Yesterday was a glorious day to be in the Wilderness. At times the lake’s smooth surface acted like a mirror and it was hard to tell where the lake ended and the sky began. At one point as we floated in the deepest part of a lake to record water quality data we talked about how the first two weeks of our year in the Wilderness could very well be the nicest weather we will experience all year!
Today is cold and rainy. We are spending the day writing, resting, and doing chores. I spent an hour and a half gather several days worth of firewood last night after we set up camp. I used our saw to cut the dead, dry logs into foot long pieces, which is split with our axe. The reward for my hard work is that we will say warm and dry in our tent today. It may seem strange that we talk about firewood so much, but life in the wilderness is distilled down to simple things. Food, water, firewood, weather, these are the things that effect us the most.
We are not the only ones enjoying this fine weather. The beavers are busy stockpiling fresh branches in front of their lodges, which they will eat during the winter, and they are adding mud and sticks to their lodges in preparation for the winter. When we pulled up to our campsite we were greeted by a very excited chipmonk, whose cheeks were bulging with food. We assume that it is gathering food, which it will hide someplace it can access over the winter. #wildernessyear #savetheBWCA #BWCA #BoundaryWaters #OnlyinMN #canoe #goalzero
Today is cold and rainy. We are spending the day writing, resting, and doing chores. I spent an hour and a half gather several days worth of firewood last night after we set up camp. I used our saw to cut the dead, dry logs into foot long pieces, which is split with our axe. The reward for my hard work is that we will say warm and dry in our tent today. It may seem strange that we talk about firewood so much, but life in the wilderness is distilled down to simple things. Food, water, firewood, weather, these are the things that effect us the most.
We are not the only ones enjoying this fine weather. The beavers are busy stockpiling fresh branches in front of their lodges, which they will eat during the winter, and they are adding mud and sticks to their lodges in preparation for the winter. When we pulled up to our campsite we were greeted by a very excited chipmonk, whose cheeks were bulging with food. We assume that it is gathering food, which it will hide someplace it can access over the winter. #wildernessyear #savetheBWCA #BWCA #BoundaryWaters #OnlyinMN #canoe #goalzero
