Love the sea gull shot. ...

As far as women in Quetico, I'd love to spend two weeks in the remote wild with my wife, chasing her around an island. Unfortunately, her tolerance for discomfort (cold, wet, weariness, bugs, hard ground, campfire smoke) is rather low (OK, non-existent) so a trip together will NEVER happen.

But I can't wait to take my niece up there. She'd fit right in (does mini triathalons(sp?), skates under "Natural Disaster" nickname on Roller Derby team, hunts deer ...)

We don't discriminate: In fact, some of our most memorable deer-hunting photographs over the years feature my niece (with big buck, surrounded by uncles, brother and Dad) and my sister the teacher (with blonde braids, dead deer and a .35 Remington), and my daughter (then 4) helping to skin.

But my question about canoe placement is this: Adhering to the theory of power in front and steady control in back, doesn't the weight differential typically pose a challenge? I'm 205, my wife is 135. Hypothetically speaking, if she did like to canoe and had skills with a Bending Branch, how could we possibly put her in the back?

Is this a problem for anyone else?

-- kypaddler

kypaddler wrote on May 3^rd, 2011 at 12:49pm:


KYP - I think we married the same woman. 

I would love to have her along but since I took my her on a trip to Quebec not long after we married; cabins, powerboats, electricity, hot showers... and she vowed never to go back. A trip to the Q is out of the question. Since I only get up there every other year, a trip she fully supports, we spend the off year doing what she wants to do. A compromise I am happy to make.

To keep this post on point, I have really enjoyed the last few days of pics!

J

kypaddler wrote on May 3^rd, 2011 at 12:49pm:


Yes it can be a problem but typically a canoe trip includes a few packs that can be loaded stern heavy. Obviously it's a big advantage to have less of a weight difference. My wife and I used to have an 85 lb weight difference and it became a problem. I decided to do something about it and we now have a 35 lb weight difference and I got stronger too. No I didn't fatten her up.

Well there is a 100# difference between my son and I now; and we have done just fine and I am pretty sure that has nothing to with gender or a weight differential.

No real story on the Bushwhack... Found the Freshwater sponges and was hoping that the lake had some decent fishing, nope just hammer handles.

Found Sun Dews, Picture plants and heard wolves on on the same day  so it was really a great day

I also found that when crossing the high grass bogs it was easier to drag the canoe with a lead rope than carry it...the hull glides over the grass and makes stepping in the unseen holes much easier with out the weight on your back.