September 13: Day 3 of the Tarp-again Traverse Today was not a cake walk, nor a walk in the park. The rain showers of the evening hung on through the early morning, clouds just beginning to break when we set to paddling around 9:30. The wind hadn't shifted directions during the night, so we had…

September 11: Canoe carts are the bee's knees, the cat's meow... and cool bananas (according to Dad). After a drizzly morning of gear rearrangement and waiting for other parties to arrive, we completed orientation and weigh-in by just after noon and began our first portage (when the joyous acceptance of canoe carts was first realized).…

September 12 Camp life began stirring before 6, but it wasn't until 7:30 that everyone was bustling within and around their tents. We were on the water by 8:30, with a short paddle to the end of Indianpoint Lake to portage to Isaac Lake. We'd been informed at yesterday's orientation that this portage had "some…