My trips never go exactly as I plan them either, but you still need a plan. My plans are more realistic now :). I'm sure your newbie learned some things and I hope you have a great trip with your boys.
Better late than never! Good report! It got me out of the house and into the Bdub (in my mind at least).
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson...and...“Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".
Great loon shot! Fun to think of pulling in at 3am to have tents already set up for you.
Sounds like about how far I will get when I tackle that entry this year. Ah well, there's such a thing as savoring the moment. It doesn't have to be a crazy trip covering lots of ground to be a good trip.
Thanks for writing it up!
Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe. -Thoreau
quote BWPaddler: "Great loon shot! Fun to think of pulling in at 3am to have tents already set up for you.
Sounds like about how far I will get when I tackle that entry this year. Ah well, there's such a thing as savoring the moment. It doesn't have to be a crazy trip covering lots of ground to be a good trip.
Did this as a 5 day portage clearing trip some 6-7 years ago. Spent our 1st night on LBFalls, 2nd on 18 Island on Friday Bay, 3rd on Gun and 4th Fourtown (as I recall). You likely would have made it through with your original plan. Wind could have been a determining factor, and may have fowled your plans if you had tried. Best to play it safe. Great report! Thanks.
“The more you know, the less you carry” Mors Kochanski