get wet and we figured out it was because it was on a floor seam that sucked up the water. He did fine though and we had it dry the next day.
Day 3 was great. We decided to do a day trip loop. We packed up day packs and fishing stuff and went through lots of lakes and through a low stream with a real beaver dam. Neil and Tom tried to run it... no way that was happening. The weather was on and off T-storms, but we got lucky and didn't get any heavy rain. During a portage [1 of 8 we did] a fast T-storm blew by with load thunder. Max freaked and cried, but it was over as fast as it started. We stopped beneath a rapids to fish and I caught a few nice Smallies. We had to cruise to get back. It ended up being a great trip and got back to camp about 6PM.
We caught some fish, but they all ended up being released, dropping accidentally into the water, or getting eaten? by something so no real fish intake for us. We brought leaches and that turned out to work good. I caught 2 Walleyes, a big Pike, and several Smallies all on a spinner behind a lindy sinker. Go with what you know!
I'm thinking the next trip might be next summer with the family.
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