Trip Journal - Young Adventurers - 2001

21/07/01 - Robb drop at le domaine. Pack and put in by 4:00pm. Approx. 5km paddle to unmarked site on small island across from 10-65/10-67. Good sight for baker. No toilet. Swim, Intros, Dinner - dogs, Kat sleeps in baker. Few concerns with h2o, washing

22/07/01 - early rise - 5:30 storming. Lightning - 3-5 sec. Everyone awake. Kat stays up with kids - a&c, soft skills special. Fench toast b-fast. Depart 11:00. 3 short portages - all easy and well marked. Short paddle to 15-20. Good site. Substantial rain after 6:00 pm. Kathleen and melissa to beach with Kai and Dave for swim at 15-15. Awesome beach, poor site for camping, no baker possible. Kai & Dave lightning drill at 15-17 on return from swim. Lazy perogies in baker for dinner.

23/07/01 - harvest crunch b-fast (8:00 am). Scavenger hunt and other games. Depart 11:30 for soup lunch on beach at site 15-31. Poor beach - small, leeches. Pack up and depart to site 15-39. Awesome site - great swimming & kitchen, good sunsets. Letters, sundial, swimming rope play. Fried rice and tortillas for dinner. 10:30/11:00 pm bed Home sickness a major issue among all but melissa. Twins inseperable.

24/07/01 - 8:00am rise - mixed weather - lightniing/showers - 4am. Good paddle to beach on river right at entrance to r. De rapide Lunch and swim. Paddle riv. De rapide to site at ri, rii. Planned to stay but terrible site. Big but bugs and no swimming. Continue to 15-79 for evening. Grillies and soup for dinner. Long paddle, early nite. Kathleen a bit ill. Sore tummy and head. Ate drank h20 and slept.

25/07/01 - woken early - kathleen ill. Considerable cramps and headache. 2 * ibuprofin / sleep. Ate/drank/rest. Paddle/swim. Grillies for lunch. Group project - rice krispy squares. Kathleen seems to be okay - eats/rests. Theme of the day? Homesick.Mac and cheese for dinner, krispieas for dessert. Everyone tired inc staff.

26/07/01 - wake to ancilla losing it. Kathleen headache. 1 ibu and all good. Scrabbled muff b-fast. Paddle to portage at baie de kearney. Ad lib stories. Arrive at portage. Kai has map. Dave goes past portage and is too far away to hear whistle. Kat follows dave.
Neither have map. Kai waits at portage twiddling thumbs. Kat and dave show 45 mins later. Don't get lost, follow the guy with the map, do not follow the guy who does not know where he is going. Lunch at 10-42. Arts and crasfts while kai and dave portage. Random lunch/ leftovers. Short paddle to 10-32 for dinner. Sun-dials, bowling sets, innukchuks. Cold evening. Kids in tent while we cook. Alfredo dinner. Kids want to curl up in bags for night. 11:30 bear scare. 1:30 bear scare. 3:15 bear scare. Kids unaware.

27/07/01 - sleep in till 9:00am. Pancakes. Finish riv. De rap. Lunch. Jump rock in between two sites on river left at end of riv. Island campsites. Spag - ancilla eats but takes meds before bed. Standard dosage. No wood at all! - paddle for wood. - kat and twins. Good site otherwise

28/07/01 - sleep in till 8:30 Paddle in circles to fool kids.' Eat at beach. Bad bugs. Beach behinsd swamp. Sites full near le domaine on weeknends. Kat and kids stay at site in swamp - dave and kai investigate others but all full. Do not want kids to know how close we are to le domaine. Spag once again. Big hit with kids. Ancilla eats but no reaction from tomatoes. ½ dosage before bed. Group project brownies.

29/07/01 - early rise to pack up and get to le domaine. Staff humiliation. Kai eats leech Kat eats leech. Dave holds swamp glunk in his mouth for 10 sec. Almost vomits. Sit down chat/ reflection. 5 min Paddle in silence. 1 hr paddle to le domaine. Arrive at 12:15. Pack up and leave.

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