Thu Sep 17, 2020 @ 07:38

At Rideau Ferry (community name, not actual Ferry) after 5 hours of paddling (with breaks) we rested and had a big town meal at CC’s On the Rideau.

After hours of paddling into the wind it felt so fabulous to stop and get on dry land. And after 5 nights camping it felt great to have a freshly cooked high calorie meal.

We don’t do fancy camps meals that require refrigeration etc. Apparently fancy meals are a thing with canoe camping -steaks, baked potatoes - I’ve seen videos. That’s not our style. We’ve packed food very similar to what we eat backpacking - all dried and packaged foods, but with a bit extra since we’re not doing a big resupply halfway. In a canoe it’s super easy to pack 8 days worth of food, it’s a bit trickier backpacking. Our limit is around 5 days.

So we have enough food with us for all 8 nights but we needed a town stop after all those waves and wind yesterday and today on Upper Rideau and Big Rideau Lakes.

Burgers, fries, poutine - yum!!

After late lunch which was also an early supper we got a few items at the general store including some alcohol, which we didn’t pack. And more chips and beef jerky - all the salt! And after a nice break in the warm sun we were off again to our camping spot - Lower Beveridges Lock. Which was not plan A for the night but turned out to be a wonderful plan B.