We are the Scofields, Patrick, Wendy and Christian. Patrick is originally from Hibbing, Minnesota and has been coming to BWCA, camping and fishing with his family since he was 3. I am from Napa California. Patrick and I met when he moved to Napa for his career. Patrick introduced me to the BWCA. I fell in love, with the wilderness, the thrill of adventure and the man by my side. I can still remember looking for miles and miles over the water, seeing nothing but water and forest, thinking mine-mine-mine. I could pretend it was all ours because there wasn’t another boat or person insight for days at a time. Tenting in Santa Cruz, California is beautiful, but crowed with as many people as trees. The BWCA isn’t that. Christian our 16 year old son starting coming to the BWCA even in the womb, and by snowmobile for his first trip at 3 months old!
In 2002 we purchased the business Loon Falls Portage and in 2011 sold it in order to purchase Beatty Railroad Portage Company. We have been spending our summers in this area for the last 30 years.