Thanks to all of you who generously offered assistance and advice on all manner of subjects. I will be looping through the Happy Isle/Merchant/BT/LaMuir/Hogan/Crows over the next week. I'll be in a solo canoe and using a light blue Kelty tent and multi coloured hammock. Feel free to yell hey if you're in the hood. See ya all on the other side.

I hope all of that practice paddling in the bathtub, staring at a bucket of water in the backyard, and carrying your canoe around the neighborhood has prepared you for your trip

Safe travels.

BT in late May is a great place to be

Here's to a safe trip, gentle breeze at your back when on
the water and stronger breezes when at camp to keep some
of the bugs at bay

Heaven awaits you after this portage


P.S.
Late time I was on BT in late May 1970 we didn't even have
tents as we still were sleeping under plastic over canoe

We have the real pictures somewhere if they have not faded
However , in case this does setup not makes sense (canoe tarp sleeping setup )
then following is self explanatory and pretty close to how my older
brothers introduced me to BT.



Note: the bugs must of really been attracted to the 10 mil green
coloured plastic we used but I guess I was lucky
that I could actually fit my sleeping bag with room
to spare and folded the open ends shut over my head
to avoid most bugs while sleeping

I think the 1970 vintage trip food menu was something like:

Black-fly tea with porridge and those were not small raisins in the porridge
my something my brother kept saying

Lunch we ate on the water and was the only enjoyable mealtime I remember

Supper was smokey and what ever you could eat while in the
campfire smog

Have fun
Rac n

Had a great trip aside from three days of rain and a four hour paddle through a snow squall this morning!!! Details to follow...