Day Two On Temagami: Breakfast Wraps, Easy Portages, And Playful Rapids

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Warm October sun, a gentle river, and the sweet spot between skills and ease—day two on Temagami delivered a slow-burn kind of joy. We kept the mileage short, dialled in our teamwork over breakfast, and spent the afternoon playing in friendly rapids with boats light and smiles wide. If you’ve wondered how to design a canoe-camping day that builds confidence without chasing distance, this is the blueprint.

We break down the day from a compact portage around a falls to the practical art of ferrying and S turns—how to set an angle, read a tongue of current, and keep hips loose so the boat does the work. With the water as coach, we lap the same feature to sharpen timing and control, proving you don’t need big whitewater to grow river sense. Along the shore, camp takes shape early: tents pitched, late lunch enjoyed, and a quick, bracing swim to rinse off the trail dust. The heat feels surreal for October, which brings its own lessons in layering and hydration for shoulder-season paddling.

Fishing fans get their moment too. Jared hooks a solid bass and lets it go, a small but clear nod to stewardship and Leave No Trace. We talk safety without killing the vibe: why intentional swims are the only ones we’ll accept, how throw bags and buddy systems add margin, and when to say yes to one more lap versus calling it a day. With a relaxed plan for tomorrow—likely a couple of small rapids, a short paddle, and a meet-up with Greg in the afternoon—we lean into the idea that a great trip balances play and planning.

If you love canoe camping, Temagami routes, beginner whitewater, or simply hearing the river in the background while you plan your next adventure, you’ll feel right at home here. Follow along for practical tips, warm camp stories, and the small wins that turn a simple day into a standout memory. Subscribe, share with a paddling friend, and leave a review to tell us your favourite rapid to lap or your go-to breakfast on trail.

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Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Good day.
Welcome to the Super GoodCamping Podcast, the Trip Log
Edition.
I'm Tim.
And I'm Thomas.
And today we're on day two ofour not Spanish trip.
We're on our uh our tomogamytrip.
Yeah.
It started out uh nice and easy.

(00:22):
We had uh killer breakfast.
Uh yeah, that was really good.
Eggs, peppers, bacon, cheese,all in a tortilla wrap, so kind
of breakfast tomatoes.
Yeah.
That was pretty awesome.
Thanks again, Bill.
And who else cooked thismorning?
Jared did.
Jarry.
Yeah.
And somebody else did dishes,so.

(00:44):
Yeah.
How awesome is that?
Yeah.
And then uh we had a prettypretty short, short paddle day
today.
Came uh right up to our firstportage, which was couldn't have
been more than like a couplehundred.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's pretty short.
Uh just around uh a falls.
Yeah.

(01:04):
And then we played around alittle in the rapids below,
which was nice.
Got some uh some ferrying, someS turns.
Then continued our way to wherewe are currently.
Uh, you may, if you're watchingthis on video, you'll be able to
see rapids behind us.
If you're not watching it onvideo, chances are you can hear
and hear them.
Um but uh we got to run these,which was quite cool.

(01:29):
Some of uh some of the rest ofthe group has been running it a
few more times throughout theday.
Um it's a nice sound, it's niceto look at.
So it's a pretty awesome sightthat we've got here.
And not being exhausted, we gothere by you know mid-afternoon,
so we did lunch and stuff, whichis great.
Like two, something like that.

(01:49):
38 lunch by 3:30.
Um, yeah, no complaints.
We're sitting in the sun.
It's first week in October, it'sOctober 5th.
And it's like 20 degrees.
27, 28 degrees, yeah.
Insane.
That's why I'm wearing a pinkshirt and white shorts today.
Uh, even though both of thoseare a bad idea in the

(02:10):
backcountry.
Both of these are gonna getbleached, probably.
Uh, but it's too hot to wearanything else.
I went for a dip.
Water's water's a little crisp,but it wasn't terrible.
I smell less bad, so that'salways good.
Yeah, we're all set up.
Uh just hanging out.
Yeah.
So far, all of our swims havebeen intentional, which is good.

(02:30):
Which is always a good thing.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Not big fans of theunintentional swims.
Some of the boys have been uhnow that the boats are uh
unladen, like a that's a MontyPython reference, by the way.
Uh now they're unladen, they'rethey've they've done a couple of
bonus runs through the rapids,and uh it looks like they're

(02:52):
having fun.
So yeah.
Yeah.
And uh yeah, Jared's beenfishing a bit.
I don't I don't know that he'scaught anything.
When is Jared Jared not fish?
But you know pretty good.
It's it's the fishing that he'sthere for, not not the fish
itself.
Right.
Hot three-pound bass, I think,this morning, something like

(03:13):
that.
Yeah.
Yeah, he threw it back though.
Nice.
All right, yep.
Uh yeah, that's it.
That's it, I think, for us fortoday.
Tomorrow we're is our last day.
Yeah.
Uh again, I think it's a fairlyshort paddle.
Um probably again a lazy morningand uh paddled down to wherever
we need to be.
It's I think there's still acouple more rapids, probably a

(03:34):
couple more portages to do.
And I think we're supposed tomeet up with Greg around three
o'clock-ish, 3 3 30, somethinglike that, and uh, and start
making our couple hours worth ofuh trek back towards uh Alban.
Alban?
Alban?
Albin.
I think that's where he is.
Yeah, that's it for us today.

(03:56):
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