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September 2010 Solo group trip (Read 33708 times)

CanoeFly Lucky Member Offline Posts: 34 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Joined: Mar 29^th, 2006	September 2010 Solo group trip Aug 9^th, 2010 at 12:36am	Quote Print Post
	Anyone ever thought about a solo trip but would rather do the first one with others in their own solo boats? Perhaps three or four boats sharing a campsite. I'm recently retired and a veteran of dozens of trip to the BWCAW/Quetico/Algonquin Park, etc. I've always done the Border Country trips in the summer months and would like to experience the area in September when the crowds and bugs are diminished.. Let's get a dialogue started here. CanoeFly (Pittsburgh, PA)


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mastertangler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3111 Location: florida Joined: Feb 1^st, 2010	Re: September 2010 Solo group trip Reply #1 - Aug 9^th, 2010 at 4:12am	Quote Print Post
	My favorite trips are two solo boats. I bet three would be OK too. Paddle when and where you want but still have a bit of company. Works for me. One thing my partner and I agreed on was never to portage into a new lake until we re-established contact. In other words we both went across the portages together. This proved to be wise when some mis-comunication would of put us on different lakes. Fortunately we had an iron clad agreement so we knew that somewhere on whatever lake we were on the other was also there. No guessing. When you plan your trip in the fall don't forget it gets dark early. Fortunately there shouldn't be much bugs which makes for some good times around the fire to help pass the evening (hence axe and saw )


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intrepid_camper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1348 Location: Northern Minnesota Joined: Jul 12^th, 2004	Re: September 2010 Solo group trip Reply #2 - Aug 9^th, 2010 at 1:56pm	Quote Print Post
	I may be interested...have you thought about where you wanted to go yet?


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Preacher Contributer Subscriber Offline Posts: 1327 Location: COTU Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: September 2010 Solo group trip Reply #3 - Aug 9^th, 2010 at 3:24pm	Quote Print Post
	I'll be heading in from Nym on Aug 30. Solo in a 15' tandem. Happy to meet folks if anyone will be around.


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intrepid_camper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1348 Location: Northern Minnesota Joined: Jul 12^th, 2004	Re: September 2010 Solo group trip Reply #4 - Aug 9^th, 2010 at 8:28pm	Quote Print Post
	I am thinking of going in around September 15 and probably around the Prairie Ptg or Cache Bay areas of either Q or BWCA.


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CanoeFly Lucky Member Offline Posts: 34 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Joined: Mar 29^th, 2006	Re: September 2010 Solo group trip Reply #5 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 1:28am	Quote Print Post
	Want some company? Either two solo boats or one tandem, it doesn't matter as long as I get out in the pines for a week or so. I enjoy fishing but it's not an obsession. I take my digital SLR for some serious photos. I enjoy camp cooking and do a lot of baking with the Jello Mold oven. The only bad habit I'll admit to is sitting on my butt at sunset time with a nip o' Knob Creek and a Marsh Wheeling cigar. I did a trip this past Memorial Day weekend for 5 days to the French River Provincial Park NW of Toronto with a local canoeist that I met through the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association. 5 days with a virtual stranger and he could find no reason to get rid of me. CanoeFly


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intrepid_camper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1348 Location: Northern Minnesota Joined: Jul 12^th, 2004	Re: September 2010 Solo group trip Reply #6 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 2:10pm	Quote Print Post
	Sure, I am up for company. I only solo kayak. I don't fish and am not much of a fish eater so you won't get any help from me there. I'd prefer to stay in the BWCA (Q is expensive for me), altho I like to do the border lakes since it seems camping traffic is not so heavy on them.


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marlin55388 Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1230 Location: Watertown, MN Joined: Mar 6^th, 2009	Re: September 2010 Solo group trip Reply #7 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 3:27pm	Quote Print Post
	Open to dialoging about it, I was thinking later though....Mid Oct.....


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8105 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: September 2010 Solo group trip Reply #8 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 3:40pm	Quote Print Post
	Canoefly, Welcome aboard Quote: I enjoy camp cooking and do a lot of baking with the Jello Mold oven. If your anywhere as good a camp baker/cook as IC is, then you and whoever joins your little group will be eating good for sure


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Preacher Contributer Subscriber Offline Posts: 1327 Location: COTU Joined: Apr 10^th, 2010	Re: September 2010 Solo group trip Reply #9 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 4:29pm	Quote Print Post
	[quote author=CanoeFly link=1281314170/0#5 date=1281403697]Knob Creek and a Marsh Wheeling cigar.[/quote] Double plus good on the Knob Creek, my fave bourbon. For a cigar I prefer Partagas or OpusX, but if I'm feeling all Hemmingway I'll go with Arturo Fuente.


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