Originally Posted by PatapscoMike
Algonquin! Just two months or so until I'm back on the water!
Parkside Bay at dawn, just a little NW of Big Porcupine.
Algonquin! Just two months or so until I'm back on the water!
Parkside Bay at dawn, just a little NW of Big Porcupine.
Last edited by Chard; 03-20-2018 at 23:33.
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Lake LaMuir August 2017
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And later at Big Trout (but no hammock!)
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Next time you're hanging in my backyard, give me a shout.
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A retired gentleman in a fishing boat dropped by when I was there, said he saw one a few years ago! I'm not sure I'd want to open my eyes in the middle of the night and see one looking back at me, you know? I don't think they are dangerous unless you antagonize them, but still.... Meow.
Never went there. We paddled Smoke, Ragged, Big Porcupine
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and Little Coon Lakes. Several days at Big Porc and Ragged Lake.
Parkside Bay (Ragged Lake)
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Beautiful country, we loved it. Portage to Big Porcupine is a son-of-a-*****! They call it the 'Devil's Staircase' and I can't disagree.
A few more pics for those interested are here https://imgur.com/a/tadPA
I wish like hell we would have brought hammocks for everyone on my trip. We paddled in (and did one portage) in monsoon-like rains. Several inches fell while we paddled. Lakeside campsites were a series of huge puddles. We had to visit 5 campsites in miserable driving rain with 4 kids in tow to find somewhere that wasn't too wet for tents. If we had hammocks the first site would have been fine. Although it is true that I only had to pitch 2 tarps instead of 6... We brought a couple ENO's along to play around with. One of the kids ended up sleeping there most nights, and he's not slept on the ground since. We fought over who got to lounge and nap in them.
Haha! I think you've named that setup perfectly.
Gotta love a flying turtledog!
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Nice!
The Devil's Staircase! We did that portage this last year on our Fall EGL Trip. Going South was tough; North was a relative joy!
Last edited by Chard; 03-21-2018 at 17:33.
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I've done the Dickson-Wright Lake portage several times (longest in the park...) and now Devil's Staircase seems like "nothin'"
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