canoeing
After a break of several days in Southend, Saskatchewan we began paddling the Reindeer River. Our time in Southend was spent as it is in most towns, catching up on computer work and eating foods that we crave while in the woods. We stayed in a little cabin at Nordic… Read the rest
Greetings from Swan Lake. We have made quite the transition since our last update. We went from paddling and lining upriver to paddling downriver. We bade farewell to the Fond du Lac as we waded and worked the canoe through a maze of boulders where it trickles out of Wollaston… Read the rest
Our time on the Fond du Lac River is nearing an end. We have seen it change in character, from tumbling over granite boulders into Lake Athabasca to winding through magnificent sandstone ledges. It has definitely shrunk in size as we have traveled upstream over the past week.
We spent… Read the rest
Greetings from the Fond du Lac River. Since our last update, we have left the sloping granite shores of Lake Athabasca and begun paddling among the sandstone ledges of the Fond du Lac River.
Our stay in Stony Rapids was amazing thanks to Ed at the Whitewater Inn and Waterfront… Read the rest
We have spent the past week paddling on Lake Athabasca. After making our way off the Tazin River through a series of lakes and portages, we came out onto the big lake near the community of Camsell Portage. It is a very small town, but they do have all the… Read the rest
Have you ever seen a forest fire up close? We hadn’t until this past week. On Tuesday as we left Hill Island Lake, we could see smoke toward the south but we figured that it was a long ways away. On Wednesday, the plumes of smoke grew closer and closer… Read the rest
Our travels have been good since leaving the dam on the Taltson River. I will try to sum up the highlights of the past week. We decided to have a rest day at a beautiful campsite high up on a granite slope. Dave managed to catch three Lake Trout over… Read the rest
Paddling up the Taltson River has gone well so far. The current is not very strong and the water level is low. We have witnessed a change in the landscape as we have traveled south. In the delta of the Taltson, the banks were lined with mud. The farther upriver… Read the rest
The fourth stage of the North American Odyssey has begun! Dave, Fennel and I got a ride up to Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories from my father. We gave a few presentations at the school in Fort Resolution and then hit the water.
The principal was nice enough to drop us… Read the rest
Two Saturdays ago we competed in The Arizona State games.
Yes, Arizona is the only state that has made adventure racing an official state game.
We packed the Peace Love Car (PLC) the night before, just hours after Sam arrived after a non-stop drive from San Francisco. He’d gave the… Read the rest
