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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!

It’s exciting to have the water chasing you. Camping in thé 10,000 Islands, a high tide and a storm brought the water within a foot of the tent. We were on the highest point of the little island. Luckily it stopped rising before it hit the tent.

Is that what it is. Bystander effect. Never heard if it. It explains some of the mysterious situations I’ve been in when I’ve been about the least qualified person to help, but the only one who does. The one that comes to mind was being in the woods with a class of grad students and two...

The fall right after the bridge looked pretty nasty. It wasn’t a falls as such but some fast water running into the ocean off Sulewasi. Kids were playing in it, having a blast. Brown, brown, brown. I was afraid if what poisons might be in the water.

My mistake, I remembered repced’s canoe as being red. I’m sure the water was much higher when you went through.