INSTRUCTION: ORCA Canoe Tripping Level II Certification: Canoeing the Missinaibi / North French / Moose Rivers, ON

A Certification

LOGISTICS (ON,  CANADA)

Designation: MISSINAIBI is a Canadian Heritage River

Canadian Heritage Rivers: MISSINAIBI
Put-In: Peterbell Sched Stop 

Solo & Tandem Canoes: Missinaibi River - CIII, 19 river days, 443 kms
Experience: Intermediate moving water skills are required to negotiate rapids CII and greater, there is some lengthy portaging and the area is an isolated wilderness

Take-Out: Moose River Crossing

Certification By: White Wolf Expeditions
Instructor: Jeff Zuchlinski
Course: ORCA Wilderness Tripping II
Photography: Scanned analog

MISSINAIBI  Photography

The Smokies

The Smokies

Accommodation: Mountain Rose Cabin, Cobbly Knob Rentals, Gatlinburg, TN

TEAM Brooks: Helen, Ron, Sue, Cheryl, Kyla, Trestan
Others: Katie, Me
Hiking: Ramsey Cascades Trail (12km, strenuous)
Rafting: Big Pigeon River (CI > CIV), 11kms, 17 rapids, water level HIGH
Outfitter: Rip Roaring Adventures
Guide: Meaghan 
Guiding: I steered the raft through the final half dozen CII > III's at days end. 
B&W Photography: Sue
Photography: Scanned analogue
Event: 27th Wedding Anniversary

Apparently, called the Smokey Mountains, because the air rarely clear due to continuous and sometimes very heavy humidity.