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The "dack pack" (myself, Gary, Valerie, and Redhawk) met Friday afternoon at the boat launch on Little Tupper Lake. It was decided that the waves and wind were going to be too much work for the 2 canoers in our group, so we instead drove up to one of our favorite spots along the Raquette River.
Saturday we woke to an early breakfast and started up Stony Creek. It was a cool morning and sunny. It's an easy and flat paddle. Lots of birds and dragon flies. Once to the first Stony Creek Pond we split up (unintentionally). Val went fishing, Redhawk wandered off to the second Stony Creek Pond to check out the location of the Indian Carry, I fished the first pond and Gary tanned under a now warm sun. There were several boats of fishermen on the ponds.
Eventually Gary and myself headed up Ampersand Brook, portaging over several beaver dams. This was the more scenic and remote portion of the paddle, taking us deep into some marsh area with clear views of Ampersand Mountain. It was also at this time we needed sun screen, and good thing we did because I ended up with a healthy burn even with it.
Redhawk and Val caught up to us thanks to being able to send waypoints and talk on the 2 way radios with the Rino GPSr we all owned. We paddled as far up Ampersand Brook as we could. It became apparent after 3 beaver dams in 0.2 miles that it wasn't going to be easy, and with the water getting more shallow we decided to just turn around and try it again sometime when the water's high.
Back to camp to eat some of the large mouth bass Valerie had caught, a small fire and a good night's sleep.
Sunday Valerie and myself packed and headed out. Gary and Redhawk stayed to see how far they could paddle towards Raquette Falls.
The "dack pack" (myself, Gary, Valerie, and Redhawk) met Friday afternoon at the boat launch on Little Tupper Lake. It was decided that the waves and wind were going to be too much work for the 2 canoers in our group, so we instead drove up to one of our favorite spots along the Raquette River.
Saturday we woke to an early breakfast and started up Stony Creek. It was a cool morning and sunny. It's an easy and flat paddle. Lots of birds and dragon flies. Once to the first Stony Creek Pond we split up (unintentionally). Val went fishing, Redhawk wandered off to the second Stony Creek Pond to check out the location of the Indian Carry, I fished the first pond and Gary tanned under a now warm sun. There were several boats of fishermen on the ponds.
Eventually Gary and myself headed up Ampersand Brook, portaging over several beaver dams. This was the more scenic and remote portion of the paddle, taking us deep into some marsh area with clear views of Ampersand Mountain. It was also at this time we needed sun screen, and good thing we did because I ended up with a healthy burn even with it.
Redhawk and Val caught up to us thanks to being able to send waypoints and talk on the 2 way radios with the Rino GPSr we all owned. We paddled as far up Ampersand Brook as we could. It became apparent after 3 beaver dams in 0.2 miles that it wasn't going to be easy, and with the water getting more shallow we decided to just turn around and try it again sometime when the water's high.
Back to camp to eat some of the large mouth bass Valerie had caught, a small fire and a good night's sleep.
Sunday Valerie and myself packed and headed out. Gary and Redhawk stayed to see how far they could paddle towards Raquette Falls.
....cute little baby birdies in the lean-to.... 
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