I belong to an exclusive and unique canoe club, the DBT (Dumb But Tough) Club. This club is so exclusive that there are only three members. We adopted this name because we have a propensity to do ridiculously long or hard canoe camping trips during February and other frigid months. Our motto is "If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough".
During these outings mealtime sanitation is sometimes less than optimal. During one such DBT outing, when we were getting ready to wash dishes, one member asked if we should use soap. Another member replied "Nah, then we'll just have to rinse 'em."
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Out of the Wilderness-On the Road Again
We
came off the Namekagon River about noon today. The Namekagon River is beautiful, but the weather was dreadful. We paddled about 50 miles in 4 days, and it rained about half the time. At least Friday was a gorgeous day. Hopefully we can come back and enjoy this river in 
some better weather. Actually, I think God made rainy days so you could really appreciate the nice days.
We are camped and drying out at the LCO Casino in Hayward Wisconsin. The casino is operated by the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe. Hayward is famous for, among other things, the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame the Lumberjack World Championships and the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival, which ended today and features 2500 cyclists.
We plan to stay here until Tuesday, then we will head east across the upper peninsula of Michigan.
came off the Namekagon River about noon today. The Namekagon River is beautiful, but the weather was dreadful. We paddled about 50 miles in 4 days, and it rained about half the time. At least Friday was a gorgeous day. Hopefully we can come back and enjoy this river in 
some better weather. Actually, I think God made rainy days so you could really appreciate the nice days.We are camped and drying out at the LCO Casino in Hayward Wisconsin. The casino is operated by the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe. Hayward is famous for, among other things, the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame the Lumberjack World Championships and the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival, which ended today and features 2500 cyclists.
We plan to stay here until Tuesday, then we will head east across the upper peninsula of Michigan.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Out of the BWCAW
We 
came out of the Boundary Waters about 11:00 this morning. We had a great trip, as usual. The weather was good, although a little wetter and a little cooler than most past trips. This was our longest trip: 15 days. We would have a hard time carrying enough food for a trip any longer, particularly when carrying food for Matilda. Matilda did good. Everything was new to her, so everything got barked at, at least once. She did fall off the boat a few times, however. A couple times she slipped and fell off. At least once she rolled off when she fell asleep. The fishing
was good, and we managed to eat fish for as many dinners as we wanted.
We are camped at Fall Lake Campground outside of Ely. We are re-provisioning for our next trip and doing some laundry. Tomorrow we will put in for four days on the Namekagon River in northwest Wisconsin After that we will be done with wilderness camping for a while and will start working our way back towards NC.
came out of the Boundary Waters about 11:00 this morning. We had a great trip, as usual. The weather was good, although a little wetter and a little cooler than most past trips. This was our longest trip: 15 days. We would have a hard time carrying enough food for a trip any longer, particularly when carrying food for Matilda. Matilda did good. Everything was new to her, so everything got barked at, at least once. She did fall off the boat a few times, however. A couple times she slipped and fell off. At least once she rolled off when she fell asleep. The fishing
was good, and we managed to eat fish for as many dinners as we wanted.We are camped at Fall Lake Campground outside of Ely. We are re-provisioning for our next trip and doing some laundry. Tomorrow we will put in for four days on the Namekagon River in northwest Wisconsin After that we will be done with wilderness camping for a while and will start working our way back towards NC.
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