I am planning a couple of solo trips next year, so I really want to get some techniques (and gear) ironed out. Specifically, I was practicing my J stroke-which is the stroke you really want to use when solo canoeing, as its less tiresome, and you don't switch sides-meaning less water in the canoe. I also worked a little on sweeps, draws, and TRIED sculling-but, the current seat in my canoe doesn't really allow for me to kneel. But, I am putting a new seat into it this week, so that problem should be resolved shortly.
Anyway, I took a few pics from the outing. Nothing to really report, other than, with the right paddle, paddling a canoe solo is a dream, and requires very little effort!
First up, this is how I had to portage. The canoe is too small for a yoke, and the seat sits too far back and too low to rest on my shoulders, so I used this idea (not my original-borrowed from a canoe site) to portage it. The canoe is light enough to carry on a shoulder short distances, but not for anything significant.
Here she is, all packed and ready to go!
A beautiful day on the lake:
One of the several islands on the lake:
Nice reflection of the clouds:
Another nice shot from the canoe:
Beaver dam:
Water lily-sometimes, I come out here, and there are a LOT in bloom-to the point it looks like a snow field:
A blue heron-oddly, not afraid of me in the least. As he heard me coming, he came crashing out of the woods-then proceeded to have a lunch of frogs:
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