Paddle Point Submissions

No good road trip can start without a trip to our local Starbucks. Especially one that involves over 2100 kms in 48 hours to visit all the PITPC sponsors...

My new paddle got to have a reunion and I got to see how they're made. Beyond impressed with Fiona, Mike and Badger PADDLES !!!!...

So, I didn't get a picture of the outside of the Canoe Museum, but I do have a number of pictures of the actual canoe displays. This museum is really amazing!...

My son and daughter carrying a canoe together during one of day trips. ...

We needed to get off the water when a thunder and lightening storm came up during a day trip, so we put the canoes upside down and sat and waited it out :)...

I tried very hard to get inside - but they closed up early on me. We shopped by looking through the gate - I guess family time for the holiday is important too....

Not only did I visit the Complete Paddler on my way north but I saved $40.00 by not using the 407 this trip....

He really does have a pack and everything in the canoe. Really a minimalist - comes from having backpacked. ...

Pat trying out her new wood stove - worked very well at boiling water...

Day one of a seven day trip - notice we are all wearing PFD's...

Portaging my canoe on one of the many portages on the Big Trout Loop. ...

This photo was taken at the top of one of the ridges of the Centennial Ridges Trail in Algonquin Provincial Park....

Stopped for a quick lunch break - the only place that the wind seemed calm. Only a few minutes earlier the wind had tried to take the canoe off of my shoulders and turn it into a kite (I fought the wind, and I won,...

I made a visit to Peterborough to pick up a new barrel pack. I thought that I'd check out the gear and at Wild Rock Outfitters, since we were in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, they were closed once we arrived. Not wanting to snap an obvious...

Drop by on a Thursday evenings for free admission (although donations are always appreciated!) ...

I balanced the phone on a log and used the timer for this one. It fell off so many times that I almost gave up. Silly pictures...

I propped my phone up between two branches and wedged a pine cone behind it to hold it in place before setting the ten-second timer and racing back to my bench and my hot coffee....

I love this place. What more can I say? (on the way out)...

It was chilly night, with overnight temperatures hovering just above the freezing mark and winds gusting to nearly 50km/hr.. But with a wool hat, wool "buff", Icebreaker underlayers, fleece jacket, Thermarest, bag liner and a -9C down bag, I was snug and warm. Function comes...