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--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002" <orc@o...> wrote:
> 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
>
> --- In 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