Back in August, we had our annual canoe trip. It was a canoe trip in the sense that it was a trip, and there were canoes, but I don't think I would call this a typical canoe trip by any definition!

This would be the second time that Keelan and I were taking John and Kelvin, and the first time for Hussain. We already had one guy drop out. But no matter, they're all strong and have done trips before! We'll just get Kelvin into a solo boat! No problem.

We were headed to the Temagami region, and it was going to be my first time there. In fact, it'd be everyone's first time there, except Keelan's. All I'd heard from him was that the lakes were big and the wind could be even bigger. Meanwhile, after my extremely windy trip on the French River last year, I was thinking, could it be worse than a constant funnel?

Well, it wasn't. For me, anyway.