Mark, Frank, Bill P. Mikah, and me. on Seagull, 5-21-15

Frank and Mark passed me half way there. I was in my 17' Wenona Encounter. It was heavily loaded.  We missed the Seagull Hilton campsite, my favorite by 10 minutes.  However, the slab campsite was available and it's very nice too.  That evening Frank caught the first Lake Trout from the channel in front of camp.  It was late so we saved it for the next day.   The next two days were high pressure with lots of wind and sunshine.  The fish had shut off.  I spent my time in camp looking at the beautiful blue waters of Seagull lake.  It was very relaxing.   The last morning we packed up and left early as we all had commitments at home. The paddle out was beautiful.  It was good to be out in the Boundary Waters after a long winter.

Doug, Mark, Ralph and Bill on Seagull. 5-14-15

It was windy on the way in. Ralph and I were an hour ahead of Doug and Mark.  The Seagull Hilton was taken so we backtracked to the rock slab just west of the Palisade.  Camp was made and coffee brewed.  Chicken noodle casserole for supper and stayed up till 11pm talking.  The next morning Ralph and I prepared a big breakfast of eggs, bacon and pancakes.  We fished from noon till 3 and 4-5,  We landed no Lake Trout but had a Northern up to the boat and he got away.   We paddled a long way for no  fish.   However, Mark caught two lake trout and a northern.  We had lake trout, steak, potato, salad and green beans for supper. It was a  feast.   The evening was filled with lots of good conversation.  The next morning I was up fairly early and feeling fine.  Ralph and I paddled out to avoid eminent rain forecast for Sunday.

Norm and Bill on Seagull, 5-7-15

On our one hour paddle to the  campsite we spent a half hour in a down pour.  We were drenched.  But when we got to camp the rain had turned to a light mist.  We got the tarp up and tents pitched and prepared a cup of coffee.   Woke up early that morning and caught up on my sleep with a three hour nap that afternoon.  Norm read his book and enjoyed being in camp.  Also took a walk up the hill and really enjoyed the view of the whole lake to the west.   Wonderful. I spent the day kind of chilly as I didn't have warm enough clothes.  The previous trip and days were very warm and fooled me into thinking it would last.   On the opener day we fished from 10:30 to 12, 1 to 3 and 6 to 7,  We caught two Northerns and no Lake Trout.  The Northerns were nice sized and fun to catch.  We threw one back and fried half of the second one and saved the other half to take home.   The next morning we had a leisurely breakfast, packed up and headed out.  It was a hard pull into an east wind but a good work out.  It was 70 when we left the landing on the first day but it remaind in the forties for the duration of our stay.

The Larson, Griffin trip to Lake Four, 4-30-15

We paddled to lake four with out any problems.  Everyone helped on the portages, greatly appreciated.  On the way we stopped in the middle of Lake Two for a lunch break and coffee at a real nice campsite.  We arrived at our first choice campsite at 2:15.   It took us only 5 hours to get there and that was with a lunch break.  Ruth and I prepared chicken noodle delight for supper.  We spent the remainder of the evening looking at the lake's glow in the sunset and dusk.   It was very good to be back in the boundary waters.  In the morning we prepared pancakes, eggs and bacon for breakfast.  The four of us set out on a day trip.  We traveled north and explored some of the shoreline and rocks up there.   After a while Ruth and I headed back to camp and the Larson

s headed east to do a loop back to camp.  Ruth and I lounged and napped in camp.  After several hours they returned and had a great afternoon of exploring.   They soon got to work preparing a lentil  taco supper. It was delicious.  We got the recipe from them.  That evening we played cribbage and enjoyed the sunset's glow on Lake Four.  In the morning we headed home, again, stopping at lake two for lunch.  Corey made coffee, which was a real treat. It was another beautiful day of paddling.