Dean Bushey: An Excellent Guide from the Ely Area
Monday, August 30th, 2010submitted by: Bob Evans
Earlier this summer my wife and I needed to take a particularly difficult trip to visit the last few pictograph sites about which we knew, and we had very little time to make the trip. One of the pictograph sites, Swartman Lake, involved a long bushwhack trip along a route about which we knew little. From there we would travel up the East Agnes River to Kawnipi to check out a pictograph site we had discovered two years ago and then on to Montgomery Lake and the Montgomery Creek site. And we had to do the entire trip in six days, as that was the only time available.
We elected to hire a guide to provide some extra paddling and carrying power. Additionally, since we have no bushwhacking experience, we needed someone with excellent woods skills. After talking with an outfitter friend of ours and a long term friend with lots of guiding experience we were referred to Dean Bushey ( dbushey1@hotmail.com ). (more…)