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Monday May 22, 2017 #
9 AM
Paddling (Canoe) 58:43 [2] 4.59 km (4.7 kph) +6m
In preparation for ARWC, Storm planned a pack rafting expedition from our cottage around a long peninsula on Muldrew Lake. He planned to take out at the Indian Landing boat launch and run 4 km back on roads.
Coach Browner showed him how to pump up her pack raft quickly.
The rest of us watched and made helpful suggestions. ;) Teeny Tiny got a mosquito bite the day before and was extremely unimpressed, hence the protective gear.
'Bent, Timato, Teeny Tiny and I paddled in two canoes to provide an official escort to send Storm off. He was impressively speedy; we had to work to keep up. Look at his smile - he obviously loves pack rafting. ;)
Good technique.
Then off into the cloudy day as we turned around to head back to the cottage.
We stopped so Timato and Teeny could explore an island. Sadly, there were no ripe blueberries in May.
We hooked Timato and Teeny to the back of our boat so it was easy to stay together and play "I Spy" most of the way back.
Coach Browner showed him how to pump up her pack raft quickly.
The rest of us watched and made helpful suggestions. ;) Teeny Tiny got a mosquito bite the day before and was extremely unimpressed, hence the protective gear.
'Bent, Timato, Teeny Tiny and I paddled in two canoes to provide an official escort to send Storm off. He was impressively speedy; we had to work to keep up. Look at his smile - he obviously loves pack rafting. ;)
Good technique.
Then off into the cloudy day as we turned around to head back to the cottage.
We stopped so Timato and Teeny could explore an island. Sadly, there were no ripe blueberries in May.
We hooked Timato and Teeny to the back of our boat so it was easy to stay together and play "I Spy" most of the way back.
11 AM
Mountain Biking (Trail & Country Road) 2:12:53 [3] 27.61 km (12.5 kph) +214m
slept:6.5
Browner, 'Bent and I loaded bikes into the van and drove to the Indian Landing boat launch. None of us had brought a backpack large enough to carry a pack raft so Storm was going to drop off his water gear in the van at the end of his pack raft paddle, then run back to the cottage.
We rode along North Muldrew Lake Rd. to the Old Stone Road Trail to Southwood Rd. to the Torrance Barrens. This was part of the Logs Rocks and Steel route. Old Stone Road Trail was especially fun with a few big puddles and some muddy sections. We had a short but fun ride around the Torrance Barrens before turning back for the cottage.
I hit a wet, off-camber root near the start that slammed me to the ground. I don't know what it is about this bike - maybe just that it's farther to the ground - but when it slips up front, it seems unforgiving. I landed on rock this time and was in so much pain below the side of my hip joint that I expected to have a huge multi-coloured bruise for a long time. The injury turned out to be more road rash than bruise, which was lucky.
Other than that, it was all good! We took a long photo break since the Moab-like rock was so much fun.
We visited the site of our New Year's Eve winter camping adventure with Goose, Coach LD, Storm and Browner in 2015/16.
We rode along North Muldrew Lake Rd. to the Old Stone Road Trail to Southwood Rd. to the Torrance Barrens. This was part of the Logs Rocks and Steel route. Old Stone Road Trail was especially fun with a few big puddles and some muddy sections. We had a short but fun ride around the Torrance Barrens before turning back for the cottage.
I hit a wet, off-camber root near the start that slammed me to the ground. I don't know what it is about this bike - maybe just that it's farther to the ground - but when it slips up front, it seems unforgiving. I landed on rock this time and was in so much pain below the side of my hip joint that I expected to have a huge multi-coloured bruise for a long time. The injury turned out to be more road rash than bruise, which was lucky.
Other than that, it was all good! We took a long photo break since the Moab-like rock was so much fun.
We visited the site of our New Year's Eve winter camping adventure with Goose, Coach LD, Storm and Browner in 2015/16.