knafelc wrote on Mar 19^th, 2013 at 1:43pm:

Your photo,db,caused me to elicit a wistful sigh...  That's what a good morning looks like! 8-)

Agreed! That was the last morning of a rather visually boring trip. I almost left the day before but as I packed up and left for an early out, it kept   (You need to Login or Register (67-86). I got to enjoy it on the water as the fog kept building. At one point I was just using the compass as every direction looked the same.

As the lake narrowed and the fog began to lift, I heard a pack of wolves howling for quite a while. I've never heard anything like it. Oh you shuda been there.   (You need to Login or Register doesn't do it justice but the ducks in the beginning were cool and you can almost make out the wolves near the end if you crank up the volume. A half hour later I turned a corner in the Pickerel river and there was a big ol' moose so close neither of us knew quite what to do. (Or was that another trip with that boat?) Anyway, those couple hours made a rather uninteresting weather type trip well worth the effort so thanks for reminding me. Not being much of a gear hound anymore, mornings like that is why I go.

Sorry for the inturruption. Carry on. Ummm, That silver bubble wrap is less visually bright than the white cover on my foodpack. That more than anything is why it's on top in the photo. An early French exit can be killer on the eyes.