Thursday, February 4, 2010

Tentative 2010 Tripping Plans


I haven't posted in almost two weeks because I haven't done anything fun outdoors. Last weekend I stayed home and did very little. I even resorted to playing video games for a few hours (gasp!). But one thing I did do was email my tripping buddies and start a conversation about next summer's trip. I have been thinking about canoe tripping a lot lately, probably because I can't do it for several months, and I don't have any hunting plans in the very near future (look for a hunting report in 1-1/2 weeks). So I have decided to list the tentative canoe trip plans I have bouncing around my head.

*I would love to join the Algonquin Adventures crew on their annual ice-out gathering, since it looks to be on my birthday (April 24), but it is unlikely that I will get out there that early in the year.

*I hope to repeat the day trip done last year with my wife and kids plus my cousin, his wife, and their kids. We're still hashing out the details, as some members of the group don't love canoeing as much as I do. I am hoping for an overnight, which would be a big step for my daughters. This could turn into two events, a campground overnight with optional canoeing and a short canoe trip with just my nuclear family.

*This June will be my 10th anniversary, and I'd like to take my wife back to Algonquin. She hasn't been there since 2002, and has expressed a desire to return. I'm shooting for a long weekend in July to do the Rock-Pen-etc.-Louisa loop.

*The boys and I have been talking of a 3-night loop in Algonquin to Big Trout and back. We plan on taking the Tim River to Big Trout, and stopping on Misty on the way back. The goal is to pack light to make the portages less painful. We're in the process of locating a fourth participant, as we prefer even numbers.

*I'd like to take a friend of mine up on an offer to try kayaking on the Huron River. I've never paddled a kayak, and he is able to borrow some from a friend. That's the kind of day trip I could fit in anywhere.

*Last year I became really keen on the idea of trying my first solo trip. I'd still like to do that, but it seems just barely more likely than the ice-out trip. Oh well, I can't do it all in one summer. I will be pleased if I can do even a few of these trips. It sure would give me plenty to post about!

4 comments:

  1. Do it all buddy. One of these days you'll be old and you'll need as many stories as you can get...or you'll just be a old guy who repeats himself everytime you meet him!

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  2. I hear ya, abduk. I'm trying to include my kids in the canoe trips so that when I'm old they'll include me in their family trips. A few years ago I talked in passing with an older couple tagging along with their son and grandchildren. They were having a great time!

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  3. I would imagine. Thats one thing I dislike about my travels as my youngest is too young in my wifes eyes to come along just yet. I have my 3 yr old using a kayak already...for as long as his attention span lasts anyway!

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  4. It's a fine line between introducing them to something they'll do for the rest of their lives and pushing them into something they'll never want to do again. I understand about the wife being more cautious. At one point I was thinking of an APP trip with the kids, 1 or 2 nights, but that's quite a long drive for such a short trip. Know of anything closer that won't be packed with partiers all summer?

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