portage blue mystery question.

ArlyA · May 13, 2021

Here are photos taken in the boundary waters in northern MN. These are on a portage which is a path to get your canoe moved from one lake to another but also used by mushers over the winter.. Lots and lots of portages are found up there!

That is the blue material and who might have left it there?? The whole portage had these blue shavings on it.

MossRoad · May 13, 2021

Someone dragging a plastic boat over the sharp rocks?

When I was a little kid, maybe 4 or 5, we went trick or treating. Mom gave me a paper sack with handles. Thought it was a good idea. However, I was so small and the bag was so large that it dragged on the ground, wore a hole in the bottom, and most of my candy fell out by the time I got home. I was in tears. Most of my siblings shared their candy with me. 1 was quite angry at the thought of sharing.

ArlyA · May 13, 2021

MossRoad said:
Someone dragging a plastic boat over the sharp rocks?

When I was a little kid, maybe 4 or 5, we went trick or treating. Mom gave me a paper sack with handles. Thought it was a good idea. However, I was so small and the bag was so large that it dragged on the ground, wore a hole in the bottom, and most of my candy fell out by the time I got home. I was in tears. Most of my siblings shared their candy with me. 1 was quite angry at the thought of sharing.

They might have but the blue is not from a boat.

MossRoad · May 13, 2021

55 gallon drum?

ArlyA · May 13, 2021

MossRoad said:
55 gallon drum?

There could be drums but the plastic shavings found all along the portage is not from them. You'd have to boat or sled a drum to this location. Why would someone do that??

/pine · May 13, 2021

ArlyA said:
They might have but the blue is not from a boat.

How do you know that?...we have a blue plastic kayak about that same color that is scratched to heck on the bottom and most of the rocks here are not sharp...!

sea2summit · May 13, 2021

/pine said:
How do you know that?...we have a blue plastic kayak about that same color that is scratched to heck on the bottom and most of the rocks here are not sharp...!

Exactly my thought. Cheap canoe or kayak of the tractor supply/dicks sporting goods variety.

2LaneCruzer · May 13, 2021

MossRoad said:
Someone dragging a plastic boat over the sharp rocks?

When I was a little kid, maybe 4 or 5, we went trick or treating. Mom gave me a paper sack with handles. Thought it was a good idea. However, I was so small and the bag was so large that it dragged on the ground, wore a hole in the bottom, and most of my candy fell out by the time I got home. I was in tears. Most of my siblings shared their candy with me. 1 was quite angry at the thought of sharing.

The exact same thing happened to my youngest daughter. The bottom of the sack got wet, and she lost all of her goodies. We had a lot left over that we didn't give out, so we persuaded our other daughter to dump hers in with ours and we let them split the booty.

ArlyA · May 13, 2021

sea2summit said:
Exactly my thought. Cheap canoe or kayak of the tractor supply/dicks sporting goods variety.

Most kayaks have a white bottom, nonetheless, there is enough shavings along this 1/2 mile portage to built a new kayak. Most of the summer portages would be canoes not K's. A clue was give in my photo description.

sea2summit · May 13, 2021

ArlyA said:
Most kayaks have a white bottom, nonetheless, there is enough shavings along this 1/2 mile portage to built a new kayak. Most of the summer portages would be canoes not K's. A clue was give in my photo description.

So you know the answer and the thread is just about getting attention?