September CANOE camping | Boundary Waters Wilderness

thank you ready away we go [Applause] we've been excited for this trip for a while it's nice to be outside in the end of summer before fall starts and before it gets really cold for the winter my brother and boyfriend and I are going into the Wilderness for a few days oh boy thank you this time we will be out for three nights there's often a lot of anticipation at the start of a new trip thinking about what the weather might be like if we'll catch any fish what kind of animals we might see for me on this trip I was a little bit nervous about the weather I don't like being cold at night but the forecast is warm and sunny we're off we are on our first Lake we might find a campsite here if we don't then we'll be doing a couple portages one short one and one long one um I think we should check out the campsites on this Lake see what they look like and decide from there currently I'm sitting in the middle of the canoe I have this massive weight-bearing canoe that is kind of difficult to paddle Solo in but finally I'm getting like the proper use out of it and loading it in with three people in all of our gear we're still sitting pretty high in the water so it's good but I realize I should have sat I think in that back slot there and not up in this front one because I'm so close to John's paddle that I don't think I can really help from here but that's fine of course I'm the I'm the map person oh I know how you feel oh my gosh shout out to Paul who was my paddle partner growing up and uh dealt with me doing all the sitting in the canoe and not so much paddling I've grown as I've gotten more mature and now these days I paddle but not today because I sat in the wrong spot but there are three campsites on this Lake you got your map out yep I can't see anything because I'm like right behind John this is what I can see and your life jacket is not on properly experiencing some pretty awesome weather it's warm and sunny right up here on the right around that corner that should be a campsite um and it's just gorgeous here I don't think I've been to this Lake before maybe I have I might have when I was younger but there's an a location on this not this Lake but near here where there are pictographs and you can see the old pictographs and I'm excited to go check that out probably tomorrow John and Corey and I also all brought our fishing gear so we're gonna do some fishing the campsite should be around this corner and it looks super pretty here it's kind of nice not paddling and you kind of just get to give the tour the YouTube tour what do you say don't get used to it looks like the water level is low historically here based off the lines on the rock yeah that is pretty that is a pretty campsite that is very pretty you guys want to go to the next Lake though all right we're going deep into the team back where we came to check out the campsite it does look gorgeous I'll show you the campsite we're at for those people who like to come to this area this campsite is really pretty but I think we want to do a couple more portages get farther Into the Wilderness and set up camp elsewhere so um we started with a short Portage from one Lake to the next a Portage is simply a trail from one Lake to the next where you carry everything you have foreign so for those who haven't seen our past videos Corey actually made two of our canoe paddles and they are lovely look how nice this is so pretty it's a very nice to meet Jody sure is this Portage that we're about to do is 147 rods I'm gonna double trip it but I think they want to go I think single trip so I'll be making the second trip by myself I just didn't really like hearing the food pack in the canoe at the same time but double tripping a Portage is when you take some of your things across the Portage to the next Lake and then you backtrack to get the rest of your things and then carry that stuff across too it takes a little bit more time but it tends to be easier on your body especially if you have a lot of stuff we packed a lot of stuff this trip foreign so I was going to take the canoe across this Portage and then come back for the food pack but the boys don't want to the men don't want to come back they want to do everything in one go um which I'm the kind of person who's totally fond of making a couple trips but they decided to carry my pack across so and I'm also grateful that they're willing to carry the food pack which is kind of my thing I was gonna carry this is steep there's the lake I said it once I'll say it again the best part of the Portage is when you first to catch a glimpse of the lake you're heading to or the river you're heading to I'm so happy we came to this Lake it is gorgeous how was your hike lovely how was yours lovely glad we brought water with so I'm gonna have to pump this water when there are no other people around we have the luxury to stop and relax at the end of a Portage however when there are people around we tend to get moving so that we don't crowd the location we want to keep the Solitude for others around us so it looks like we've come up to a campsite we're gonna go check it out see if it is I can't play it looks like it is sometimes it's hard to tell if it's a campsite you know yeah you can see the fire pit Maybe there's a post with some stuff on it oh yeah bought my canoe from a surveyor a forest service over there do not