10 Day Resupply List
I planned this trip to take advantage of small towns with post offices and grocery stores within blocks of the shore or harbor and each town is located about 10 days of travel away from each other. The grocery stores allow the basic menu to be varied and supplemented as desired. This list is what [...]
Topics: Planning
Playing in Small Waves on the East Bay
Ilena (Expedition Support Manager and Significant Other) and I schlepped over to the East Bay after work for a bit of picture taking for a newspaper article by Andy Piper that is coming out this weekend in Dubuque’s Telegraph Herald.
I grew up in Dubuque, IA and spent lots of time on the Mississippi River [...]
Topics: Planning
Maps, Maps, Maps
Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. Planning for a trip of this magnitude is making a number of small decisions that add up to launch day, and these decisions are tough. Decisions that I make today will effect my trip four months into it, and if on the trip I change my mind, it becomes exponentially harder to [...]
Topics: Planning
The Ice is Gone
Spring is in the air, 50F temps accompanied by sun have melted our snow pack, and broken up the ice on the lake. This years breakup and the coming spring equinox have signaled the time to reconnect — to discover the summer spirit and summer sports. With the expedition starting in just 6 short weeks, [...]
Seals Sprayskirts Sponsors Around the Great Lakes
Seals Sprayskirts have sponsored the expedition with a Pro Shocker Sprayskirt. Joe at Seals had my do a cockpit tracing [Seal's tracing worksheet] of my Nigel Dennis Explorer. I sent it in, and we found that the stock 1.4 size will fit my kayak perfectly. If a standard size skirt wouldn’t have fit, they were [...]
Topics: Planning, Sponsoring Companies
Two Months and Counting
In just under two months, I’ll seal myself into my new kevlar NDK Explorer, paddle out of the Grand Marais harbor (web cam), and head to my first camping site 20 miles from Grand Marais. The first campsite is located at Lutsen Resort, the company that I guide for. I’ll be camping on a DNR [...]
Topics: Planning
Rough Route Map via Google Maps
Over at the Great Lakes Canoe Expedition 2007-2009, Stephanie and Jonathan have plotted their route using the online Google Maps application. You can now view my Google Maps for the Around the Great Lake Expedition. I’ll be updating the online version with research, resupply locations, etc… as I continue planning. Right now, you can find [...]
Topics: Planning, Route and Timeline
Rough Distances
Pouring over maps and trying the estimate the distances for this trip is like a little game where I have to decide just how good the weather is going to be, how easy a crossing is going to be the day I arrive, and how close I’ll want to stay to shore on any one [...]
Topics: Planning, Route and Timeline
6d6Design Sponsors us with a New Web Theme
6d6Design, a Freelance Web Design and Graphic Design company, has sponsored the Around the Great Lakes Expedition with a new theme for the expedition website. 6d6Design has built websites for photographers and explorers and, perhaps, most notably Brian Brawdy. For this site, he had two main design challenges:
Produce a website theme that could tell the [...]
Topics: Planning, Sponsoring Companies
New NDK Explorer is in the USA
For the trip, I’ll be paddling a new NDK Explorer. It’s on the ground in the US and will soon be shipping my way. The boat was given to me by an anonymous sponsor. He heard about the trip and thought I should be paddling one of the best expedition kayaks in the world, so [...]
Topics: Planning, Sponsoring Companies
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