June 09, 2005
A rant about the thing I love!!!
I want everyone to know that I feel under alot of pressure... I mean I am in the middle of the bush here..... Jen I hope you are feeling the pressure too!!!
Your birthday story should make it on I think!!
The people deserve to know!!!!!!
The following is a slightly edited e-mail……. The poor poor recipient was forced to hear my rant..and now so does the whole cyber world…..
24 hours ago I was sitting at this very computer preparing for a possible solo trip. The weather looked pretty windy and I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to do it........... But I kept going through the motions in order to be prepared should I decide to go....
Eventually I bought my permits and was basically committed to the whole thing.... I knew I needed to get away from the store for a bit (“the bitterness” was beginning to take hold), and I was willing to paddle a bit harder to do it.... (Oh by the way I am rippin' stoned right now...which should explain the rather “odd” “style” of story telling I am using!).... As I was packing my pack my buddy BK decided he would solo up the lake with me... We leave (after a visit from Percilla), I get half way across the lake (towards the left shore, b/c we had wind cutting the lake from that direction and were going to use the tree’s as a block for the wind).... and decide that fighting wind my entire trip, dealing with the mad hordes of bugs (oh by the way dudes, shitty bugs!!!), and then dealing with my wonderful fear of the dark and combining that with middle of the woods alone paranoia...(great combo.....in a really sarcastic kinda way)
So I paddle back to the store docks, leaving Bk who is 3/4 of the way across (taking a huge ego hit, but weighing it as worth it)... I decide that a trip to drummer over Tommy-T was a better call (less shitty side wind shooting down lakes in both directions), but I couldn't leave until BK came back, other wise people may get worried about me... (Although I don't take this as a bad thing)...
Once BK came back he informed me that we were tying out boats together and we were tandeming one of them up the lake...... basically I went on the trip.... I dealt with head wind there and back this morning (I left at 8 am because it was already windy when I got up at 7am). The mosquitos were definitely out in hordes from 6pm on! (I almost shamefully admit that I did take a bug jacket, but not shamefully because THANK F'N GOD!)..... I managed to smoke myself to sleep before dark but then woke up at 2am..... I managed to keep "the fear” under control, but I definitely couldn't sleep.... I kept thinking "Don't smoke, it will only make you super paranoid"... but at 3am I gave in and went to sleep by 3:30am.... I woke up at 7am... and the decision to exit as quickly as possible was reached. (Mainly I wanted to beat any worse head wind, and I needed to get stuff done before I go back to work tomorrow).
I managed to get back by 9:30am...... it is now 11:30am... I've showered. I've cleaned. I've laundried. I've Percillaed.... and I've finally written a new entry for the web site!!!!!! BWahahahaha, thanks Clair, I appreciate the motivation!
I am sorry that it is soooo long.... I even forced my self to edit.. Basically I think of it as the story of how although trip can't be bad, it can definitely lack HIGH moments..., no pun intended……!!! BWAHAHAHAHA I LOVE TRIP!!!
And what made this one all worth it?!??!?!?!
A) I was in the woods in Algonquin park
C) I got away form the store for a night!
And
B) I tried out a suggested fire starter, and it worked! (cotton balls and Vaseline)
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