Recent content by Erica

More Island Bliss Back on my perfect island vacation I continued to enjoy the spectacular weather, the lovely vistas, and picking off and squishing ants. Various songbirds paid visits. Cedar Waxwings, A small sparrow-sized bird with one wing bar who flitted and fluttered through the brush...

Wow!

I love the nest box and the canoe tie-in. It is so graceful.

So noted. Thank you Glenn

I enjoyed the photos. I was surprised to see so much wild land along the river. I expected it to me more developed. A great trip!

I often bring a lot of light sources, including headlamps, flashlights, luci lights, etc. And I spread them out among bags. I don't want to lose a bag and not have a light. However, when I want to find one in a hurry, it's a struggle.

It will take me a while to save up to get there. There are some good trip reports online if you search hard. Sometimes chatgpt will find them when regular searches don't.

I love paddling the southern swamps lit only by moon and stars. Of course I have flashlights. One night I will never forget. A whole flock of a dozen or more roseate spoonbills spilled out of the sky looking like they were sliding down moonbeams.

I didn’t take my hearing aids on my last canoe trip. They don’t cost as much as your cochlear implants, nut at $6000, I didn’t want to lose them.

Did you do any paddling while you were in Australia? What part of Australia were you in? It’s a big country. There are definitely canoes and k——ks there. I’m being encouraged to paddle the Murray River.

Me as well. Maybe I’ll do some shorter NE trips this summer. Australia is at least a year out.

Do you have to worry about which side of the river one camps (or lunches) on? How much trouble are the dams?

That sounds like an excellent trip.

What a gorgeous boat! May spring come soon for you.

The Cree is a good river for hammock camping because there aren't many spots to put a tent down flat. If you are energetic, hauling everything up to the top of an esker (when there is one) provides a lovely, park-like setting.