Recent content by Erica

I love this photo. And I’m so glad you had a couple days of good weather and good paddling.

The Cree River stole my favorite hiking pole. The Sherlock Trekker. And they don’t make them anymore. Just lifted it right off my wrist as I was making my way through some deep water.

Many, many years ago we were car camping and spent a night or two in a commercial campground. The proprietor came along and wanted to know if ewe wanted any lobsters. He would buy them, steam them and deliver to the campsite. That was great. We used the Delorne maps for Maine to find hidden...

I hear things. Sitting under a larch tree in the drizzle I heard voices and then the baaing of sheep and the bark of a dog. It was so real I searched for them, but never found them. These were sheep pastures and traditional herding is done here in the Queyras. I don’t know if it was imaginary or...

I loved that sequence.

#4 from the top, yellowish trumpet shaped mushroom is a Chanterelle and one of the best tasting mushrooms of all.

I read it too. It’s that end of the trip, gotta get it done now feeling that takes over the rational part of the brain.

Searching for the End The Mégiscane River is generally considered to begin at a small lake near Monet called Lac Octavie. A string of other small connected lakes lie upstream of it, so I'm not sure why that point was chosen, possibly because there's no access to the lakes further upstream. From...

Welcome! Thanks for the trip report. Looks like a beautiful river.

Looks like a great trip. Thanks for writing and the photos.

Welcome! I love the pictures of all the snow-laden trees. I’ve been looking at some canoeing locations in Finland. A country with more water than land is marvelous.

When I lived in Ochopee, I’d slide the boat out for a moonlit paddle every full moon. One night turning from the deep canal into the wet prairie I crashed into something which thrashed around, knocking the boat around. It was over before I could get scared. I suspect it was a large gator, or...

Mohawk was a Florida based company. I love my Mohawk 13.

Outstanding!

Yay! Keep those little ones paddling. What a cutie!