May 13, 2006 - Double Detour to Radium
Kevin flew in from Ottawa on Friday night. The plan was for us to leave Calgary on time to meet Maya's plane in Kelowna at 6:30pm on Saturday. There was a bit of underestimating the time the drive would take. This was made up for by the fact that we forgot about the time change. So we had time to stop a few times for a short while but mostly we were driving and wondering...
Kevin and I Driving Log Book!
The Big Adventure (or 1,001 questions to ask Google)
1. Is there a picture of the Radium Woodcarver sign on the Internet
A. Yes
2. Can you go down the Columbia River in a canoe, and if no woodfires are permitted, would it be cold to sleep in a canoe overnight?
A. As we suspected, this is a hot issue. The Columbia River Wetlands are protected (from what exactly isn't clear) and there is movement afoot to restrict boating to vessels under 10 hP. In some areas of the river there are sandy beaches. Maybe it's okay to camp on the beaches. It's not clear that there are beaches between Golden and Radium, but that part should only take a day to paddle.
Now the issue of sleeping in the canoe overnight. It might be cold. With two people crammed in there, it could get quite cosy. There isn't a lot of space under those canoe seats, especially if you bring any gear whatsoever. So after a sober second thought on our imaginative wondering, I say don't sleep in the canoe unless you're travelling really light with someone small that you really, really like.
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Okay, there were eighteen questions to ask Google in our logbook. It takes time to answer each of them and there are some really tough ones coming up. I'm going to post this to allow comments and continue another day.
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Although...: perhaps you could rig up something elevated, to go on top of the thwarts, on which to sleep (or better still on which to put your packs... you could then sleep underneath them, under the thwarts... all cozy-like with that mini-sized person). You could then spend the night fretting and hoping that neither you or your packs fell off into the water. But it would give you lots to talk about.
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Kevin.
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