destroy deface government property blah blah blah oh that's a pretty wall over there huh I'm not impressed by the I said this to every campsite I've been to this summer but I'm not super impressed by the fire good thing we brought chairs huh that's true but the view is pretty great yeah the sun's gonna set over there there's kind of a tent spot but it doesn't look that great oh here's a nice one oh the latrine is right here you basically pee and camped oh my goodness there's a tent spot right here next to the latrine let's go check out the other one this one has a nice view but everything else about it isn't yeah great do you I'll look at the view 10 out of 10. the rest of it three looks like it might be a grassy campsite which I would be hesitant about because of the bugs except there are no bugs right now because it's September this is also a great View that is beautiful right here this is a cool little campfire spot right there kind of a nice tent spot back here all right oh man that latrine is Right In The Weeds you look like you're dripping did you just fall in no you're dripping the rain rain oh I'm sorry so we're gonna call this one home we like this one I was making comments we're a bit indecisive but I think we're gonna go back to the first campsite that we were just at oh yeah I think we're past them this campaign is nice because it's grassy um there are a lot of nice sleeping spots but the other place we just are attracted to the Rocks there and the possibility of sitting out on the rocks and walking around and we might come back here but I think we're gonna go back to that first campsite again John's ready to go fishing you got a fish oh no foreign I always feel like putting up a tent as soon as I get to Camp then I can do other things but first I want the tent up got another fish what is it a bath well this is little Bass Lake so unigir actually sent us this tent it's not sponsored they're not paying us to use it or anything but they sent us a tent in a sleeping pad and a sleeping bag um and I actually really like it I plan to review this tent more in the future but just setting it up I kind of like how it sets up so thanks to you it's pretty too I like the colors we got our tentel set up I think Curry's gonna take a nap I'm gonna go find out where John put his tent and this Trail takes you right up to this Bear's plot go right now or do we want a snack [Music] we had a quick afternoon snack and then decided to go fishing thanks for getting the fishing poles ready I just caught a fish like a minute after putting my wine in the water for netting it yep it's the pink leadhead that you got that looks like are we gonna eat it we should eat that one right if you want to eat fish what's the eater is that a large mouth how can you tell it's a largemouth versus a small bowel green his belly is it's got a kind of a black stripe down the middle and it's got a big mouth we're basically still at a campsite it doesn't move very far there's fish here uh is it or am I snagged I thought it seemed like a fish got one a little fighter I can't see anything from down here a little smally it does laughing nice fish small mouth that's a small mouth yep so we'll grab the Largemouth and you can see the differences okay big mouth is way bigger and there's like a dark strip right here yep the dark streak down the middle these are just kind of really I don't know kind of plain bass fight yeah even the little ones all right John how's it going it's gone absolutely fantastic I couldn't it was too heavy that was so impressive Jody Jody yours is bigger oh nice that is beautiful that's a largemouth right it is a large mouth cold that's gonna be lovely the sunset in the back he actually kissed it I knew three wasn't enough I'm not gonna get this netting thing got another fish what is it that is a large bath okay they look the same you're feeling it so fast lovely so that is a small mouth yep large mouths no it's a small one it's a largemouth let's see that way I'm right no matter what the fruits of our labors foreign part of the beauty of existing in a Wilderness setting is we tend to eat when we're truly hungry and not at set meal times the fish batter the fish turned out so good we're gonna eat dinner and hang out and go to bed we might get up tonight to look at the northern lights or try to stay up but if we can see anything I'll try to capture that good night good night good night fog last night we could hear what we think was like a wolf crying it sounded like a wannabe howl but it was really sad sound he was like how oh you're so sad it didn't sound like it was very far away from us I tried to record the sound with the GoPro it wasn't that loud [Music] foreign I really like these instant coffee packs that you just pour the coffee into water and mix it and drink it I think it's just super easy the coffee bags that are kind of like tea bags those are also really nice good morning what are you gonna fish for whatever bites good luck thanks I got a bug what's any bug fish for breakfast I mean if you want to fillet it every meal if you're on affiliate I'm not flaying it so I don't feel like I have a say the net feisty yeah feisty it's right there by that rock oh yeah got him it's a nice little smallie nice fish Corey got another catch it's huge that is a nice stick is that a nice stick or what it's a really nice stick you really caught that good it looks