Category: Travel
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S24O – September 2011
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S24O
Sorry for the terrible delay, but I’m finally getting around to posting about the S24O that Marcus and I did in June (!). We did an S24O (Sub-24-hour-Overnight). We rode from our houses to meet-up at Minnehaha Falls, had lunch at Sea Salt (where we were surprised by a bonus platter of calamari – can’t…
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BWCA – May 2010
This year was a totally new crew for the Boundary Waters. I decided to take my father-in-law (Charlie) for his birthday, and my neighbor (Pat) was interested in going. Of last years’ crew, 2 were having babies, and one had a conflict, so I was still short a fourth. In stepped a co-worker (Dan) to…
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BWCA – May 2009
This year, four of us went to BWCA in mid-May. That decision had its pros and cons. Gear-wise, there weren’t too many changes this year. I had the new shell (from a year ago), and that was about it. Instead of bringing a hatchet (which does have some maiming potential), I brought a folding sawvivor bow-saw and…
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BWCA – October 2007
When I moved to Minnesota, I had to come up with something other than mountains to tickle my outdoor itch. When in Minnesota, there’s lakes, and lakes are what people do. So, I started planning what I can do on lakes. Back in 1995, I was able to come along on a trek to the…