Saturday, September 27, 2025

Hike on the backpack trail


Loons were calling on the lake


we went to a portage to be able to go on the backpack trail
part of it was on a rail trail


where the bridge was missing we got down to the water


so pretty


lots of leaves on the ground


we saw a very big bird flying
close to Iskhuday Lake



It turned out to be a Barred owl


According to the internet it's a very rare sight


trees are so nice


It was pretty slippery at places


lots of leaves


 

Friday, September 26, 2025

Rain lake to Islet Lake


start at the Rain Lake access point


Easy paddel, lake is not wide


It's getting warm


This is the beginning of the 740 m portage
It's super steep with broken stair steps
about a half meter apart, it's brutal


Rien tried to carry to much in one time


we sat down and ate a chocolate bar


then we tried to collapse the chairs and could not
it's way more difficult than it should be
we crossed Hot Lake


after another paddle and a 450 meter portage we came to Islet lake


we chose the one campsite on an island
It's more light and sun in the morning and in the afternoon

Our view


We hang a tarp and set up our very old tent
just because it's bigger than a hiking tent
they are so low you have to crawl into them


the leaves are beautiful


we had all the necessities for a good experience


the water in the lake tasted good


but we did use our filter
we added some electrolites for taste


and our coffee we improved with some special cream







 

Thursday, September 25, 2025

See some Colours


After a coffee stop in Stayner we’re on our way


Th colours don’t look very bright yet


24 km of gravel road


This is what we hoped for 

 

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Hair


 Esmee with her cool hairdo


Ckes


cakes for the auction


a lot of work got into this one


time to sell


They sold well


Corinne's went for top $$ 2600


Drayton bought 3 cakes


they were shared at church


lots of people were there due to 3 baptisms

 

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Fall Fair




We were early at the Fall Fair


the first to have coffee at Drost Lodge


gave our tickets to Riah


the kids loved helping


We helped at the garage sale


then we got some food
this was a new food for me
like a kroket but with potato and shredded chicken


Elijah loved the butter for the poffertjes


the girls playing at the bouncy castle


often camp has lots of wasps
this year mostly dragonflies