NOTICE TO EVERYONE: Sanborn Canoe Co. is declaring 2011 the "Year of the Paddle" And in honor of this momentous occasion - that we just made up - we are going to be giving away 1 paddle a month for the entire year! There will be different contests for every month…
Check out more details as well as the current months contest on our Giveaways Page!
Well, we had over two feet of snow dump on Winona a few weeks before Christmas that we are still digging out from. But before that storm hit we took a November canoe trip up to the BWCA and it snowed on us up there too!
The first night we drove up and stayed in our friends cabin outside of Ely, MN. A nice gas stove and heater work wonders in a small a-frame cabin. It was toasty warm that night!
In the morning we drove a few miles and put in on the Kawishiwi River. We stayed on the Kawishiwi for most of the trip except for a few jaunts up to other lakes. That morning though we were paddling up the river. The many small rapids were an adventure to try and paddle, pull or portage around. Luckily we had nice weather that day.
We camped a few nights and on the last night snowed somewhere around 5 inches, got windy and cold. We quick packed and ate breakfast that morning and trucked it back out - down the rapids that time. Even though we were going with the current it was a tricky day with all the slick rocks, snow falling, cold temps and low water. The rapids weren’t very treacherous but since the water was so low the rocks were all barely submerged and we were hitting all of them.
We made it to Ely in time to eat lunch and catch the Bears-Vikings game-(the first one). Wish that could have turned out differently!
