Thanks! I work in the software industry, but I'm no web designer so can't take any credit for the 'professional' part of things. When I registered my domain I went looking for easy, online editing software, and I what I ended up using is Weebly (www.weebly.com). While they will let you create a site there and then export it to host elsewhere, you'd of course then lose access to their tools, so in effect by using their web editing software you're going to end up paying them to host your website. But they have a free hosting option (just gets branded with Weebly footers) or what I'm using, the 'starter' plan which is only $5 / month (US). 

So far I'm pretty happy. No super advanced tools but it does what I need and is very easy to use. 

Martin: 50 pound kayak and 30-35 pounds of gear. And no, not really in that great of shape. I booked this route on short notice after Lavielle got closed due to blue-green algae, but then my original trip was also portage heavy. I don't shy away from portages any more. Between the yoke I use and the way I pack my gear, I really don't find portage-heavy routes that big of a deal. But that being said I'd still prefer one 5k portage over ten 500 meter ones. The packing and unpacking does add a bit of time. 

But I do end up booking some very long travel days - ones there's no possible way I could do solo in a canoe. On the last day of this trip I went from Catfish to Kiosk, which is pushing 50 kilometers. On the whole I'd say the kayak gives me far more mobility and freedom, especially on solo trips, than I'd ever have in a canoe. 

Thanks for sharing! The sunny weather over the past few days has me super itchy to be out on the water. Your photos are both soothing the itch and increasing it!

Thanks for the comments! The way the weather had been up until recently I thought maybe we'd be camping soon, but the two week forecast looks like winter isn't quite done with us yet. Guess I'll have time to write up another trip report or three. 

My baby girl is going to force me to buy a canoe eventually. Try as I might, I can't think of a way to stuff a wife, a baby and a dog into my kayak. 

Hey Trillium, 

One thing about solo camping is that I have lots of time to film videos, so when my memory fails I can check the official record ;). For every minute of video I might post in a trip log I've probably filmed 30. But yeah, I remember running into you, and I double-checked my 'recap' video from Shangri La to confirm. You two were the last people I encountered that day, but I passed by two big groups first also on the Petawawa - you might have caught up to them. The first was a group of 8 who had actually left someone behind at Brent who wasn't feeling well, and the second was a group of teenagers, like 6 - 9 of them. I think all of you were headed to Burntroot so even if you didn't catch them you likely saw them on the lake. 

Understood about the 'die-hard' business - I'm most definitely that way about my kayak. When I tell people I camp Algonquin in a kayak the reaction from experienced trippers is usually wondering if I'm a little touched in the head. It may be why I end up doing the occasional super long travel day, as if I'm proving some kind of point.