The first mate and I returned from Quetico yesterday. Just 4 nights but we are happy to have had the opportunity. We entered Quetico Lake via Beaverhouse and portaged to Badwater. On the portage it got darker and the thunder was rolling. We hightailed it at ramming speed to the first campsite and hung the tarp and pitched the tent in record time before all hell broke loose. It must have dumped 2" in a half hour and the storm was right on top of us with strong wind. The water came down the hill and we were standing in an inch of water. We christened it "Camp Misery".
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As fast as it came it was over and we enjoyed a nice sunset.
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After a night in the West Bay, we moved northeast and went up McAlpine Creek into Kasakokwok where we got a good workout because the wind had shifted to the east.
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Into Cirrus Lake we stopped to look at Sue Falls.
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Farther west on Cirrus we camped on a small island and rested after a long day. A pair of herring gulls was waiting for handouts.
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All to soon it was time to leave again. On the way home we made stops at Fort William in Thunder Bay,
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a chip wagon (Thanks, frozentripper, for your link to the Trans Canada Fryway
),
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and the Mackinac Bridge.
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We pimped out our new canoe (Wenonah Escape) which worked out very well and was a good solution to the Canoe Sudoku from earlier this year.
Image 8-6-17 at 10.35 AM
PS: Thanks to Alan Gage for his flickr tutorial.
P7301058As fast as it came it was over and we enjoyed a nice sunset.
P7301066After a night in the West Bay, we moved northeast and went up McAlpine Creek into Kasakokwok where we got a good workout because the wind had shifted to the east.
P8021116Into Cirrus Lake we stopped to look at Sue Falls.
P8021126Farther west on Cirrus we camped on a small island and rested after a long day. A pair of herring gulls was waiting for handouts.
P8021142All to soon it was time to leave again. On the way home we made stops at Fort William in Thunder Bay,
P8031160a chip wagon (Thanks, frozentripper, for your link to the Trans Canada Fryway
),P8041169and the Mackinac Bridge.
P8051178We pimped out our new canoe (Wenonah Escape) which worked out very well and was a good solution to the Canoe Sudoku from earlier this year.
Image 8-6-17 at 10.35 AMPS: Thanks to Alan Gage for his flickr tutorial.
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