I stop at campsites all the time just to stretch my legs and see how they are doing. There have been times when a site was so inviting, with lots of good wood or something else I liked, that I'll just stay there and plan on doing a longer day tomorrow.

There's been times that sites I planned on staying at weren't up to par so I'll probably move on if that's reasonable.

Here's a question that's never been asked before as far as I know.

This pile of bear scat was at the edge of a campsite, 10 or so feet away from the best tent spot. It wasn't steaming fresh, maybe one hot, breezy, sunny day old? I don't know. Question is, in your decision making process on campsite selection, would you consider this pile of scat a plus or minus? Would you keep it in mind if you took the same route in the future?

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That very thing happened in the year 2000 with 3 others who had never been on a canoe trip.  We started at Minn, traveled the Darky River and finally arrived on the North end of Darky lake just as the daylight was giving up.   One of the new members found a still damp pile complete with candy wrappers.  He asked where we were going to stay now, and was not happy with the "right here" answer.

MB

Many times I have been tempted to dig into my SH kit and get a few sheets of TP and poke into the pile with a stick and leave. I know I am sick.

Magic,  You might consider carrying a whistle and a label from a can of bear spray to tuck into the pile instead of TP.

MB...sick as well.

MossBack wrote on Sep 14^th, 2018 at 1:40pm:


And some bells?