maxithanx brian for this staggeringly fine & rich visit & report
& i imagine i hear the entire ellicott society murmuring hear here
did you emphasize or linger in any way over the 80 foot point
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "bjbutlerus"
<bjbutler@b...> wrote:
> I will be posting some pictures as soon as they are available,
but
> here is a brief trip report:
>
> Two conditions helped make this a particularly successful
attempt at
> MNNDSD. First, the access road had been mowed very
recently, all the
> way from the connecting N-S road to a point 30 or 40 feet east
of the
> witness monument. The road was deeply rutted in places but
there is
> almost nowhere a rental car can't go!
>
> Second, and more important, the Bois de Sioux was nearly dry.
The
> water was maybe 8 feet wide, making it possible to walk to the
> location 9 chains east of the witness monument (as estimated
by GPS).
> Wading was possible if somewhat unpleasant. There were a
number of
> waterlogged thistle-heads, sticks, and other unseen objects in
the
> brownish-green opaque water.
>
> I was not able to recover the embryonic cairn at 135 feet east of
the
> witness marker. There has been some recent activity here
involving
> large coils of black corrugated tubing that may have disturbed
the
> marker. The grass was also very tall and dense so I may have
missed it.
>
> As usual at this location, ticks and mosquitos were big
problems. I
> probably brushed off 30 ticks and swatted 200 mosquitos
during this
> adventure.
>
> I made sure to cover every point between the witness
monument and the
> center of the river, so I hereby declare a class B visit.
>
> I stopped in White Rock to sign the guest register and made a
side
> trip to the White Rock Dam, which impounds Upper Traverse
Lake. Here
> I saw the Bois de Sioux gaging station, whose data is available
> on-line at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mn/nwis/uv?05050000.
>
> Miscellaneous activities include eating at Dale's Steakhouse, a
metal
> shed S of Wheaton with pretty good prime rib, and staying at
the
> Wheaton Inn, a good choice unless you have a tent, van, or
hammock.
> The jet stream was very cooperative on Monday, making the
flight from
> Minneapolis to Boston 2 hours and 6 minutes.
>
> More later...
> BJB