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North Fowl Lake to Gneiss Lake

Bill — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:07:35 +0000

After a couple days of windy rainy weather we wake up to high overcast skies. We are thrilled to be paddling without the sound of rain drops falling on our rain gear. We paddle through North Fowl, Gunflint, the Granite River, and into Gneiss Lake. Along the way we encounter a beaver preparing for winter and a multitude of other wildlife. It was a great day to be out on the water.

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Photos

Check out the gallery for photos from this trip. Jesse Glass was the photographer.

Music

From: http://www.musicalley.com/

Artist: Dan Tharp

Website: http://www.dantharpmusic.com

Song: “Guitar Suite I Movement II”

Fishing on Lac Lacroix – The Show

Bill — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:00:49 +0000

After checking out the pictographs on the northern edge of Lac LaCroix we decided to do a little fishing. Our goal was to head into Lady Boot Bay and use some sonar jigs to try our luck at trout fishing. Well the portage we were planning on using was pretty overgrown, and the bugs were terrible.

So we headed back out into the lake looking for walleye or northern pike. Both Jim and Mat caught very nice Northerns, while I let a huge walleye jump back into the lake while trying to net it. Let me tell you its not fun to relive the moment by watching it on video. After we cooked up one of the pike for dinner we came across a beaver munching on a poplar. It was amazing how close we were able to get, and we lucked out with some fantastic video.

fishing-on-lac-lacroix

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Music

from: http://music.podshow.com

Artist: Ardent Octopus

Song: “Spot”

Finishing the Mudro Trip – The Show

Bill — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:00:21 +0000

Our camping trip had to come to a close. We started out in Mudro Lake and had a great time on Lower Basswood River and Crooked Lake. This episode has us portaging out of the bottom of Friday Bay in Crooked Lake and going through a number of lakes including Boot, Fairy, 4 Town, and back into Mudro to finish the trip.

Along the way we had a number of portages, one as long as 300 rods. It was a doozie leaving us with tired shoulders and a few mosquito bites. We had hoped to camp right after that portage, but all of the camp sites on Gun Lake were full. So we ended up camping on Fairy lake. That evening we caught a beaver on the shore chowing down on some tree branches and a turtle at the edge of the water.

We continued the next day through 4 Town Lake where we saw an immature eagle eating some fish. Our trip finally came to an end back in Mudro. It was a great trip and we hope you enjoyed experiencing it with us through the video.

Mudro Trip

Music

Artist: Andy McKee

Songs:

“Ebon Coast”
“Dependant Arising”

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Comments

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Hegman Lake Show

Bill — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:00:05 +0000

Hegman Lake is a great little day trip out of Ely. It starts out with a 60 rod portage from where you park your car down to South Hegman Lake. A short 10 – 15 min paddle to the other end brings you to a an even shorter 5 rod portage from South Hegman Lake to North Hegman Lake.

You’ll enjoy another 10 – 15 min paddle to the cliffs containing the pictographs. They are really quite amazing to see. Its even a great little excursion to throw on the end of one of your other trips on the echo trail.

For more information on the North Hegman Lake Pictographs you can try this link.

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~call0031/Hegman.html

Music Provided by http://music.podshow.com

Justin Gordon

Song: “The Shack Song”
http://myspace.com/justingordonmusic

Kimo Watanabe

Song: “Morning on Haleakala Highway”

Song: “Ke Anuenue”

http://www.sellaband.com/kimo-watanabe/

Hegman Lake Pictographs

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