Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Coach on the Wisconsin - Day 3

Noon call from Coach from Tomahawk. He said it was absolutely gorgeous there. I assume he meant the river and environs not the town.

Last night he camped in the woods at Kings Dam upstream from Tomahawk. That means he got through Rhinelander yesterday afternoon and portaged the dam there. He says he has portaged "5 or 6 dams" which also means that he has lost count already. There are 26 total on the whole river.

He hoped to portage 3 or 4 more today and get south of Merrill which is River Mile 138. Then he intends to slow down a bit. He didn't say how late he paddled last night. Karen doubts that he will really slow down. We'll see.
Merrill is about as far south as Northport at the top of the Leelanau Peninsula (the "Little Finger") in the Lower Peninsula.

2 comments:

Captn O Dark 30 and Super Boo said...

let coach know that i am on the wisconsin river this weekend and will attempt to meet up with him.

gps coordinates and/or town would be very helpful. :-)

paddle paddle... the capt'n

Captn O Dark 30 and Super Boo said...

if i don't hear back; a huge questimation, but i will put in at the upper wisconsin dells, camp blackhawk island on friday night, paddle up the wisconsin river towards castle rock in hopes of meeting up with coach somewhere in route... this is all guess work. blue decked sea wind...

paddle paddle... the capt'n