Returned last night from Stainless's get-together, on Little Island Lake.
Weather was fine, a tad cooler than normal, with lots of great people attending.

Joan prepares to Launch from Cache Lake


A young Blue Heron we saw on the Island site(As we paddled by) on Tanamakoon Lake


Approaching the island site on Tanamakoon Lake


This is a picture of the back-end of the island campsite on Tanamakoon Lake


Paddling the narrows between Cache & Tanamakoon Lakes


Joan cooking us up some Chicken...mmmmm!


Morning mist on Little Island Lake


Sunset on Little Island Lake


Arianna


Some bare deciduous forest on the portage to Kootchie Lake


Dave & Jeannine


The landing/take-out to the portage to Kootchie Lake


Swede, Andrew & Jeffrey M


Sean(of Ajax)


Arianna & Sean prepare to depart Little Island Lake


Jeff Proppe


Andrew, Jeff P & Dave Harman soaking in the sunset


Log jam in a bay on Little Island Lake


Another shot of the sun setting


Later in the evening


Markus
Etobicoke, Onterry-airy-airy-Ohhh!

(message title added by edit .. BB)

Thanks for the photos Markus. I especially like that one of Sean :p. What an awesome weekend it was... Thanks for the fun times everyone!

Jeff

Great photos


It looks like with the few portages that
some extra fall weather gear might of been included
as the canoe looks almost like a Master Bo load
( mind you this likely would only be the first load )



Or was the bottom 12 inches on the canoe fill with cellar casks

Rac n

Hey Markus,

Nice pics... Ariana had a good time day tripping with her Dad. She needs a bit of work on her 'Trail Following' (has to learn the difference between the portage trail and a dry creek bed, heh heh) but I am sure she will get it down pat eventually.

Only took us an hour and a half to get back to the truck at Smoke lake. Did the 835 portage in 19 minutes.

Was great to meet up with some new people on Sat as well as some old friends.


Sean (of Ajax)

Heh heh... I was looking at the pic of Ariana and I leaving in the canoe and it struck me, "If you have to wear a winter jacket, a touque and gloves when you canoe, You must be from Canada..." HAHAHAHA....


Sean (of Ajax)

The landing/take-out to the portage to Kootchie Lake
Now, if that photo doesn't prove that getting out there even after the leaves are on the ground is a good idea, I don't what will.


hehehe....I think I might be taller than Joan.






Barbara

Thanx for the photos Markus and showing me what I have missed. Glad everyone had a good time.

Due to work once again I could not make the gtg even thou I was packed and ready to go thursday night. Hopefully the weather stays nice through Nov and we can get out there again.

"hehehe....I think I might be taller than Joan"


... and imagine, I haven't even started to shrink yet

Joan

well, start shrinking quick....not many people around I can be taller than.



cool...magically appearing thread title.




Barbara

Looks like you guys had a great weekend.

heehee! Markus, I agree with Racoon, you really know how to pack a canoe!

recalls montey python
"Just one more little waffer-thin mint!"
*KABOOM!*




Karior

Great pic once again Markus!

I love the sunset and noted on pic 3 with Joan in the bow////
is that a white jug marker in the water to the left?


Any stars to be seen Stainless?


Good to see you got out Mr. Dave H!

Cheers

Hey Markus, thanks for sharing the shots!

To all at Little Island, thanks for the fantastic weekend! While it was a bit chilly at night, the fire, company, wine (and MEC slippers) kept me nice and warm!

Thanks everyone for bring so much to the weekend!

Thanks Stainless ..... great choice of a venue .... anyone who's never gone to Little Island, the trip is easy, but nice and evening lights show
Thanks Joan and Jeannine .... my Algonquin girlfriends (and best huggers in the park)
Thanks Dave .... "Mr. One-Liner"
Thanks Arianna & Sean ..... for the visit and for showing me your SPOT
Thanks Markus .... for your wisdom and kindness (and for "letting" Joan give me the hugs)
Thanks Dave .... for the one bag inspiration
Thanks Jeffrey and Andrew ... for the car company, good laughs and single trip portages

and

Swede for the morning Baileys!

Can't wait to do it again. While I had planned on putting the canoe in the garage raptors now, It think I'll wait a few more weeks, in the hopes of another good weather weekend!

Jeff P
http://algonquincanoeing.blogspot.com/

Hey everyone,

It was an awesome weekend for sure, it was fab meeting new faces; JeffM, Andrew and meeting up once again with Stainless, Swede, Dave and Jeannine; it was good of you guys to bring extra grub for everyone; and Dave H ... Tell your woman we missed her!

Jeff P ... you my Algonquin boyfriend. Yep, nothing like a good hug fest eh? Good for you for not putting the canoe away! Mark and I are definitely going out again in November. Hmmmm, did we not arrange a date for that prime rib dinner Swede is cooking up for us? ... with all our help of course

Hey ShoreBoundAngler, I heard some of us met ya at the launch, it sucks that you couldn't make it.

