My first trip was 12 years ago. It was a trip with ROTC. We stayed on Insula and then took a day trip into Alice. We almost got wind bound on Alice with all our gear still sitting at our site on Insula. The thing I remember most is that it was the first trip that I was able to easily portage a canoe by myself. The summer before we did a trip up the Vermillion River and I guess I just wasn't strong enough to do it well that year.