And the winner is....

On Sunday morning I hosted a fishing derby to help raise money so I can work at camp this summer. It went pretty well and everyone had a good time.


This beautiful rainbow accompanied the hour rainstorm that started the second we hit the water.



A blurry one of my dad and Len fishing near "the hole" on the far side of the lake. Later Len flipped the canoe trying to reach for something in the water.





Aaron and Pat fly fishing... unfortunately it didn't help them on their pursuit of victory.



A curious painted turtle got too close to my boat and I grabbed him.


The WINNER, Paul Doesburg, hooked a 19", 3lb 10oz, Large mouth Bass to claim the title as well as 23 fish in total to win both categories (largest and most fish).

Thanks to all who came and those who couldn't but still sent their support!

NW Algonquin trip where we almost died ...

The day started off nicely enough, however, little did we know a killer storm was rolling in...

We weathered the storm by hunkering down in our tents in a site that we had just bushwacked in the forest. It was so intense it seemed like the tent was going to fly away. Lighting was hitting all around and the trees through the little window in the tent looked like they were going to snap. This picture is after the storm went through. The sunset looks like an A-bomb went off which was somewhat fitting for what we would later see around the park.


This used to be a campsite, specifically the tent sites at the campsite. The firepit was fine but right behind that was a swath of trees 200ft wide by 400m long just toppled like match sticks.







A guy actually got killed by a falling tree on the next lake over, I'm not surprised and very thankful it didn't happen to one of us. We had 3 trips in that area on that night, there were a few close calls but we were spared. Thank God! We sure did!

Muskoka....... bittersweet

It's great to be up here! The weather has been phenonmenal, not too hot, not too cold, just right. The lake is the same. My job has me somewhat frustrated as I still don't know exactly what to do and how to do it but I'm slowly learning and becoming more comfortable. Today I head out to Lake Devine (a lake right next to camp) for the "Rover Over", accompanying me will be 13, 11 year old kids and two counsellors....... yikes! It's only one night and I'm sure it will be fun. Next week I'm out on a 5 day, destination still unknown. I'll keep you posted.

Madawaska Highlands

Well, the 8 days I just spent in on the shores of the Madawaska river southeast of Algonquin were great. I caught some fish, paddled a bit, set up some tents, breathed in alot of campfire smoke and ran a crap load of rapids. I learned alot and saw and did some some stuff I never imagined. It's weird coming back to the last night of a session here, everyone is in a groove and you're just wandering arounding not knowing what is going on. I'm sure I will find mine soon enough though. The internet connection here at camp leaves much to be desired so making this post look nice isn't going to happen. Just read between the lines and ignore the shotty layout of the pictures.




I really need to invest in a new sleeping bag, I froze everynight. The bugs were brutal most of the time and I got a sweet lifejacket tan which I'm sure will show up in some future photos.