Day One

Colin, Griffin, Éric and Alice headed off today for New Denver, from Ottawa. The beginning of a 6-8 day adventure! Lily and I drove them there yesterday, we all stayed the night and we were there for the great send off this morning (with a certain amount of last minute meal preparations and gear sorting). I have a feeling that this trip is going to go smoothly and that Colin and Éric are going to make a very good team - they were aiming to get off before 10am. When I looked at the clock just after they had pulled out it was 9:56!  

Here are our voyagers fresh and clean and all packed up.

A surprising amount of stuff fit into the tiny Fit. There is no clue from the outside that they are heading off for a trip across the country and not just around the block.

The wave off committee.

and they are off....

Some hours later.... I have driven back to Montreal and then to the eastern townships where I left Lily and her friend Annaelle for a couple of days. 8pm. I just talked with them from their camp site where they were waiting for their supper to cook. They are at Les Chutes provincial park just past Sudbury. Where they were hoping to get tonight. Colin stayed there on his last trip. They were slowed by a good deal of road work but otherwise all seems to have gone well. Alice seems to have listened to her new Taylor Swift album much of the way! Tomorrow they aim for Pukaskwa.