Updates to 2015

We've been filling in some of the holes in our trip with pictures we took, but didn't upload them at that time.  We can't upload everything during the trip.. signals not always good, and it would eat up our cell batteries and data.  Once we've finished adding everyone's pictures to 2015, we'll be going back though some previous years and adding some long lost pictures ;P

Our Group Results (Race)

We don't know the times yet, but for our group we we're placed Philip and James finished the race first, then Randy and Josh, then Atown and Kevin.

All Finished the Race

Checking out some gear, going to relax a bit before we get picked up.

Atown and Kevin at Race end.

We were on the bank when ATown and Kevin came in.

Getting ready to race

We made it to St. Clair Conservation Sydenham Canoe Race 2015 ;P

I think we all bought a t-shirt too.  Now it's time to really paddle!

Bye-bye Camp

Josh and Randy helping Adrian and Kevin into the river.

Leaving our Camp

Looking to the Water, Canoes packed.

Fire area cleaned up.

Fire pit, last shot.

Loaded Baked Potato Soup

 mmmmmmmmmmm Soup

The Backyard

A nice angle of our camping.

Turtles we saw yesterday.

Watched some Turtles watch us go by. These seemed to be the only ones who weren't scared.

Morning All - Breakfast Time

Setting up for breakfast. Chilling at the fire, setting up for breakfast.

Each person gets:

• 3.5 Large Eggs
• 1/2 Bag hash-browns
• 3 Large pieces for peameal bacon.

Bacon diced up, hashbrowns cooked, then everything mixed with the eggs and cooked.

Another food shot

Flipped once.

Tonight... We Dine.

Steaks and Veggies.

Going to eat like Kings.

• One large steak each
• Lots of Veggies to go around.

Camp - Night One

Just finished setting up time to relax.

Dusk

6:40PM, with all the portaging we had to do, we're still on the river.

Canoeing

Beautiful Weather, Quite Canoeing

Hey Josh.

Ye 'Ol Rail

We stopped at the Old Rail, and took a climb to the top.

Group Shot from Below (taken by Randy)

Adrian and James

Randy

Kevin and Randy sitting up top.

This Tree has quite the bite on some flat bar. James was here.

One of the Pillars

Support near the River.

Bros

Philip and James

On The River

Randy, Josh, Adrian and Kevin up ahead.

Group Up

Philip, Josh, Randy, Kevin, Adrian, James

Your 2015 Sydenham Canoe Trip buddies.

Atown Getting Ready

ATown wrestling with his canoe.

Setting up for launch

Everyone was busy securing all their equipment using carabiners and rope, we're not going to loose anything in the river this year... hopefully.

Launching soon

Getting canoes ready

I'm packed

~PH

Our Annual Canoe Trip Starts Tomorrow!

2015 Sydenham Canoe Trip, Almost Ready.

The Group (paired up)

Kevin (8th time) & Adrian (4th)
Philip (6th) & James (6th)
Randy (6th) & Josh (3rd)

The Mission

We'll hopefully be in the water around Noon Friday.  Paddle for the day, landing in what would usually be our Camp 2, will now be our camp for 2 nights.  RELAXING and ENJOYING THE GREAT OUTDOORS.  Some of us probably need this more than others, but we're all going to enjoy it.  We'll be missing out the company of one of our brother Kenny.  Not everyone can always make it, life can get in the way, we all understand that.  We'll see Ken next year I'm sure.

Opening up the Blog

As an admin (Philip) of the Canoe Trip blog, after this message I'll be sending everyone in our group the 'secret email address' to everyone on the trip, where anyone can send a message, picture, quote, anything to the email, and it will instantly be posted to this blog.  No Special Apps Required.. we all have phones, and not everyone has the same OS. Androids, iPhones, and Blackberrys.  They all have an email app, this makes it easy for everyone to contribute.

Tonight We Pack! (or tomorrow morning, w/e....)

Weather Check

Let's take a look at what the weather is forecast to be for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

As of the time of posting this; it looks awesome... it will probably end up snowing, hailing, thundershowers like it usually does by the time we actually get on the water.  We'll see.

Source: http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/canada/ontario/brooke-alvinston

Tweeting on @WalkToTheTracks

This blog represents our adventure, story, and trip as a whole, but we do tweet about some of the events on @walktothetracks.

The 2015 Canoe Trip is Approaching

The Canoe Trip of the Year Approaches

Just some quick stats on who's in for the trip so far, what the weather's going to be like, and WHAAAT'S GOOOEEIIIN AAAAAAAAAN!

The Weather The Weather Network (Brooke-Alvinston)

Hopefully, it doesn't rain, snow, sleet, hail (too much).
It would be nice to have a sunny canoe trip.

The Group

The Roster So Far (Trip Count incl 2015):
Kevin (at least 8), James (6), Philip (6), Randy (6), Adrian (4), Josh (3).
As we're not sure on how many people are going as of yet, we haven't listed canoe pairing.

The Plan

We have a new plan this year.  Usually we paddle, then camp, then paddle, then camp, then paddle, then race. 3 days of canoeing, and 2 nights of rest.
This year, depending on weather, we'll be dropping into the water in a different section, canoeing for the day, then spending 2 nights at one camp.  This year we're going to enjoy a camp site for a full day, instead of just landing, building camp, sleep, and leaving.

The Race

We'll hopefully be joining the St. Clair Conservation Authority's Sydenham River Canoe and Kayak Race on April 19th. (Event Link Here)

Follow Us, Share This, Leave Comments, Join Us on this adventure.  As we paddle, rest, camp, we'll be talking pictures, and maybe some video again, so check back soon ;P

Check out our posts from last year in our blog: cntrp.blogspot.ca (no vowels in "canoetrip")

Here's a video compilation from last year's trip.