The Slough

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Originally uploaded by Iron Bieso

Laura and I made a trip to Herbster, Wis., over Labor Day weekend, and we were out in boats three times on three different bodies of water. On our second day, we hit the slough that sits just off Bark Bay, between the towns of Herbster and Cornucopia.

The slough was the site of our only let-down: We paddled it in hopes of moving into Lake Superior itself, but the sun was setting and we were hoping to avoid a take-out in the dark.

So we came close to paddling out of the slough, but did not make it. Only regret on the whole trip.



Even this slough was crystal clear, cold, and a bit on the intimidating side, we were expecting a bit more swamp, but hey, this is northern Wisconsin.

We did paddle over a lot of lilies and had a good time, just checking it all out. A turtle and this heron encouraged us to go forward.







We'll have more on our river trip and our lake paddles, asap.

Jarett