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We spent Thursday night on the floor of defunct church turned wooden boat workshop in Newton Falls. Saved the hassle of pitching tents / tarps in the rain. (Thanks Sherm). Oh, by the way, the Wanakena General Store has a prettty decent selection of microbrews. Try the growler of Rouge Ale. 
We were on the Oswegatchie River at 6:30AM on Friday. We used Cage Lake Spring Hole L2 as a base camp (Rescued August 2006) commuting Friday and Saturday over water and land via a sick 'wack shortcut to Little Shallow L2.
Friday we dug the lean to out of the snow, hauled the material uphill from our cache point, and installed the deacons seat and rear logs. Saturday we returned to install the side logs and floor. We did not get the footers installed as our 20# propane cylinder with flamethrower attachment had insufficient BTU's to melt the frozen earth to enable any sort of digging. Wish we had left it at the river in the canoe, it was kind of heavy.
Weather you ask: We saw the sun peer out from behind a cloud for about 2 minutes on Saturday, the rest of the time we had rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow--- heavy at times. Lets just say it was damp. Oh, well...another added challenge.
A LOT of snow fell while we were upriver, getting out of Inlet back to Route 3was the hardest part of the trip.
Punch list items to include footers, chinking, staining, and hardwood floors to be completed later in the Spring. This L2 is now maintained and ready for your enjoyment.
Quote of the trip: "There are two type of birds: edible and inedible" Ken Burdick - Bird Watcher
Onward to Wolf Pond......
AANR - Five Ponds Wilderness / Lean2Rescue (Hooty Hoot!)
We were on the Oswegatchie River at 6:30AM on Friday. We used Cage Lake Spring Hole L2 as a base camp (Rescued August 2006) commuting Friday and Saturday over water and land via a sick 'wack shortcut to Little Shallow L2.
Friday we dug the lean to out of the snow, hauled the material uphill from our cache point, and installed the deacons seat and rear logs. Saturday we returned to install the side logs and floor. We did not get the footers installed as our 20# propane cylinder with flamethrower attachment had insufficient BTU's to melt the frozen earth to enable any sort of digging. Wish we had left it at the river in the canoe, it was kind of heavy.
Weather you ask: We saw the sun peer out from behind a cloud for about 2 minutes on Saturday, the rest of the time we had rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow--- heavy at times. Lets just say it was damp. Oh, well...another added challenge.
A LOT of snow fell while we were upriver, getting out of Inlet back to Route 3was the hardest part of the trip.
Punch list items to include footers, chinking, staining, and hardwood floors to be completed later in the Spring. This L2 is now maintained and ready for your enjoyment.
Quote of the trip: "There are two type of birds: edible and inedible" Ken Burdick - Bird Watcher
Onward to Wolf Pond......
AANR - Five Ponds Wilderness / Lean2Rescue (Hooty Hoot!)
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