This weekend I'm backpacking along the Superior Hiking Trail in Northern Minnesota. I decided to log my travel plans because of inclement weather. Hopefully the late season and hard weather will discourage most of the traffic so we can find a place to pitch our camp. We have food for 5 days and a renewable supply of water. We have cooking fuel for many days, as well as plentiful wood in the state forest. We are each carrying utility knives and extra clothing. We have waterproof footwear, rain coats, a 4 season tent and 3 season sleeping bags. First aid / last aid supplies are well stocked, but optimistic. I have a tomahawk and 100ft of parachute cord in case we need to make splints or the like. We will never be far from County Road 7 or Highway 61, and expect smooth sailing.

Friday Evening: 10/05

We estimate heavy thunder storms tonight, and the sun sets at 6:37PM, well before we reach the spur trail. So we will be hiking under full pack in the dark in the rain for the first leg of the trip.

• Leave Twin Cities at 5PM
• Stop in Cloquet for food at 7:30 PM
• Arrive at Finland spur trail off of County Road 7 at 8:30 PM
• Set out North on Sonju Trail at 8:45 PM
• Scout out backcountry sites 1 & 2 by 10:00 PM. If none found, press on to Multi-group site at Sonju Lake, ETA 11:00PM

Saturday, 10/06/07

We expect heavy to moderate thunderstorms all day long on Saturday, and will hike in the rain during this time.

• Break camp at 7:30 AM. Eat and be on trail by 8:15
• Arrive at Benson Lake by 9:30
• Press on to Caribou State Wayside by mid-day.
• Pitch camp early, either in Multi-group site near Caribou or in back-country sites en route to Two Island River

Sunday, 10/07/07

We expect thundershowers all day long on Sunday as well.

• Break camp at 7:30 AM, eat and be on trail by 8:15
• Retrace our path to Caribou, across the Manitou River, past Bensen and Sonjou Lakes, Egge Lake, and to spur trail at Finland. ETA 5PM
• Stop in Cloquet for food at 6:30 PM
• Return to Minneapolis at 9:00 PM

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Leibniz, Gottfried. Philosophical Texts. Trans. Richard Francks, and R.S. Woolhouse. New York: Oxford University Press. 1998. (ISBN: 0-19-875153)

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Texts Printed in this Edition

1. Discourse on Metaphysics (1686)
2. Correspondence with Arnauld (1686-1690)
3. Reflections on the Advancement of True Metaphysics and particularly on the Nature of Substance Explained by Force (1694)
4. New System of the Nature of Substances and their Communication, and of the Union which Exists between the Soul and the Body (1695)
5. Specimen Dynamicum: An Essay in Dynamics
6. Reply of M.S.F. to M. de L.B.Z. on his New System of the Communication between Substances (1695)
7. Remarks on M. Foucher's Objections (1695)
8. [First] Explanation of the New System of the Communication between Substances, in Reply to what was Said of it in the Journal for 12 September 1695 (1696)
9. Extract from a Letter Written by M. Leibniz about his Philosophical Hypothesis (1696) ('Third Explanation of the New System')
10. Note H to Bayle's Dictionary Article 'Rorarius' (1697)
11. Leibniz's Comments on Note H to Bayle's Dictionary Article 'Rorarius' (1705?)
12. A Letter . . . to the Editor, Containing and Explanation of the Difficulties which M. Bayle Found with the New System of the Union of the Soul and Body (1698)
13. Nature Itself; or, The Inherent Force and Activity of Created Things--Confirming and Illustrating the Author's Dynamics (1698)
14. Note L to Bayle's Dictionary Article 'Rorarius' (1702)
15. Leibniz' Comments on Note L to Bayle's Dictionary Article 'Rorarius' (1705?)
16. Reply to the Comments in the Second Edition of M. Bayle's Critical Dictionary, in the Article 'Rorarius', concerning the System of Pre-established Harmony (1702; published 1716)
17. Draft Letters from Leibniz to Bayle (December 1702)
18. Principles of Nature and Grace, based on Reason (1714)
19. Monadology (1714)

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Rescher, Nicholas. Paradoxes: Their Roots, Range, and Resolution. Open Court Publishing Company. Chicago and LaSalle, Illinois. 2001.

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