(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) is a brief video of a couple of our campsites, both of which had beach front (one on 2 sides).

(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)  is a brief video of a pictograph site on Donald Lake.  I checked with the park staff and they did not know it was there.

dd

Excellent report and pics, dd! I did a hiking trip to Yosemite in June in lieu of a canoe trip, and your slideshow really has me missing the water--well done.

(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) is a brief video of a part of this trip entitled "Moving Water."

dd

db wrote on Aug 11^th, 2011 at 5:32am:

While on this trip we traveled and stayed together, we do sometimes split off and travel independently for a few days (7 days is about the maximum split-off we've done while on a trip).  Thus, we each pack as though we were doing an independent solo, including tent, stove, food, etc.  If we travel together, evening meals are packed for 2 persons.  During layover days, we tend to go our separate ways and attempt to make 2-way radio contact at noon and 4:00 pm (mostly to report fishing success on those days when a fish meal may be in the offing).

dd

Thanks for sharing the pics DD. Were you guys independent, self sufficient or did you always travel together and share?

solotripper wrote on Aug 10^th, 2011 at 10:44pm:

Didn't really do either.  We just put parked our food packs on a tree so that it was up off the ground, perhaps reducing the chances that "ground crawlers" would find it.  One of the early photo's shows a green waterproof "Sportchief" pack parked on the trunk of a tree perhaps 5 feet off the ground.  That's my food pack.  As indicated above, many campsites are rarely used, which means that bears have little chance to habituate to a given campsite.  But your observation about the trees is pretty accurate ... it would be very rare to find adequate hanging trees in much of WCP.

Our Canadian guests did hang, but just high off the ground on the trunk of a tree ... really easy for a black bear to nab if in the area.  (BTW:  I've taken to putting my food pack in my canoe when I'm out fishing for the day just so I can keep an eye on it ... its also good ballast.)

dd

Very nice!
Did you hang or hide your pack?
Looks like a lot more Jack Pine, scrub type country.
If you hid it, did you go the Blue Barrel route.

mastertangler wrote on Aug 10^th, 2011 at 9:44pm:

I'm usually trying to get the fish back into the water as quickly as possible, so I don't often take fish pictures.  I did boat at least 3 waldo's that would run between 28-30 inches, a laker at 32-34 inches and pike running about that size (among others I landed).  We had 3 fish meals (2 walleye, 1 lake trout), but that was all we were shooting for based on our meal planning.

Hope you make another attempt.  As you have seen, WCP is a bit more wilderness than QP ... but that just makes it a more desirable option to me.  Campsites are usually very spartan and fire rings tend to run toward the minimalist scale.  The place we stayed on Donald had weeds growing in and around the fire pit that would go 2-3 feet tall.  On other sites, at least some of the tent pad spots are covered with deep moss.  Frequently, landings are (to put it kindly) challenging.  I've found this scenario on each of the trips I taken to WCP.

dd

Mixed emotions DD. I really enjoyed your slide show.....nicely done (what, no fish pics!) but I must admit to having to suppress a bit of emotion......just a smidge mind you. Hopefully I'll get another crack at it, looks nice.

(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) are a few pictures from the trip.

dd