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Young Adventurers 2, 1998
Day 1: July 20, 1998
We all meet at Westmount park. New faces old faces. Eddy forgot his pants.
Leave for BaseCamp and have a lovely lunch (Green wraps). Long drive to
parc La Verendrye arrive at our campsite at Grand Barage. We have super
duper grilled cheese. We go over all the rules of being on trip and then
Doug began his nightly ritual of reading from I want to go Home by Gordon
Korman before bed.
Day 2: July 21, 1998
Wake up for our first morning. Lars introduces us to the art of YOGA.
"Strong in the back legs", "Dogpoise and strong in the
buttocks". We lost the tiny nut for the tent, but Jamie saves the
day by finding it. We have a yummy breakfast of eggs and potatoes. We
hit the water for the first time and canoe three lakes. Nick sees a snake
at our new campsite and refuses to go and get the water. Spaghetti for
dinner. Jamie labels the tent the "Castle".
Day 3: July 22, 1998
Our day begins with more YOGA and then yummy granola for breakfast. Jamie
finally learns everyone's name. Long day of portaging with a 450m and
a 1150m. Cheese sandwiches for lunch. Hard day, but for dinner lazy perogies!
Yeah! New campsite has a private swimming rock and tonnes of blueberries,
but we have to dig our own toilet. Chocolate before bed and storytime.
Day 4: July 23, 1998
Relaxing morning. Candace and Jamie collected more blueberries and many
of us ate yummy fruit pancakes. Load up the boats and Nick sterned to
the carry-over. We get to the portage trail which begins on a road. We
stop and have a granola break., load up ourselves with gear and begin
the portage. Outrageous fallen tree to look at. We continue to our beautiful
cliff campsite. Of course it starts to rain then but Doug makes hot chocolate
that tastes so good! We all go swimming - ah leaches!
Day 5: July 24, 1998
Danny wakes up and can't find any firewood. Luckily Doug helps him out
and saves the day. Once the fire is going, Danny makes yucky oatmeal and
hot chocolate. He endures endless complaining from the kids. We paddle
our first lake, all playing twenty questions. Stop at mossy cliffs for
cheese sandwich lunch. It's very windy but Hansen and Spice girl trivia
keeps us all warm. Did the last portage of the day and decided to play
in a set of waterfalls. After swimming we all warmed by the fire and then
canoe to our campsite. We ate macaroni and cheese for dinner. Many played
the popular card game forever known as Leach. Candace stole Eddy's hat.
Day 6: July 25, 1998
Brownies for breakfast. An easy paddle down the lake to our next campsite.
We find a dead bird at our new campsite. We have lunch and and relax.
Lars then teaches everyone how to make birchbark spoons. We spend the
afternoon making our spoons, making bracelets and going swimming. Danny
and Lars spend the afternoon making really good quesadias. Many of us
played Leach and observed as Doug reigned as president with Candace as
his first lady.
Day 7: July 26, 1998
Nick wakes up with heartburn from last night's dinner. Eat have yucky
cream of wheat for breakfast. Lars leads an awesome YOGA lesson. We pack
up and just before embarking Doug finds that Eddy has packed up part of
the lake in his drybag. Short canoe to nice beach. Eat pita and leftover
chili. Went swimming and played for a long time in the water. Sand down
your pants. Did three portages after lunch, the very last of the trip,
Yeah! Had to race to a campsite because there were many other groups on
the water. Had Couscous for dinner.
Day 8: July 27, 1998
Wake up to rain and more rain. Short paddle to our last campsite. We set
up the tent in the rain and a rain tarp over the fire. Doug tries to make
a yummy hearty soup and ends up burning the whole thing. Instead we make
ketchup soup and leftover couscous. We pass the day playing cards and
making bracelets in the tent. At night we have fried rice for dinner and
eat marshmallows. Story and then bed time.
Day 9: July 28, 1998
Wake up and say goodbye to La Verendrye. Last paddle into Le Domaine -
"Val HALLA!". We all take showers and then Tim arrives and has
fresh baguettes for lunch. We begin the long drive home but find time
to make a quick stop at Ms. Patate for poutine. Back at BaseCamp we unpack
the trip and prepare for Cabaret. We try to do it around the campfire
but of course it starts to rain, we move the dining tent. Everyone laughs
during the skits, special thanks to Eddy for his report on the car. We
head up to the cabin - what a long walk. "Doug, why is the toilet
so far from the cabin?" Last chapter of our book and Rudy decides
to stay at camp. Incredible rain storm to fall asleep to.
Day 10: July 29, 1998
Wake up and have breakfast with Danny and Lars. Jump into the van and
head to Montreal. Arrive at Westmount park right on time. Say goodbye,
we'll miss you.
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