Killarney Adventure

Join Rob and friends as they embark on an eight day trip in Killarney adventure! This Episode 3 concludes the trip in Ontario’s Killarney Provincial Park, with reflections on the good and the lessons learned (never bad)!

In the first episode, the trip started at the Bell lake put in. In the second episode, we saw Rob made the hike up to the iconic white cliffs of Killarney, Silver Peak.

In the third episode, it starts off on beautiful morning on Day 7 with mirrored lakes, classic of the Ontario interior. With blue berries collected from yesterday’s hike up to Silver Peak, they were able to make wild blue berry pancakes. They cooked over the GSI bugaboo camp set, which Rob has also reviewed.

However, needing to cut the trip short, the group decided to bail on day 8 instead of staying the full 9 days. It was forecasted for torrential rain for the whole day 9. Camping, portaging, breaking camp, all sucks in torrential downpour. They also still a week long car camping at Grundy Provincial Park and setting up in the rain would also suck. So, they decided to enjoy paddle out instead of being miserable. You, too, can create your happiness!

This last day would consist of 6 to 7 kilometers of paddling, with some decent portage, which would have to be done 3 times. A bit of a slog, but would have been worse in the rain.

On day 8, high cirrus clouds came rolling in, indicative of pro-longed rain to come in the next few days. Luckily the decision to leave was a good one. On their way out, they would pass by old logging camp, largely an empty field now, where nature grew over to see any evidence. Sets of nice little rapids, dammed by beavers. To which, carry overs on the canoe were essential. The ABS canoes are worth the extra weight!

In the end, the trip was a success with lots of beautiful views, blue berries, learning of the quartzite rocks and how to avoid being soaked. This concludes the 8 day Killarney adventure!

Enjoy the trip diary, below!