I live vicariously. Our Ottawa kids were canoe camping in Algonquin Park on Sunday. They rented a canoe, and had it dropped off at their launching point. Then they canoed along the lake, portaged, canoodled down another lake and found their camp site.
You can buy fabulous maps: Maps by jeff.com Caitlin tells me they are wonderful. All the things NOT on regular maps: hiking trails, warnings of poison ivy, locations of easy, medium and hard hikes, etc.
Isn't it beautiful?! You can see the kayaker down in the water.
"A quick stop at Barron Canyon Lookout trail before we get to the canoe launch site."
JL took a video:
The living room!
Hammock tents for Jo and Aster
A panoramic of the whole camp site:
This is the path from the camp up to the thunder box.
This is the thunder box! Caitlin saw a bear amble by it, but it was a good bear, didn't smell any food, and off it went. Caitlin wrote that she thought the wind and rainstorm kept it home.
Morning coffee in the kitchen! The blue barrel holds their food and toiletries that the critters like.
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| Fire pit and cooking station |
They forecast a storm Tuesday/Wednesday. Algonquin Park is near Huntsville, just in case you aren't familiar. It is an iconic park. Natural, and wild, with no cell phone coverage! Caitlin told me, just before they left, that she was looking forward to turning off electronics. It was cold overnight, colder than anticipated.
After packing up Wednesday, canoodling and portaging back to the car (2 1/2 hour adventure), they had fast food in Renfrew and arrived home in the dark. Showers all around and then to bed.
6 comments:
I have heard of this park, looks like a fun time for the family. Great photos. Take care, have a happy weekend!
Oh my! They have had such fun, and created some lasting memories. Of course that family seems to always be doing something like this, so maybe these memories will be among many others. But it does look like most of their plans went well, except getting cold at night.
It looks like they had a wonderful time!!
How fun, looks beautiful! I love that big rock table.
What a wonderful adventure. Canoodling obviously refers to something canoe related in this context (which made me think yesterday and today).
Sounds like a challenging trip. I'm glad the bear behaved, and it sounds like resource management so that the bear didn't smell food was at least partially responsible for that. I've never hiked where there are bears. The trail and scenery are lovely. A great spot!
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