The (almost) perfect trip to Lake Polly in BWCA
Lake Polly Trip Report Our third trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) was nearly perfect, except for one small thing. Small to us in the end since everyone was safe but nearly catastrophic, wait until you hear the tale. Want to hear why? Read on. We woke up a 6A.M. on a late August Sunday morning. There was a chill in the air as if fall was just around the corner. We packed our camping gear in seven packs the night before. That morning, we grabbed the food and loaded the car. We had 4 backpacking packs, 3 canoe "Duluth" (or Granite gear) packs, 2 small dry bags, 1 bear barrel, 1 large REI camp dreamer XL sleeping pad, as well as 5 lifejackets, 4 paddles, 3 fishing poles, 2 seat cushions, and 1 yellow tackle box. I ran back inside the house to grab an extra hoodie sweatshirt that said, "Washington" in purple capital letters across the front. I bought it my first year in Seattle as an intern at the University of Washington but it was too big and