Photos A Walk in Nature

Just Tom. said:
Thanks for the info!

There is a lock house about 10 miles from my house that was inhabited by the same family from 1907 until 2006. You used to be able to rent canoes, rowboats, and bicycles there, and they also sold snacks and bait:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swains_Lock
Pictures from my walk this morning:
Knife pic:

This shot looks like a bad hotel lobby oil painting:

Baby box turtle!

He was maybe 3” long, max.
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Great photos Tom, and what a nice find, when they are that small you almost never see them. 😎👍
 
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Blue Gills for the evening meal by the river 🐟👍

That Grohmann knife … I am telling you!
It just wants the easy jobs… spreading mayonnaise, cutting tomatoes 🍅… but it would not have anything to do with cleaning fish 🐟😁
 
bigfish64 said:
Holy cow, what a spread! I thought you said this was a solo trip Dan. 😂👍
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I know , right 😂
You should see how much food they ladies packed for me !!!

The fishing was good too and I got carried away too 😁

It’s 4:30 am I am still stuffed !!!

I’ll have to drink lots of yerba mate 🧉 this morning to finish digestion 😂


I was beat last night, crashed at around 8:30 pm ( still daylight) and I just woke up.

Maybe I can get another hour sleep 😴
Later 😎
 
CelloDan said:
LOL, an hour more ?
I woke up 20 min ago.
Sleep almost 12 hours 😴, I don’t remember sleeping this good in quite a while 👍

So first things first.
I picked my designated carry for the day, my HHB 👍 and went for a little walk to take a picture of it 😎
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Awesome knife, awesome photo! Hope you have another great day my friend! 😎😄
 
Dan,
I'm truly enjoying you sharing your adventure with us. Thanks and keep up the reports!
I'm surprised to hear that there is anything that the Grohmann doesn't excel at.
Recently because of the excessive heat around here, I discovered that to take a nature walk, I don't need to venture as far as I use too. Here's a bit of wildlife I spotted during a nature walk on my patio. ;) :)

Nature's Polished Gemstone
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This Ebony Scout was in my pocket during the entire above mentioned walk and is shown here the way I like to think about it during these heat waves.
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Enjoy your excursion Dan.
 
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Ok Dan CelloDan CelloDan , I’m going to pester you with some more questions:

When navigating the lakes, is the canal route obvious from boat traffic, or are you using GPS (or chart and compass) to navigate? Are there landmarks like towns maybe? Are there buoys or lights directing you to the locks? You can wait until you get back to answer - I don’t want to disturb your peaceful trip.
 
bigfish64 said:
Awesome knife, awesome photo! Hope you have another great day my friend! 😎😄
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Gracias mi amigo

JohnDF said:
Went for a short hike this morning... already 90 degrees outside.


Had the Usual Lamb in my pocket...
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Cool 😎…. I mean HOT pics John 👍😎
The African Rosewood wood shows the patina of a well used and loved knife 👍

redsparrow said:
Dan,
I'm truly enjoying you sharing your adventure with us. Thanks and keep up the reports!
I'm surprised to hear that there is anything that the Grohmann doesn't excel at.
Recently because of the excessive heat around here, I discovered that to take a nature walk, I don't need to venture as far as I use too. Here's a bit of wildlife I spotted during a nature walk on my patio. ;) :)

Nature's Polished Gemstone
l9MiJpg.jpg


This Ebony Scout was in my pocket during the entire above mentioned walk and is shown here the way I like to think about it during these heat waves.
BGPdHPG.jpg

Enjoy your excursion Dan.
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Thank you my James 😊
Great pics of your garden gems my friend 👍😊

I baby my Grohmann a bit too much and keep reaching for an old little fillet knife that’s been in my tackle box for ever.
I think it’s time it grew up… it’s called Bird and Trout after all 😃

Just Tom. said:
Ok Dan CelloDan CelloDan , I’m going to pester you with some more questions:

When navigating the lakes, is the canal route obvious from boat traffic, or are you using GPS (or chart and compass) to navigate? Are there landmarks like towns maybe? Are there buoys or lights directing you to the locks? You can wait until you get back to answer - I don’t want to disturb your peaceful trip.
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Hi Tom, the deep part of the canal is marked every so often with color coded buoys ( green and orange)
Big boats better stick to it to ensure they don’t run aground .

When going downstream the green should be on your right and the orange on your left.

