The Castor’s love to canoe and they talked us into a canoe trip to Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada. This is their annual fall trip and they told us we would love it. Lots of wilderness and you can take more gear since you have a canoe. There are only a “few portages” where you have to carry everything including the canoe.
Apparently a few portages is the same as 16! That’s right 16 times I got the pleasure of carrying my pack and a canoe. This was not a canoe trip it was a backpacking trip with a canoe. Leann got the pleasure of carrying her pack, our life vests and the paddles for 16 portages. These people are supposed to be our friends. They did make one really good suggestion, pay more for the Kevlar canoes. They were right about that, the lighter weight really helped WHEN I HAD TO CARRY IT 16 TIMES!