Monday, June 24, 2019

Session 1: Eagan School Group

   For the last 25 plus years Eagan High School has been coming to Laketrails for the first session. This balance between Laketrails and the school is called Summer Science Institute and it allows high schoolers to have an experience where the can combine education with real world situations.
   For this session I am guiding with Kelby and we have chosen to go to the location called Helldivers.
  Helldivers is a location on the lake where campers can explore an old abandoned gold mine. I went on this trip last year and at the mine we took a canoe into the mine. After using the wall of the mine to push the canoe, there comes a spot where the ceiling has caved in. There is more mine to explore, but that is as far as I made it last year.
  What I remember of the portage last year, is that it is a big open ATV trail, but there comes a place where it is too muddy to walk through. At this point there is a smaller trail to the left with only a few mud puddles that are deep, but easily avoidable. At the end of the trail is a small marsh, but it is only really wet at the very end where canoes are loaded back up.
  I’m very excited to go back to the mine to explore more and maybe hike around the location a little more as well.
  We set our tomorrow morning after breakfast.