While not technically a backpacking trip, it's still worthwhile to mention. This was my first overnight canoe trip, as well as my son's first long away-from-the-car trip. My brother Mike and his son Travis (16) joined us. We put in at Kawashiwi Lake, spent most of our time on Lake Polly, and did a day trip to Fishdance Lake to try and find the pictographs located there. We had a three person canoe for Eric, Mike and me, plus a solo canoe for Travis. Overall, we did a decent job of bringing the right gear, but will definitely refine what we bring if we ever do a canoe trip again.
A few of the lessons learned from this trip:
1) Be prepared to adapt your plans to the situation. We had planned to travel to Fishdance Lake and find a camp spot, but we found a great one that we all liked on Polly. So we stayed there for several days instead moving camp each day. I'm usually one for moving every day, but with Eric in tow and my brother/nephew being a bit of a novice, establishing a camp and day-tripping was a good idea.
2) When diverting from the normal routine, do your research. Although this was my first canoe trip, I think we did a decent job of bringing the right gear and planning an appropriate route.
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