Boundary Waters, Trip Reports, BWCA, Stories

Dad's Trip
by Unas10

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/07/1939
Entry & Exit Point: Clearwater Lake (EP 62)
Number of Days: 6
Group Size: 3
Part 16 of 16
The freight they caught was not heading back to Chicago. These young men headed west. For the next two weeks Dad and Al worked on a farm somewhere in western North Dakota. They worked for room and board and $2/day. The rails and the thumbs got them safely back to Chicago.