[Rhodes22-list] Generator and Camping question... (a follow-up)

[Steve Alm]

Doug,

Among the best Minnesota has to offer is the Boundary Waters Canoe and
Wilderness Area.  Don't let the name fool you--it's a great place to
"car-camp" or RV too.  You can do the wilderness thing and go out on the big
portages, or you can stay in the roadside campgrounds--many have hook-ups.

This late in the season, it's probably impossible to get a permit to go into
the wilderness area.  They only let just so many people in and Aug is the
busy month.  They start taking reservations in January.  But you can
definitely find a place to park the trailer, swim, hike, bike, fish, canoe
rentals, etc. without any prior reservation.

I've been camping in the Boundary Waters since I was a teenager and highly
recommend it.  It's a truly unique experience and you'll find no equal to
its vast but user-friendly watery wilderness.

Slim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gardner, Douglas (LNG-DAY)" <douglas.gardner at lexisnexis.com>
> To: "Rhodes22-List (E-mail)" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 3:15 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Generator and Camping question... (a follow-up)
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> 
>> OK, all of you generator folks, now that you've had even more time to
>> evaluate your mini generators, how do you feel about them? I'm thinking
>> about going ahead and getting one of those Honda's... thinking about the
>> eu1000i or the 2000i.
>> There is a difference of a few hundred bucks between them, so I wonder if
>> I'll really need the bigger one.
>> 
>> Use: primarily for camping.  Keeping the battery charged.  The biggest
>> current draw would probably be the fan on the furnace.  I don't pretend to
>> think it would power the AC, or even the fridge (which I'd put on gas if I
>> didn't have hook-ups)
>> 
>> So no, this isn't really a sailing question.  But it is a follow-up to an
>> old thread.  How 'bout it Rik et al?
>> 
>> Related question:  Starting to plan about a week long camping trip, and
> are
>> looking for recommendations not too far from Cincinnati.  Prefereably
> north.
>> 
>> Northern Michigan would be good (probably LP, but could be eastern UP).
>> Recommendations?  We'd be trailer camping (34' Airstream), not
> backcountry.
>> Robin suggested Kingston Ontario (she was there at a conference a few
> years
>> back and loved it.)  That seems a bit far for a weeklong trip with small
>> kids. Thoughts?
>> 
>> Thought about picking Rik's brain about northern Minn... but for a week
> with
>> kids pulling a large trailer, that seemed a bit ambitious.
>> 
>> I've been to Nicolet NF in Northern WI... used to go there every year.
> But
>> haven't been in 10 years and heard it is more crowded now.  Truth?
>> 
>> Anyway, I appreciate your thoughts.
>> 
>> --Doug
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