Jim & Pat Johnston very kindly took me out with his wife and
friends on a wee canoe expedition...
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We all met at a turn off from the Highway
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And then it was across country
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And this is where we would head off from
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Off loading the canoes
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And then we set off
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And this is Jim and Pat Johnston
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These are the two that are doing research on
bears
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This is Norman Black and his dog Dingo who
kindly shared their canoe
with me and gave me the vital tuition!
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And just around the corner is where we
returned to shore
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The above pictures are of a beaver dam
I will say I very much
enjoyed this trip and have a new found admiration for those pioneers that
canoe'd up the river while exploring the country. I did find at the end of
the trip that my legs were seizing up but arms and shoulders were fine.
And no I didn't fall in! :-)
Jim took some pictures of my wee expedition
and has now send them in...
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Allegra Cairns & Cameron MacGregor
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