the water you know just slowly chewed away the rest of the wood and I caught it right in the center there foreign while John and Corey went out to do some fishing I stayed back at Camp I wanted to do some reading and relaxing I took some time to stretch and just sit and stare at the sky for a while too it's a little bit chilly this morning but it's perfect because there aren't bugs the sun is nice and warm there's a breeze and it's so quiet the sounds of the water and the birds and the buzzing of the bees it's just beautiful the water lapping on the Rocks here is really calming especially reading a book and Camp is completely quiet I'm currently here at Camp by myself and it's just incredible because you can hear everything more acutely when you're not around other people although I am excited for John and Corey to come back the wind makes the trees just sound so cool you can hear them wrestling in the wind and off in the distance I can see one tree right over there that is turning red it's a sign of fall things are slowly changing the wind is a little bit cooler I don't feel the intense desire to go swimming at least not right now it might get warmer later foreign how many fish did you get my teeth yeah that's that's actually a good push yeah how many did you keep uh five or six [Applause] that was quite a taste very good like freshly morning cup fish yes fish was swimming an hour ago we brought Ranch like ranch salad dressing packets so we have Ranch crab fish how's the fishy caught it's delicious Jody said she wanted no part in breakfast this morning so we got this yep yeah no part in making it I do want pardon eating it I thought that wolf or whatever that animal was last night was kind of cool yeah it was really sad I felt bad for it leg in the Trap or something and I want to go to the pictographs so I think we're gonna eat breakfast and then maybe head that direction we have to Portage back across the Portage we came across yesterday the 147 Rod one and then paddle up that Lake through a narrow area and that's where the pictographs are oh it's really cold I was warm unsure but I was like oh I need to go swimming to cool down how is swimming in The Boundary Waters well the water's warm it's peaceful it's the best part of your day so far today probably spending time fishing with Corey if you could bring any pet with you to the Boundary Waters what pet would be Hardy are these are my favorite yeah he would uh he wouldn't even have to fish or he would catch all the food that we could ever eat you'd rely on him I'd rely on already you'll notice that I don't show you the pictured rocks the pictographs in this video that's on purpose I think showing something like this on the internet in a video takes away from your experience of actually going to see it yourself in person I hope you get the chance to do that if not I don't think it's my place to share these artifacts if you are unable to go or differently abled and cannot access this location there are photos on the internet if you would like to look it up or maybe you could reach out to a local native group and ask for their perspective it almost feels spiritual seeing it in person I just don't want to take that away from anybody we just got back across the Portage and it's nice that it's kind of cool it makes the Portage and fit easier especially when you're carrying the canoe I was hoping I'd see a moose but nothing right now [Music] go away [Music] was it like this or like that it was the other words like that that yeah it was like that not like this um yeah leaning jowler that's 15 points if you want to keep going nope I'm good just won't worry about it and I'll throw the peg in whatever it lands that lands you've got a Razorback Five Points do you want to keep going home you can just keep going and eventually you'll either end up with my amount of points you want and then pass or you could roll if you roll 1 dot up one dot down then you get zero points for your turn okay I'll roll again you got five points right Daredevil and you have zero both I think that's one point two dots up as a cider I got one point I might go again Razorback Five Points look how dirty they're getting how is it delicious nice work go on a hand um take the plate foreign T ones but yum just asked Corey wouldn't it be nice if we could do yoga right now and Corey said that we could do redneck yoga and so now Corey's gonna lead us through some redneck yoga ready nope see the camera won't even be facing it you're gonna do the yoga yes okay yoga okay tell me what to do and you have to motion it behind the camera so I can redo it over here everyone was pick up the beer right that's right I'm gonna pick up the beer you have to talk me through it because yoga class and now like you know like reach down and pick up the beer this has to be some yoga right and now what now you throw the beer into the air and then you pull out your shotgun and you aim it up at the bottle in the air and you shoot it [Laughter] oh God so open the open door and then close the oven door like a shoulder yeah whole body whole body so wash your tractor or your truck no maybe you're better wash your truck I don't think you should do this is super comfortable so John didn't want to wait for us to go fishing he didn't invite us to go with him just went [Music] foreign [Music] so beautiful this jug should be enough for me at least yeah my water bottles