Canoe O Rama

Team Williams is in the market for canoes so we have been hanging out around St. Regis Canoe Outfitters, trying to convince them to sell us a few of their used ones before the end of the year. There is one which we think they will do and we decided we should absolutely take it for a test drive today. A Bell Northstar I think is the name. We put in at Floodwood Pond and went through this great little creek called Fish Creek to Little Square Pond. We then docked on a sandy beach and the boys floated around the pond for a bit. We could have continued to Whey, Rollins and looped back to Floodwood if we had wanted an overnight or even a whole day but we backtracked as this was just a 4 hour jaunt. It was spectacular. We saw a river otter, blue herron, and a mother duck and her ducklings were right next to our canoe. Clarke was a stellar front paddler for most of the trip and Oscar tried his hand for the first time. Warm weather, sun, and light breeze made for a lovely first canoe day of the year. At the end, some nice man showed me the technique for a shoulder carry, as Clarke's muscles were not up to the task of carrying back to St. Regis. These Kevlar canoes are so much lighter even a chic can do a shoulder carry. And....um....we stopped at Donnelly's on the way home....again. We arrived home to find out we are the proud owners of a new submergable well pump. I have goosebumps.