Swede??? Are ya sitting in your tent right now thinking ... Suckers??!! lol

I'm in an awfully good mood for someone who isn't in the park right now. Weird

Joan

my little buddy Ariana! 'cause i'm OLD that's why!!!!!
I'm happy to see your dad brought you along Ariana. Next year i'm suuuurrreee the old guy'll be bringing you on a dad/daughter trip

I love the pix of you attempting to smack Mark over the noggin' with your paddle heh

Joan

Thanks for sharing the pics Markus

I was great meeting up with everyone once again and meeting new people,Arianna & Sean, shoreboundanger in the passing on the way in.

Thanks everyone for the stories and good times around the roaring fire,
Now looking forward to spring to
do it again!

Dave Harman

It's all Mind over matter,You don't mind it don't matter!
http://www.harman.wildrec.net

Hey Joan,

Tracey and I were already discussing Ariana and I doing a weekend trip next year. If it had been warmer, I am sure we would have planned to stay the night... She likes to come out on these day trips but can get a little crotchity when things are not comfortable enough... I am sure a few portage trips will cure her of that though...

Sorry folks, just to point out, Ariana has only 1 'n'... Yeah, we were weird that way and used 1 instead of 2...



Sean (of Ajax)

Hey Sean,

That's cool about taking my little buddy out for an interior trip; she'll have great memories for sure and there are so many beautiful lakes to take her to, and please ... eventually teach her to paddle stern ... someone will need to take you out for an interior trip in the future ... while Mackenzie is busy being an NHL star

Bah! she isn't crotchety, she's just verbalizing her discomfort in her own special little way instead of tossing an axe at a pine tree.

I spelled Ariana right! I win!

Joan

I'm glad everyone had a good time. Little Island Lake worked very well for our group - especially the south facing campsite that Markus and Joan picked. - Morning sunshine to melt the frost off the tents and afternoon sunshine so Sean could wear shorts!!

Jeanine, thanks for the 'Burnt Stew surprise' . It was a lot better than dehydrated whatever, I was going to have.
And Swede, a big thanks to you for the porterhouse steak with sauteed mushrooms, onions, and sweet potatoes. I would have been eating 'tube steak' instead. Teresa says you guys were too good to me.

Dave H., I was glad you could make it after all.
Dave, what a way to top off the weekend for you - Go Bills Go!
Jeff P., bought a green laser pointer yet??

Too bad Tomek, SBA. Next time for sure, eh?

That's it for me for canoeing season

Stainless

Mike B.,

There were several white water jugs marking rocks in the narrows between Cache Lake and Tanamakoon Lake.
I think it's because the camp on Tanamakoon runs a pontoon boat back and forth through there.

As for the night sky, it was perfectly clear both nights and we did see a couple of Iridium flares. And we saw a ton of other satellites. The moon was quite bright and beautiful rising about 9 o'clock, so we didn't have dark, dark skies.
The winter constellation Orion was climbing it's way up into the southern skies as the night went on - signaling that winter isn't that far off.

Stainless

It was a great time....A very big "THANK YOU" to Jeannine for the back pain meds...ahhhhhhhhhh!
Need a lighter canoe..or less wine hint hint.
Despite the well packed canoe...it was very well balanced and we had no problems paddling in it.
Look forward to more gatherings next month and next year

Markus
Etobicoke, Onterry-airy-airy-Ohhh!

Here's some more photos from the trip!! :D ><" jeff named me this way...... (it's Andrew btw)



the bigger version is available... it's just too big to put here

Call me crazy but I kept my baby down off the rafters hoping for one last weekend get away. If there's another gathering this season, I'm in!

Jeff P
http://algonquincanoeing.blogspot.com/

LazyFireBurner(Andrew),

Please do not post your own images in my thread. Make your own thread.
You'll notice my collection of images is only 1.5mb in size...not bad, even for dial-up users.
On the other hand, your images are over 5.5mb in size, that with my images, makes this post over 7mb in size.

Please refrain from this practise in the future...Thank You.


Markus
Etobicoke, Onterry-airy-airy-Ohhh!

Hey Markus,

Since they're hosted on my server space, I killed the links and will post the pictures in a separate thread for him. My sincerest apologies.

Jeff

Hey Jeff,

Thanks for fixing this. I was just like 'holy cow'...overloaded the thread!
Cheers


Markus
Etobicoke, Onterry-airy-airy-Ohhh!

Thanks Joan, Stainless and Dave. I wish had made it to meet up with you guys too. I should have gotten out of bed and got to the park earlier. It would have given me enough time to get in & out and have enough time to visit. I would have tried again on Saturday but I had work commitments. Next time for sure.

It was great to meet up with Dave, Jeannine and Swedish Pimple. You guys are great people and I wish there was more time to chat with you guys. Dave thanks for not laughing at me too hard when I was struggling against the head wind on Tanamakoon. Looks like I have to practice my solo paddling a little more.


On a side note - On did anyone pick up a large size stainless steel Kleen Canteen on the portage between Hwy 60 and the 190m portage to the pond leading to Tanamakoon Lake? Either that or around launch at Cache lake? I've drop it somewhere in one those two place. Thanks

SBA