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Some really great photos here and on your blog, great report too. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Mama, there were a lot of moose for sure. We've been lucky enough to see on in the BWCA about five years ago, but didn't see one last year when we were there. You should definitely give Algonquin a try, it's a beautiful park.

Thank you ezD.

The bulk of those are taken with a Nikon D750.

Thank you tump-lion. I made the large triangles that go to the ground so that they don't flare out like a real whelen they just go straight down. and the smaller triangles (when deployed) use a small piece of bungee and usually get their own stake. On the one in the photo below I just cut the...

Hey wait a minute, my canoe is basically a glassed wood/canvas canoe. Came that way from the factory, and I have to say I prefer it to the look of a stripper, but that comes from a lifetime of looking at it. ;)

Speaking of wet feet, as we were on our last portage in Algonquin 2 weeks ago there were two canoes putting in when we were taking out and the group was 4 late teen/early 20's boys, and they loaded their rental canoes on dry land, the bow paddler got in and the stern paddler tried to push it in...

Thank you everyone for the nice compliments. Didn't make as much time for photography as I would have liked out there, but got some keepers all the same. My tarps are basically a Whelen Lean-to design that I sort of modified to be a bit more hammock friendly. Typically in such nice weather...

My wife, my friend and I had a nice 6 night stay in Algonquin. We did approximately 50 mile figure 8 shaped route with over 6.5 miles of portaging (nearly 20 miles of walking because we double portage). Weather was better than could be expected, got rained on once or twice by passing clouds but...

Wow, what a fantastic trip! Those canoes are massive, I can see why they'd be slow. Great photos, thanks for sharing.

I filter drinking water but use it straight from the lake for cooking. I'll often just keep a pot of water on the fire just to have some on hand and if some of that is left over I'll pour it in my water bottle. But I prefer filtered to boiled for drinking.

I recently bought a paddle that came with a sock, it stayed on from the store to the put-in and hasn't been back on since. I thought the paddle was sufficiently beat up during the trip that anything it might incur during transport would be minor/negligible by comparison. :D My pet peeve is...

That's some fine looking gear you're making there. The paddle connectors are a great idea.

I thought it sounded rather finger pointy as well.

According to THIS LINK they are out of business.

I noted their shop as I drove by, of course it was the A.M. of the start of our trip and didn't have time to dally. Would loved to have stopped by their shop.

I lucked out and was able to get the 17' prospector canoe that I had wanted from the outfitter, it's built by Swift. We took it on a week long paddle in Algonquin and I have to say I really liked it. There is no doubt that it was slower out in the open water than my Spirit II, and my wife felt...

I just returned from a trip to Algonquin and we tried for the first time some Ovaeasy eggs with Harmony House dehydrated potatoes, onions, and green peppers. Even tried the shelf stable bacon.... what a treat after a few days! I'm a little on the fence about the dehydrated potatoes, but the...

Welcome from Michigan.

I'll warn you that I always take the battery out of mine when not using it because if I don't it will be dead, thats the only issue I've had with it.