September 5 - We awoke at 3:56am to a pterodactyl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterodactyl making a menacing noise and coming straight for us and the tent - we survived and left that strange campsite early (Campsite 301) ... Please advise others about Campsite 301. As we were leaving we saw a bear 15 metres from us. We also heard very strange sounds throughout the night. The same day we pushed for North Bay and got there at 8:18 p.m. after paddling for a 14 hour stretch....we were totally pooched. Ahh, North Bay with a bed and flush toilets. It's strange living in a civilised world....We got help from my buddies in North Bay to portage 5 miles through city. We plan to leave at 5 p.m. for Camp Island then head for Trout Lake - Mattawa river and the Ottawa River. ETA in Ottawa...the 15th....of September!
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Campsite 301
September 5 - We awoke at 3:56am to a pterodactyl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterodactyl making a menacing noise and coming straight for us and the tent - we survived and left that strange campsite early (Campsite 301) ... Please advise others about Campsite 301. As we were leaving we saw a bear 15 metres from us. We also heard very strange sounds throughout the night. The same day we pushed for North Bay and got there at 8:18 p.m. after paddling for a 14 hour stretch....we were totally pooched. Ahh, North Bay with a bed and flush toilets. It's strange living in a civilised world....We got help from my buddies in North Bay to portage 5 miles through city. We plan to leave at 5 p.m. for Camp Island then head for Trout Lake - Mattawa river and the Ottawa River. ETA in Ottawa...the 15th....of September!
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"The Route" Then and Now
A section of a map of the fur trade route followed by Rene Menard in the late 1600's. The "Journey of Citizenship" started in Sault Ste Marie on August 24/07 and has a planned completion date of September 12/07 in Ottawa.
.....and the journey has begun
Ben demonstrates a potential new Olympic sport....Canooling
Photos from the start of the journey
last minute preparations
As well-wishers cheered, off they went.
3 comments:
Great going Ben and Ross :)!! we will be waiting for you in Ottawa at the end of your escapade...keep us posted......Joe, Neelam and Sean
I have to say, even with all the fun I've been having this year myself... you are making me just a teensy bit jealous!! Wow! Wish I were canoeing cross country!! :) Enjoy every minute.. flush toilets or lack thereof.. time passes very quickly while you're having fun!! So make it last!!!! and be safe!!
Hats (and shoes) off to you!!
I still didn`t believe it, right up until...the blog proved otherwise. Does anything beat the combined efforts of two radically imaginative beings? Soo boys represent! You`re making my dreams come true too.
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