04 March 2012
In less than 3 months the snow and ice will melt and the dog harnesses will be put away. Amy and I will switch from dogsledding to paddling and we need you to help us decide how we should travel. We will leave Grand Portage, Minnesota in early May to paddle through the Great Lakes and then through a series of smaller lakes and river to the Atlantic Ocean in Northern Maine. We have been trying to decide if we should paddle our two person Wenonah Canoe, or our Current Designs Sea Kayaks. Lake Superior is the largest lake in the world. When you look across it you can't see the other side. The kayaks work better on large bodies of water like Lake Superior, but they would be harder to carry over portages later in the journey. If we take our canoe we might have to sit on shore and wait for the waves to get smaller before we can travel, but the canoe would be easier to carry across the portages.
Another thing to consider is Fennel. Fennel will not fit in our kayaks. If we take Fennel with is we would have ot take our Wenonah Canoe. Fennel seemed to enjoy canoeing with us last summer, but he is getting older and we are not sure up for another long journey. Plus, we will be traveling through more cities. When there are people around we would have to keep Fennel on a leash when he is not in the canoe. If we leave him with our friend Chris we would be free to run around with the other sled dogs.
This is a complicated problem. We are really need your help. Please let us know how you think we should solve this problem.
Keep Exploring!
Dave
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