Minnesota
22 Last night we decided to call it an early night and camp just a few miles north of LaCrosse. Even though it put us behind our milage quota for the day, it was nice to pull off and enjoy a great sunset We were tucked away on a small sand island right across the town […]
Day 8 – Crossing through La Crosse
31 Rob couldn’t understand why he wasn’t hungry this morning, until he pulled a wing and tail from his mouth. After hatching late last night, mayflies have plagued our vessel!These insects, Mayflies or shadflies, have a very short adult lifespan living from a only few hours to a day. Some consider this good luck, others use them for bait, BarrelRaftBoys use […]
Who Needs Breakfast When You Have Mayflies?
20 As our first weekend on the river, we decided to stop in Winona, MN after shacking up for the night just above Lock #5A. After swiftly cruising through this Lock at 9:45, we docked up in the Winona Marina to have some quality time off the raft. Taking a minute to drop a line in […]
Day 6 – Winona, MN
18 Our log says day five but I lost count about 4 days ago..this journey feels like an eternity. We’re lost on a desolate river in the middle of no-mans land with not a single bit of life besides the packs of wolves that guard the coastline, making it impossible to reach dry land. Our rations […]
DaY FiVE ALL HELL IS BREAKING LOOSE!!
22 Made it across Lake Pepin! It was a long day using our motor..gotta give respect to our 9.9 Evenrude for pushing our tank all day! We spotted a sandy island at the end of Pepin, both decided to pull over and call it a day and sit back and look at we just accomplished. Happy […]
Day 4 – Lake Pepin
15 Beautiful sunset put us to be last night in a small cove on the Minnesota side. After taking off around 7:00 this morning, we began the largest lake in our path, Lake Pepin. Again, the barrel raft boys were blessed with great weather and a calm lake. We crossed this lake after Old Frontenac to […]
Mid-Day 4
37 Spent the night in Prescott, WI public boat dock where the freight trains run every 45 minutes…not a very peaceful sleeping spot. We awoke to a calm, beautiful and still-aired morning to find the Mississippi-St. Croix rivers confluence within a couple of yards to where we camped. What a noticeable difference between these waterways! The Mississippi […]