Have I Mentioned How Much I Love My Bed?

It's been a while since I've been for-real camping, and this past weekend I went interior canoe camping in Algonquin Park. I went up on Friday with Matt and Jen, we rented our canoe and kayak at the Portage Store on Canoe Lake and made the 3.5 hour trek (including one portage) to Bartlett Lake for some quality time in the wilderness. Nory and Robin joined us on Sunday and we all went back together on Monday. Luckily for us, we were the only people who camped on Bartlett Lake that weekend, so not only did that give us the pick of the sites, but it also meant that we had the place to ourselves. Here is a shot from our campsite of Bartlett Lake in the morning. Funny story... after I posted some pictures to Facebook, Ryan Bremner sent me a message saying that he had stayed at that exact campsite just a few summers before. Nice coincidence.

On Monday, we trekked back to Canoe Lake, but first made a stop at the Tom Thompson Memorial Cairn for a photo op.

Anyway, I had a great time, thanks to the planning that Matt and Jen put into things (since I didn't have the slightest clue as to what was going to go on). The lessons I learned include: I definitely enjoy my comforts of modern living... especially my bed; I'm apparently a toilet paper fiend, as I ended up having to borrow on the last day there; and finally, apparently I'm still capable of reading a book... all I need is absolutely nothing else to do.