| Flambeau August 2005
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Flambeau River is in northern Wisconsin. It is a
beautiful river and lake. There are options to canoe about 20, 30 and 40 miles. Our scouts decided they
wanted to do all 50 miles. We arrived Friday afternoon and canoed 9 miles on the lake. The river trip
was 42 miles over 2 1/2 days. Thanks to Michelle, Roger, Shawn, Greg and Bill for the great pictures to remember the trip. |
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| This is the hearty crew before they headed up north nearly 6 hours to start their adventure. We had 11 1st, 2nd and 3rd year scouts and 11 adults on the trip. |
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Flambeau lake
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 Friday night, we put in 8-9 miles on the lake. How do you totally dump a canoe in calm water on a lake? You'll have to ask Steven and Michael to get an answer. It was nice to see all of the scouts remembered their water rescue training. |
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We needed 2 vehicles to load all of the gear, canoes and scouters.
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All packed and ready to head out. We had 22
miles to do the first day.
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Bill and Alec look a little too relaxed considering how
far we need to go.
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Day one camp. The Boy Scout Camp site was a nice place to camp.
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After 22 miles, the scouts still had energy
to climb rocks.
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Isn't it supposed to be warm in August?
We had temps into the 40's at night.
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All meals were freeze dried and rehydrated
with boiling water on whisperlights. Everyone was amazed at how good the food was. We survived on freeze dried food
and gorp. What more do you need?
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Day 2 was only 13 miles. It had more rapids and a falls. There
was even time to fish along the way.
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Day 2 camp was at Cedar Rapids. This was a beautiful site with rapids
by our camp. What is a scout camp out without a fire?
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Nothing like another freeze dried meal.
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Carlson is in good hands after a cut from the saw.
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The Flambeau River in the morning.
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Another view of the river in the morning.
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Starting day 3 was the Cedar Rapids. It was
a lot of fun going through.
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Looking over Beaver Dam before going over. This can be a dangerous
crossing and it is important to know where to go over. Nobody swamped their canoe going over.
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The triumphant group as they look back at the Dam.
Only 6 more miles to camp.
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After 2 1/2 days on the river, 50 miles and 2 nights camping, they can still smile.
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A fitting end to an AWESOME trip!
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