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Flambeau 2013 | |
| Troop 55 started a Venture Patrol this year. The patrol decided they wanted their big activity to be a 50 mile canoe trip on the Flambeau River in Wisconsin. 2 nights would be spent camping along the river. | |
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Friday night was spent at the Flambeau Lodge. They ahd some time to canoe around the lake. |
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Daniel needed to reenter a canoe to finish his canoeing badge. |
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The lodge. |
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Back to dry land. |
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Our camp the first night at the lodge on Friday night. |
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Do we ever not have a fire? |
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At the lodge, they have 4 hummingbird feeders. Always lots of them flying around. |
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More hummingbirds. |
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Saturday morning, we were taken to 9 mile drop off site. |
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Finally on the river. We had a constant mist the first 2 hours. |
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Time for a short break.. |
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The river is really pretty. |
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Ryan and the kayak. |
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A large Eagle nest. |
| The first day was nearly 22 miles. A long day. Camp is set up and we are ready to cook supper. Our camps name? Boy Scout camp. |
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Sunday, the weather was beautiful. Sunny, warm. |
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Very scenic. No wind, just a slow current. |
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Another turn |
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Lots of huge ferns on both banks. |
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More ferns |
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We saw many eagles along the river. |
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We stopped at a campsite along the river for a short break. |
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Camp 41 was a nice stop, wouldn't want to camp there. |
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A small set of rapids. |
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Another view of the rapids. |
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More rapids. |
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The rapids were fun. |
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Day 2 we stopped at Cedar Rapids camp. They have great rapids by the camp. |
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The scouts sepnt several hours going down the rapids. Bring the canoe and kayak back up the trail and repeat. |
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having fun! |
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A few big rocks in the rapids. |
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The end of a run. |
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Starting fire at Cedar Rapids camp. |
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The fire started and supper is cooking. |
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Monday morning is another calm morning. |
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The rapids in the morning.. |
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On the last kayak run in the rapids, the kayak paddle got lost in a wipeout. |
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