From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
Please be sure to let me know how adventures 8 and 9 work out for you. We had some rules issues with one of them...
ReplyDeleteI'll have to leave you hanging! This was the last game we could manage for the weekend.
ReplyDeleteNo worries! I'm just curious how those work out for others. It has been a while since I've played that game, but I remember there being an issue when we did not explore a new tile, and what the heck was supposed to happen at that point.
ReplyDeleteGet some paint on those minis already!
ReplyDeleteI could have dug out enough painted minis to play. Except for Gravestorm.
ReplyDeletePrimer black, drybrush white. Done.
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