Into the Wilds
Just a reminder that my sister and I will be at the REI store in Maple Grove, MN this Saturday at 2 p.m for a discussion of adventure and art in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Follow the Classes, Events and Presentations link from here for more information. I will have Boundary Waters 24 on display as well as other BWCAW-inspired art.
We have our packs already packed as we will be setting off on Sunday on the first of two BWCAW trips in May/June. We have had to choose an area of the BWCAW away from the Gunflint Trail due to the Ham Lake Fire. It matters not as what we most desire to have paddles in hand, new canoe in the water and the adventure underway.
May 17th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Wish that I could visit your presentation at REI, but cannot make it that far from home. I hope that it goes well!
I am glad to read that you are still heading in to the BWCA, despite our very dry season. Here on the other side of the Ham Lake Fire, life is beginning to quiet down. When we will be back to “normal” is another story, but the beauty of the area will always remain. I live right across the lake from the area where the fire made its 25-mile run a week ago. We are back home now after a week of evacuation. The sights we saw from the last two weeks are just beginning to sink in, and I hope to produce my own artworks from it sometime in the future.
Enjoy your paddling—no mosquitoes, yet, but a few black flies around!
Sincerely,
Barb G.
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