Thanks Barry! And I'll hopefully address the audio issues going forward. 

The yoke was only ever held together with glue - wood glue to be specific. It held for ~6 years without issue so I'm not too concerned about it - and besides, I'm not sure I can pull it apart at this point anyway!

I may build a new one this winter and make that part of the yoke a single piece instead of three separate ones. That would let me sink a couple of screws into it for a more secure hold. But I just moved and haven't even found my tools yet - and I'm moving again in a month. So we'll see!

Video 3 and video 4 were released a week apart - I can't have been much faster!

<pretends there wasn't a 4 1/2 month gap between part 2 and part 3>

Glad you enjoyed it!
 

@bo: glad you enjoyed them! Lavieille has pretty much become my favourite place in the park, at least for the time being. Between it being a gorgeous lake, there being no easy way to get there and the added discouragement of Dickson being closed, it feels further away from crowds than much of the park these days. Can't wait until my next trip takes me back there, although I don't think I'll get there this coming season. Big Crow to Big Trout was a 6 hour travel day. Kayaks are fast ;). I'll see if I can track down the book - thanks for the recommendation!

@rgcmce: someone made the same comment on YouTube for the first video. While the second video was posted long before that comment, I don't see the issue with that video and paid much more attention to volume levels for parts 3 and 4. Did you see the issue with all of them, or did you never make it past the first one due to the volume level disparity? 

I know why you missed it Martin - you couldn't decide which tux to wear. 

Just between you and me, there's a Swift Cruiser in my future. The excuse for it is so that I can take my daughter camping with me, but we'll see if it ends up becoming my solo boat too. 

I haven't ordered it yet - maybe in the next year or so. 

Last summer I had the chance to do a one-way solo trip from Cedar to Canoe Lake. It was an amazing, memorable trip - great weather, some tough travel days (15 portages in one day in a sea kayak is not something I'd recommend!), and incredible campsites. 

I published two videos from this trip last year, but only recently found time to finish the series. So here's all four videos of this trip - hope you enjoy them!












 

Radiant is a lovely lake, but it has a handful of cottages on it, and there was a small motorboat tooling around when I was there, which was a huge detracting factor. I like to pretend I'm somewhere remote and that definitely spoils the illusion. 

Nice enough lake, but I won't be in a hurry to head back that way. 

boknows wrote:

Thanks Uppa.....I'll do my best.. Yes, we have to meet up in person one of these years.  We were suppose to meet each other on White Partridge a few years ago  but the WP Express got derailed due to washouts on the road in that year.  I still owe you a steak.

It wouldn't have mattered if the WP Express had made it through, I was hunkered down on Round Island waiting out two days of torrential rain followed by snow, and then escaped back to Annie Bay via a 12km logging road portage. I never made it to White Partridge either. That was a memorable trip!

AlgonquinLakes wrote:

I am entirely too excited to see this video. I’ve been wanting to do this route for the past couple years but never noticed the bushwhack potential until you pointed out the road. Makes the route more appealing as the two 2+ km portages getting to and out of Cedar didn’t look like fun. Looking forward to seeing how it is.

You are more than welcome to join me if you'd like to!