http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/outdoors/woman-kayak-all-itasca-lakes-10061 Comments for "Woman to kayak all Itasca lakes" en http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/outdoors/woman-kayak-all-itasca-lakes-10061 <p>BIGFORK, Minn. (AP) — Here she comes now, leaning into her work, dragging her kayak through a remnant trail among the popple. Mary Shideler, better known as The Kayak Lady, is on a mission for Lake No. 909.<br /> As of this day, Shideler had already paddled her hand-built kayak on 908 of the 1,007 lakes in Itasca County. With friend Catherine McLynn, she planned to paddle remote Finley Lake. But there was some hauling to be done first. The lake is three-quarters of a mile from the nearest road.<br /> ‘‘This first part is wet,’’ says Shideler, 46, a massage therapist from Grand Rapids.</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/outdoors/woman-kayak-all-itasca-lakes-10061">read more</a></p> http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/outdoors/woman-kayak-all-itasca-lakes-10061#comments Outdoors Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:03:43 -0500 Journal Staff 10061 at http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com