Your 2010 solo paddling plans

[WillisB]

Lots of local day trips in mind. I retire July 1 and the thought of all that free time has me almost brain dead. Bog River Flow, Osswagachie in September maybe.

After the crowds are gone!

[b44mag]

i hope to get to WV to open my camp ele. turns on on the 1st so im thinking the 4th ought to be my first trip of the year trout fishing on the big sandy river not big but sandy takes about 3 hours without fishing so im figuring 7 hours on the river then im thinking of doing the upper cheat river my buddys say the smallmouth fishing is awsome im new to the water so no rapids for me yet if ever but last year was so much fun im looking forward to more trips this year we are talking about a 2 1/2 day trip will be the first camping on the river trip what i have so far is a 2 man dome tent small interlocking dish pan pot lid set spork n knife small gerber axe 2 8x10 tarps 50ft. 550 cord pack of wet whipes marlboro sleeping bag 30L barrel marlboro cooler bag battery operated floating coleman lantern am fm clock radio extra batterys folding chair buck knife 2 shot 22 derringer hollow points and bird shot never know?? strap on head flashlight pad for in the bottom of canoe works for sleeping mat also i hope 5ft 6in. ultralight pole with 6 pound line zippo compass and safty whistle lifevest 2 sets of extra clothes ok now thats alot of stuff did i miss anything i hope not because theres not much room left in the barrel all but the chair tent and sleeping bag fishing rod now the big ? is can i get all this and myself in a 12ft solo and still stay afloat oh better not forget the camera lol
b44mag

[yellowcanoe]

After the crowds are gone!

Sometimes that is not when you think it is. I did a last week of September paddle there and suggest you avoid the weekend.

I got the last site on Lows after coming out of Lila. It was frustrating after those portages to have to search all of the lake.

Oswegatchie can be underused in the summer. On a Thursday in July there was little activity in the parking lot.

[Ferd47]

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. As I am retiring the end of June this year, I'm looking forward to those non weekend, non school break outings.

[yellowcanoe]

The ice is out and my usual daytripping canoe beckons to get on the water!

At least this year it stayed put. Two years in a row it jumped off the dock and floated downlake when I went to get a paddle.

[Twilight_Paddler]

hmmn.. unfortunately most of my trips are in small groups - usually 4-8 people, although we all paddle solo boats, kayaks or open boats depending upon location... trips so far that i know of: 1 week in algonquin, 2 4 day trips to madawaska river (usually stay at palmers rapids and do day trips from there, spring and fall), georgian bay (down key river to the bay), a french river trip, multiple overnighters spread over the spring and fall down in PA on the clarion, a few days at one of the finger lakes (forgot which one), possibly a 2 week trip on the upper madawaska...

since i'm unemployed and currently in school, my solo trips this year will be limited - many weekends at the allegheny reservoir in PA, probably 1 or 2 weekends on the alleghey river islands near warren and tionesta, more than likely some solo overnights on the clarion river (can hike back to car, no shuttle needed).... i would like to spend at least a week or two at the adirondacks when im on break from school - but, i want to avoid the crowds... if the water levels work out, i would like to do a 2 or 3 nite trip on Pine Creek in PA (i love the Grand Canyon of PA)... and , i'm really hoping to get at least 4 or 5 days solo in georgian bay (again, down key river to the bay) at some point in time....

unfortunately, i don't see much happening this year for real solo trips though - just a bunch of weekend trips to try to keep my sanity.... oh well, the joys of being unemployed.. all the time in the world to do stuff, but no cash to do anything.... but worth it i hope, i'll have the piece of paper that says i can do what ive been doing all my life... And, i just took a part time job with a rafting company - which will ruin a few weekends... so, no real solo trips this year, just lots of little ones to keep going!

i'm one of those people who NEEDS to get away from others to keep my sanity... whether it be paddling (preferably) or backpacking.... I'm solitary by nature and a borderline hermit... but then again, aren't we all?

[Doug Flint]

I have my ritual spring trip on the Clearwater in Saskatchewan & Alberta planned starting 22 May for two weeks (the low rumble you hear in the background is the Cree river trying to change the plan) logisticaly the difference is only money between the two trips. The Cree would be about a 5k hit to the bank balance as it is a fly in fly out trip, by then I may be so freaked out I may not care about the money. Every thing else will be tandem right now, a trip on the Thoa,Tazin, Thekultili rivers in the NWT is planned.

[Gladesman]

Yellowcanoe, what exactly is that red-hulled canoe sitting on the dock?

[yellowcanoe]

Loon Works Aria.

14 feet long 36 lbs.

Loon Works makes a set of boats in various sizes, all cedar planked and dacron covered ranging in incrememtal steps from 11 to 15 feet.

LW currently on hiatus. Sometimes used ones show up on p net and more often WCHA.

Closest commercial version to that boat is the WildFire.

[Gladesman]

Thanks. She sure is some nice eye candy.

[Gordie]

Heading up to Grindstone PP on May 19. I booked a couple of days off work to make it an extra long weekend. I am going to take a look at my cottage lot, clear some brush, but I think I will be taking out my kayak and check out the islands in the area.

[canoeist2005]

All plans and expectations are for a 71 day solo of the Columbia river beginning at Canal Flats, B.C. and ending at Astoria, Oregon. If anyone has any experience of any portion of this river please share suggestions, recommendations or other pertinent advice.

[WillisB]

Leaving in the morning to do the Lila Traverse. Hope to be on the water by 10:00.

[bigspencer]

While engaged in career-resurrection...and aside from saving for a solo....just renting now & then to do day paddles throughout the N to NE_of_Moosehead corridor.

SteveD