intrepid_camper wrote on Oct 4^th, 2010 at 9:03pm:

...My least favorite portage was 160+ rods which took us to an elevation 200 feet higher than the lake we started in, within the first half of the portage.  :P But I shouldn't whine...the guys said I must have grown a set of balls to do it and I know I lost a couple sizes in my butt from the way my jeans fit when I got home.  ;D

Yep, IC was a trooper on the portages... I expected some whining, but if anyone did it was likely me. Canoefly was amazing on the portaging. I was especially impressed with the stripper he'd built. We were in a pretty good wind the last day and his canoe looked good in the wind. IC had a never ending supply of good snacks... I'm talking healthy like veggie stuff and the like. I got out in time to head out to the Philippines for... well there for three weeks... with traveling and all it was a month. But my canoetrips will be the high light of my year. Thanks IC and CF for getting me and Bernice out one more time.