SKIP,

I am not excited about Inlet Bay. We are not a young group either. Two are 65, I am 51 and two that are 49. the two 65 year olds together couldn't carry their alum canoe as far as the the big rock at the head of the Silver Falls Portage. We try to travel light as possible. I agree that this is a vacation and I would have to be starving to eat dehydrated meals. We take bacon and pancake mix for breakfast and have fish and fried potaoes for dinner. The potatoes are dehydrated that my brother gets from a restaurant in Indy. We take rice a roni and macaroni just in case the walleye are not biting. We ate one of the macaroni last summer because one of the guys wanted a change from potatoes. I didn't tell him that this was the six trip that box of macaroni has made to the Quetico. As always we have steak the first night.

What if I knew of some guys that would help at the portage would you then consider Saganagons? If your group would come in a day after us, we could meet you at the portage and lend a hand. You mentioned that you would not take a kevlar canoe again into the Quetico and BWCA. Why not? We have two we-no-nah kevlar canoes. They glide thru the water and are light weight to portage (42# and 49#) but a little wobbly in rough water.

This is a counter to your counter of my original proposal.

Posted by WALLY WALLEYE on January 31, 2001 at 21:25