I just returned from a glorious canoe trip to Algonquin Park with my Paul, Dad, and my nieces Emma and Brynn. It was a 3-night trip with the first night spent on Tom Thompson lake and the second and third nights on McIntosh Lake. Getting to McIntosh required a 2.3km portage which everyone handled like a champ including dad as he nears his 71st birthday! Our site on McIntosh was one of the nicest I've seen - awesome swimming rocks, a small cliff to jump right into the water from the site, lots of space for tents, sheltered and open areas, a log picnic table, and nearly all day sun.
The weather was fantastic...except on the way out when the heavens opened and we were pounded with pouring rain for hours on end - I may have destroyed my camera as I didnt realize that it, along with my lenses were sitting in a pool of water in my pack! The rain was so intense and persistent that water found its way into my water resistant day pack, inside my camera bag, inside my weather resistant camera, and into the SD card slots, battery slots etc (clearly the SD card was fine and I was able to retrieve the photos!) - I poured half a litre of water out of my camera bag when I got home :(. Live and learn..the hard way sometimes.
As usual, I will allow the photos to do most of the talking. Another special trip with loved ones in one of my favourite places on this rich earth.
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| Canoe Lake - starting out! |
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| Tom Thompson relaxation - thanks for the hammock Fred! |
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| Site on Tom Thompson |
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| Tom Thompson sunset |
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| Loons, morning mist, campsite across the lake on Tom Thompson |
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| Common Loon photoshoot! |
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| Ink Lake portage |
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| Spruce Grouse male with female and fledged young |
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| Male Spruce Grouse posing |
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| Ink Lake portage end |
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| Paddling the creek into McIntosh |
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| McIntosh sunset |
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| McIntosh milky way |
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| Mist! |
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| Time for reflection |
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| Relaxing on McIntosh |
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| Beautiful site |
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| Leaving McIntosh lake. |
