I've found lots of balloons on wilderness beaches on Lake Superior in various stages of decay. It kind of takes away from the wilderness experience. I used to wonder where they came from until three years ago when my wife and I were staying at a campsite overlooking Loon Harbor, a sheltered anchorage among the islands adjacent to Black Bay Peninsula. The rising wind that had caused us to camp there also caused several sailboats to anchor in the harbor. That night one of the sailors had a birthday party, and the celebration included balloons. The next day, my wife and I made a long crossing to the northeast and, running into fog and increasing waves at Sail Rock, navigated across Agate Bay in the fog to camp on a narrow beach on the south side of Agate Cove. As we ate dinner, the sun came out and brightly illuminated a balloon, still inflated, that floated across the mouth of the cove from the direction of our last camp to lodge in the rocks on the north shore. Mystery solved. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Mar 23 2007 - 10:51:33 PDT
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