| Where In Algonquin? » WiA #658 » 5/29/2023 2:09 pm |
Big Bissett?
| Where In Algonquin? » WIA #621 » 1/27/2023 9:49 am |
Opalescent?
| Trip Planning » Barron River » 1/24/2023 4:42 pm |
Travelled the Barron river a few years back and was unimpressed with the sites we passed east of the canyon. Also seems to be quite a bit of traffic along that stretch.
| Where In Algonquin? » WIA #615 » 1/04/2023 11:30 am |
Doesn't look like Carl Wilson but ticks a few of your boxes in terms of the clues.
| Trip Planning » Kitty to Booth Portage » 1/03/2023 3:24 pm |
It's been a few years but I don't believe you can cart it.
| Trip Planning » Weird experience on Pen Lake this past weekend » 8/09/2022 6:37 am |
Last summer we were on Mink staring up at the stars around 11pm when I noticed a dark shape moving through the water in front of our site. Paddlers at this hour? The couple ended up coming into our bay asking if there were other sites available on the lake.
No clue I said but there was a lot of traffic that day so it may be difficult at this hour to find one. Where are your flashlights I asked? Apparently they were buried deep in their dry bags.
We ended up letting them stay the night at our site and also having to give them a midnight crash course in backcountry camping.
They were eating snacks in their tent while setting up, trying to blow up a queen sized air mattress with only their lungs. Dude was trying to start a fire using only large logs to cook some dinner (unsuccessfully). They had a cooler full of food that we had to instruct them to place well away from camp. Complete disaster.
The next morning I woke around 6am to hear them taking down their camp. I heard some laughter which makes me think their trip wasn't going to be a complete write off. I recall the girl asking her partner if they could just tow the air mattress behind the canoe so she wouldn't have to blow it up again. By 7am they were gone without a trace. My regret is not getting up to witness the canoe towing away the mattress...
| Where In Algonquin? » WIA 592 » 6/08/2022 6:12 am |
North River?
| Catch-all Discussions » The Last Guide - Frank Kuiack (APP) » 3/26/2022 8:18 am |
Thanks for posting. Make sure to take an hour out of your day to watch this. I had bought the book a couple years back when signing in at the Brent office. Once I started I couldn't put it down. It's an amazing story.
| Where In Algonquin? » WIA 548 » 2/04/2022 6:32 am |
Booth?
| Trip Planning » Ice out trip planning question » 2/02/2022 4:30 pm |
Yeah they set a default start date but will open early if conditions allow for it.
| Catch-all Discussions » La Loche » 1/21/2022 1:13 pm |
Very powerful film by a great storyteller. Thanks for sharing, Barry.
I also can't get over the Elder's indifference to the hoards of blackflies. I guess over time you just get used to it.
| Where In Algonquin? » WIA 538 » 12/15/2021 9:14 am |
Taken from a couple weeks ago.
**Edit - pic won't load. I'm out. Someone else who is better at technology can take over...
| Where In Algonquin? » WIA 537 » 12/13/2021 5:02 pm |
Canisbay to Cache?
| Where In Algonquin? » WIA 533 » 11/24/2021 8:19 am |
Site at entrance (Cascades?) along Barron?
| Where In Algonquin? » WiA No.: 529 » 11/10/2021 1:18 pm |
Big Porcupine?
| Fitness » Do you wear your fitbit on backcountry canoe trips? » 11/10/2021 7:38 am |
| Fitness » Do you wear your fitbit on backcountry canoe trips? » 11/10/2021 7:20 am |
Got the Instinct as well. I love how when camping I hit all my daily goals (steps, stairs etc...) early on in the day.
I also make sure to drop a marker when arriving at camp. Never know if I'll get lost when looking for wood or searching for the thuderbox. 
Funny enough this summer when paddling to our site we found a beer can in some shallow water. It proved too risky to fish it out with the boat full of gear so I marked it with the watch.
Later in the trip I used the tracker to bring me back to the location and successfully retrieved it!
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