full is it yeah boiled water yes water foreign the front door uniform okay it's beautiful this morning the water's like glass it's pretty warm I do have my headband on but it's pretty warm we're gonna catch some fish and then go back and have some coffee push that backwards on this front seat yep that's how I paddle when I'm solo I sit there and I face this way and that's where I thought it might be exciting I don't know we can face each other oh how cute oh my gosh oh my God another one you've got two already same spot we saw what three of them chased the first one that I caught yeah hopefully we got that on camera I was trying to film the underwater catch of the fish but I don't know how far the GoPro can see but there were fish chasing the fish that Corey caught so hopefully we caught that on camera Corey just said Jody don't freak out you have a gigantic spider on your leg on my leg I wish you could have gotten my facial reaction I was like like I'm not terrified of spiders but that's kind of a big one huge I don't know what to do I don't want to hurt it I don't want it to die but I don't want it to sit right there see if it'll go on your paddle water but we probably can't swim we get here it was probably in the canoe from the land I don't want to drown it I'll just push it your way what do you think he'd grab onto go up he's on yours oh yeah he's on yours can you get him one second gosh oh I don't want it to don't let go buddy we gotta get closer to that rock oh you can't paddle because oh no I dropped him oh no he's scared he's scared he's scared here grab on come on hold on Buddy okay there you go you caught in the net okay there you go bye bye spider hope you have a good life I'm sorry oh guy I caught a fish this one is a largemouth and all of my time in the wilderness I have never before seen a Sasquatch but today we have spotted one right over there you guys catch any fish Sasquatch speaks English anyway pick rocks and how's the classic breakfast skillet one out of ten or one to ten six point five why because good flavor like Corey said the texture is a little bit off you know but good flavor good amount it's a good hearty meal and I think I think if Corey wasn't here enjoying it with me I'd give it a three but if you eat it with Corey it's a six and a half Corey what do you rate it well give it a six because I always eat with me [Laughter] cheers what do you give it nine out of ten I'd give it a 10 out of 10 if I had some kind of bread to dip in sourdough bread that's not their fault it's not their fault but it would make it better so would some fresh broccoli but we forgot it how's it going in the mock this is probably a better sleeping spot than the tent are you gonna sleep right here tonight no I can't sleep at this angle and roll around too much break my back all on the Rocks down below all right you're gonna join me right John's going fishing would it work better if he sat in the middle I would work better if he sat in the front and face backwards it's like Burrs or something we've decided on Santa Fe style rice and beans with chicken foreign don't have to really worry you ready to go swimming true Boundary Waters tradition they have to shower water we're going to warm up with solar oh I want sugar I'm further than you look right in oh painful that is cold oh here we go it's very cold oh John don't you want to come no I remember what it felt like yesterday yep it is cold it is very cold I think I'm good are you good it's refreshing huh you can even put your hair I didn't yet nope I don't know if I'm gonna my hair takes so long to dry we have lots of time [Laughter] are you good [Music] that is yummy John has the water I had to go fill my water bottle so I swam out to the center to get some fresh water because I don't want to have to pump he was standing here and telling Corey how to pump his water better and he stepped backwards into the lake and luckily did not hit his head but slipped all the way back and into the water it must be a snowboarder that was like perfect like stayed on his feet and then just like crumpled into the water this is rocks and they are this is one of the last full days I'll spend in the wilderness this summer I'm trying to soak it all in [Music] cribbage and fresh fish and boyfriend s for the fish yep touching them for laying them cooking them we get to eat them well Corey's been cooking them where was it where he's making pasta and chicken tell us the secret of your fishing success a secret a dark green twisty tail [Applause] it is windy today you could hear the wind whipping from inside of the tent It's a beautiful morning though sometimes it's nice to have cloud coverage today's the day we paddle out we will pack up all our things and head towards home foreign I buy campsite was it does thanks this is the swamp That Never Ends thanks for getting it that far at least hello hello thanks for coming on our trip with us bye to get shallow up there [Music] it's gonna be windy it's gonna be hard to control the canoe foreign

Channel: Jodi Middendorf

Views: 15,773

Keywords: BWCA, Boundary waters, Kyle’s cabin, Jodi, Canoe Camping, Boundary waters canoe area wilderness, Canoe camping, Canoeing, Canoe, Canoe camping Boundary waters, Solo camping, Women camping

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Length: 47min 23sec (2843 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 15 2022