Today I am at Newboro, the highest point of the system which means that is downstream both ways from the lock ( if you are passing through it the water flow is then reversed)

There is a sign to reming boaters going trough the lock that the colors are about to revert as they keep boating
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The portion of the system I am doing over this 5 days connects some big lakes

It can get a bit rough in the middle if windy ( plus the wake of some huge boats speeding past is not nice and just rude sometimes, not to mention the erosion they cause on the shores)

So smaller craft often hug the shores more when windy and/or take shortcuts in between islands.

I don’t take charts or compass with me ( just a basic map)
Last year I got a bit lost twice, no big deal except that I had two frustrated teenagers on their kayaks who did not appreciate the extra paddle in the hot July weather 🥵

Because there was no cell reception I could not rely on my phone.

This year I pre downloaded the Google maps at home and saved them to my phone. Now, even with no cell reception I can navigate without issues ( I have a battery bank in the boat to charge my phone)

This year though everything seems almost too easy. I am able to remember the trouble spots as I pass them a second time and there is no anxiety LOL ( neither two frustrated teenagers lol 😂)



Ramrodmb said:
Loving your adventures, Dan, and check in multiple times a day just to see if you've posted. Thanks for taking the time and sharing with us all! 😁
There are few things better than a good nights sleep or freshly caught fish nuggets.
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Gracias Mark 😎
(update is upcoming 😁)
 
Brother Dan - Please invite me to join you for such a trip next summer. My wife will be upset to lose her sailing partner but she can cope for 5 days (only 1 or 2 might be actual sail days in any case) ;) I would love to do this and I promise you I would be an easy companion. I can learn to drink mate. Maybe wishful thinking but one can wish. Nearly an ideal vacation by my way of thinking. :)

Carry on. I have come to realize you are doing all your BF contact from your phone. I can't imagine but I'm impressed.
Happy float!!!
 
RayseM said:
Brother Dan - Please invite me to join you for such a trip next summer. My wife will be upset to lose her sailing partner but she can cope for 5 days (only 1 or 2 might be actual sail days in any case) ;) I would love to do this and I promise you I would be an easy companion. I can learn to drink mate. Maybe wishful thinking but one can wish. Nearly an ideal vacation by my way of thinking. :)

Carry on. I have come to realize you are doing all your BF contact from your phone. I can't imagine but I'm impressed.
Happy float!!!
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Invitation happily extended my friend 👍😊
It would be very cool Ray 😊
 
RayseM said:
Brother Dan - Please invite me to join you for such a trip next summer. My wife will be upset to lose her sailing partner but she can cope for 5 days (only 1 or 2 might be actual sail days in any case) ;) I would love to do this and I promise you I would be an easy companion. I can learn to drink mate. Maybe wishful thinking but one can wish. Nearly an ideal vacation by my way of thinking. :)

Carry on. I have come to realize you are doing all your BF contact from your phone. I can't imagine but I'm impressed.
Happy float!!!
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I would love to do a trip like this in a canoe. Might have to avoid the middle of the big lakes like Dan says, but it sounds doable. It will probably never happen, but Dan’s travelogue is almost like being there.
CelloDan said:
Hi Tom, the deep part of the canal is marked every so often with color coded buoys ( green and orange)
Big boats better stick to it to ensure they don’t run aground .

When going downstream the green should be on your right and the orange on your left.
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Thanks! Great info. :thumbsup::)
 
Just Tom. said:
I would love to do a trip like this in a canoe. Might have to avoid the middle of the big lakes like Dan says, but it sounds doable. It will probably never happen, but Dan’s travelogue is almost like being there.

Thanks! Great info. :thumbsup::)
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A fella just arrived in a canoe and is setting up not too far from me.
I was just talking to him, he paddled 30 km today in 10 hours WOW 😮
He looks exhausted and sunburned.

His equipment is all ultralight, in fact he does not even have a tent, just this mesh he covers himself with , WOW again !

He is a bit concerned about tomorrow as we’ll go into Big Rideau Lake ( which as the name implies is BIG ) and they are calling for windy conditions.

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I forgot to add that Newboro was modernized a few years ago with hydraulic system. Luckily they realized what a mistake that was and the government stopped further modernization

The Rideau Canal is been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site
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Rideau Canal

The Rideau Canal, a monumental early 19th-century construction covering 202 km of the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers from Ottawa south to Kingston Harbour on Lake Ontario, was built primarily for strategic military ...
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