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Keilana Lorraine Redsky
at Brian's house getting ready to party. Too little to join the paddlers this year but all dressed up for the pre-canoeing feast over at the Terry's on Thursday evening.
Date: 7/1/2011
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Dolar and Keilana
Playing outside of the Terry's place before another great Terry feast
Date: 7/1/2011
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Pamela, Evelyn and Murray
Murray and his daughter Pamela are Evelyn's brother-in-law and neice. Pamela is our RCMP escort for the trip and they had just pulled in from a marathon drive from BC to be part of the trip.
Date: 7/1/2011
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Kaina, Marion, Serena, Leilani, Stefanie, Shayne
visiting before supper at the Terry's
Date: 7/1/2011
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Evelyn, Murray, Mark
still waiting for Friday's supper and asking questions about the route
Date: 7/1/2011
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Carol, Marion and poppa Brent
with a view of the Terry house overlooking Abram Lake
Date: 7/1/2011
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Day 1 - Drive to drop-off point
Brian, Jordan and Alliah paddled up Abram to the Terry's with their packs before 9 am and everyone was on the road shortly after 10 am. Travelled through Sioux Lookout, up the north road to Hwy 599 to Saugeen Nation.
Date: 7/1/2011
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The Paddlers at the start of the trip
Mark, Evelyn, Chalise, Alliah, Brian, Tristan, Jordan, Tom, Murray, Jaylyn, Pamela all ready to start paddling from Saugeen Nation landing.
Date: 7/2/2011
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Waiting for the wind to die down, the kids went swimming
Jaylyn, Jordan and Chalise were the fish throughout the trip, swimming every chance they could. If you look closely you can see some white caps, so we were wind bound before we even got started. Brian went to see Violet Machimity earlier and she kindly ga
Date: 7/2/2011
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Tristan exploring the bush
The 5 kids played all afternoon. They ran through the bush, swam and played in the sand. The rest of either rested or explored the area looking for fire and tent sites in case we had to stay for the night.
Date: 7/2/2011
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Alliah and Tristan on the beach
Playing in the sand with Tristan chasing Alliah
Date: 7/2/2011
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The teacher
Alliah showed, shared, cared, played, taught Tristan (and all of us) throughout this trip.
Date: 7/2/2011
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Together
Once Tristan understood what to do, he was right into joining in and working with everyone.
Date: 7/2/2011
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Swimming in Saugeen Nation
Jaylyn, Chalise and Jordan
Date: 7/2/2011
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Sunset at Saugeen Nation
Tristan and Alliah after supper and everyone deciding we should make camp, have supper and hope we can start paddling early Sunday morning.
Date: 7/2/2011
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Sunset scene as the wind begins to calm
Date: 7/2/2011
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Just before bedtime
Tristan and Alliah enjoying the sunset on the beach in Saugeen Nation
Date: 7/2/2011
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Sunset from beach at Saugeen Nation
After a feast of steak, corn and potatoes, everyone felt good about getting ready for an early start the next day.
Date: 7/2/2011
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Sleeping arrangements on Night 1
Tristan crashed right away with Alliah beside him. Brian was on the other side of Tristan while Jordan and Chalise were on the other side of Alliah. The tent was full.
Date: 7/2/2011
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Day 2 - Sunrise
From just outside the tent site
Date: 7/2/2011
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