hello. my name is john. » 2003 » February

In the summer of 1999, I was afforded the opportunity to go on a canoeing trip with myfriends Aaron, John and Randy into the pristine wilderness of Northern Ontario. The tripwas to be a seven day self-sufficient journey through a number of lakes in the Mississagi Wild River Provincial Park.This part of Ontario is primarily uninhabited, with the exception of a few scatteredhunting and fishing resort outfits. We arrived at Lac au Sauble (Sauble Lake) outfittedwith all of the necessities, except for our second canoe. This we acquired from the kindfolks at the Ritchie Falls Resort -Moosewa Outpost, who were able to complete our adventuring needs. We droveapproximately seventeen hours - through the entire state of Michigan on route 75 north(including the Northern Peninsula), through Sault Ste. Marie and into Canada. We had twoFord Ranger trucks, with John & Randy in one and Aaron & I in the other. For Aaronand I the drive seemed a breeze, since we were very anxious and had many things to talkabout. We also had the fortune of driving the vehicle with the canoe on top, which made usall a little nervous at first, but we soon adjusted and sped along our way. On the Queen'sHighway #17 in Ontario we drove alongside the North Channel of Lake Huron, arriving in thetown of Massey at about 5 a.m. Massey is a pleasantly small town with some of the nicestfolks you might ever meet!

The following are the entries that I kept in my small CVS Fat Book, which surprisinglydid not get soaked and ruined. My pen also lasted the entire trip; guess I got lucky. (more...)