Over the past weekend a few of us Sanborn guys took a business/camping trip up the North Shore of Lake Superior and into the Boundary Waters.
On Friday we stopped at The Duluth Pack Store, The Canoeist and Stone Harbor Wilderness Supply and talked paddles. Thanks you Tom, Erik, Mike, Bryan and Jack for the great day. Great people and great shops.
Also on Friday we were able to check out a couple Langford canoes. Those are some beautiful canoes. I especially liked checking out the rib and plank cedar canoe. Great lines and craftsmanship go into every detail!
Then it was on to the camping portion of our trip. On Friday night we slept along the shore of Lake Superior near Grand Marais. Beautiful sunset and bright moon! It never really got dark that night.
On Saturday We put on our snowshoe's and hiked up the Onion River, thanks Bryan for the advice, and had a great morning exploring.
After our morning hike we drove up to Sawbill Lake. We hiked across Sawbill and onto Alton Lake, camping there on Saturday night. We slept in snowcaves we dug out that day and even made a snow-fort-type-thingy.
We had beautiful weather...it was as warm as it could be! Any warmer and everything would have been wet from melting snow.
I am part owner/operator of a lightweight paddle and cedar strip canoe business - Sanborn Canoe Co.
I also have a blog - ScuppersWay.com
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