Post by db on Aug 25th, 2015 at 7:42pm
My daughter and I returned from her first trip this morning. Ummmm, yeah.
At the put-in, a couple that was exiting told us to wait until tomorrow due to cold rain and wind - in no uncertain terms. While I appreciated it, it was my 14yr old's first trip… Other than the wind, I'd have been fine with the weather.
For her, it was a tough first trip I'd bet. If she ever goes again I'd be surprised. I said I'd taker any time she wanted and the offer never expires. Doh!
Pre trip, we camped at Doug Chapman's ( (You need to Login or Register ) and he kindly offered us a tent so we wouldn't have to pack up wet. I had thought my kid's first 1am call of nature in the rain was just outside the tent. I found out last night it was also her first in an outhouse.
Day one wind and rain from a constant mist to periods of drizzle and outright rain. We took the first decent site due to conditions. It took me three tries to start a fire that I couldn't get a tarp over so we used foil.
Day two was spent hunkered down. She fished from shore and/or sat under the tarp out of the wind while I looked for dry wood. I did find a good rock to shelter the fire from the rain so we were able to eat the steak we brought our second night. I think we even saw our only sunset, stars and sunrise the next morning.
Day three - On the way to our first planned campsite, it rains some more. At the site she declares she misses mom with tears. The sun peaked out as we napped together in our chairs on a rock with a view . We fish in the evening. She caught the biggest fish of the trip. No pictures.
Day four - Her favorite day. We sleep in due to clouds and wind. She tanned, listened to tunes and read. We had a nice fire out of direct gusty winds. She tells me she's calling it an early night just before it starts raining.
Day five - We're heading out. Came upon a nice campsite. She said there's not much good firewood knowing that was my complaint about our first campsite knowing I had some in the canoe. We paddle back to our first site because it's two hours from the take-out.
Day six - Paddled out in wind and rain.
My hope is she might like this tune someday:
This Must Be The Place - Talking Heads
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Her mom told me this morning that our kid was happy to not hear the wind howling and Dad didn't snore all trip.
Hey I'm a man, I can change, if I have to, I guess.
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At the put-in, a couple that was exiting told us to wait until tomorrow due to cold rain and wind - in no uncertain terms. While I appreciated it, it was my 14yr old's first trip… Other than the wind, I'd have been fine with the weather.
For her, it was a tough first trip I'd bet. If she ever goes again I'd be surprised. I said I'd taker any time she wanted and the offer never expires. Doh!
Pre trip, we camped at Doug Chapman's ( (You need to Login or Register ) and he kindly offered us a tent so we wouldn't have to pack up wet. I had thought my kid's first 1am call of nature in the rain was just outside the tent. I found out last night it was also her first in an outhouse.
Day one wind and rain from a constant mist to periods of drizzle and outright rain. We took the first decent site due to conditions. It took me three tries to start a fire that I couldn't get a tarp over so we used foil.
Day two was spent hunkered down. She fished from shore and/or sat under the tarp out of the wind while I looked for dry wood. I did find a good rock to shelter the fire from the rain so we were able to eat the steak we brought our second night. I think we even saw our only sunset, stars and sunrise the next morning.
Day three - On the way to our first planned campsite, it rains some more. At the site she declares she misses mom with tears. The sun peaked out as we napped together in our chairs on a rock with a view . We fish in the evening. She caught the biggest fish of the trip. No pictures.
Day four - Her favorite day. We sleep in due to clouds and wind. She tanned, listened to tunes and read. We had a nice fire out of direct gusty winds. She tells me she's calling it an early night just before it starts raining.
Day five - We're heading out. Came upon a nice campsite. She said there's not much good firewood knowing that was my complaint about our first campsite knowing I had some in the canoe. We paddle back to our first site because it's two hours from the take-out.
Day six - Paddled out in wind and rain.
My hope is she might like this tune someday:
This Must Be The Place - Talking Heads
(You need to Login or Register
Her mom told me this morning that our kid was happy to not hear the wind howling and Dad didn't snore all trip.
Hey I'm a man, I can change, if I have to, I guess.
t.jpg ( 77 KB | 29
Downloads )