Bird River 2012

Solo Canoe Trip on the Bird River through Nopiming Provincial Park into Ontario

Entering Nopiming PP	Getting close	Bird River	My first glimpse of the river	The emtry point. A very busy place.
The firstportage	They were well marked on the Manitoba side	Some freindly Canadiens I met on the portage	A short portage	and a scenic one
The last campsite on the lake and a nice one	End of Day 1. a short rain shower.	Early rise on the start of a long day	Morning beauty	I am sure this rock has a name
one of the many scenic bends in the river	Cool and colorful	more obstacles	rock island	Sun peaking through
McGregor Falls	portaging	Sky Blue Waters	Top of the falls	A scenic portage
Taking a break on the portage	Out of gas for the day	More obstacles on no portages to be found	Too much gear	Backing out
tough portage	Even harder portage	But the beauty is incredible	Falls	Rock Garden Obstacles
back to the easy stuff	taking it slow and enjoying the scenery	The shorelibe	More shoreline	A peacefull place
Moss gardens	A nice place to linger awhile	Endless beauty	A little color	My next campsite back on Sbnowshoe Lake
Lunch!	Frying Fish	Camp Day 3	Evening calm	Sunset
Peace	A warm fire	Day 4 dawns	A few light showers	Fish
Fish and Hashbrowns. Best meal of the trip.	End of the rainbow	Day 5...made itback across Snowshoe Lake	Campsite for the day	Exploring one of the bays
Butterfly rock	Hiking the rocks	Little rocks on the big rock	I left a rock cairn	Nice fireplace
another little rain shower	Fish and hashbrowns again	Meditation time	Leaving my mark on the island	Packing up day 6
Anothe campsite along the way. Love this fireplace	And stonebenchr to go with it	Snowshoe Falls	wider angle	Out in front
McGregor Falls	The rock island	lighter load now	Looking back	More watching the river run
Glad that was not me	There is a story here	Some mergansers	There is one in every crowd	Back on Elbow Lake
a biffy with a view	The island I camped on Day 1	Paddling while drinking	Taking it in	camp visitor
The gray jay	Posing	lots of mushrooms	all kinds	pretty ones
colorful ones	questionable ones	neat ones	The ridge above the campsite	beautiful place to explore
A view from the top	Hiking in paradise	Carpet coverings	tipped over	new stuff
table rock	It goes on and on	A spruce grouse	posing	Showing a little wing
Nice fishing rod	Day 7...headed for home	One more portage	The flower portage	Home stretch
Last scenic views	Beavers	Overcast and cool	Top of the falls	New steps (muddy and very slippery)
Which path...the old or the new?	last little obstacle	portage rock	1 more hour of easy paddle to go	Made it back safe and sound, drying out.

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