Detour To Temagami Trip Log Day 1

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A broken train plan shouldn’t break a trip. When the Spanish River route vanished overnight after a baggage car mishap, we leaned on fast-moving outfitters, scanned our maps, and chose a new path that turned out to be exactly what we needed: Temagami by way of Red Cedar. What started as a scramble became a reminder that the best stories often arrive when the itinerary falls apart.

We walk through the decision tree—French River, Martin River, then Temagami—and why Temagami won on terrain, access, and spirit. From our Red Cedar put-in to a sandy beach campsite under tall pines, we share the small wins that steady a group: clean landings, quiet water, and a camp kitchen that goes beyond “good enough.” Expect pizza hot off the pan and a shout-out to Bill from Thunderbox Diaries for unrolled cabbage rolls and smashed pierogies that boosted energy and morale.

The day ahead brings two dam portages and our first real taste of whitewater after months of training. We talk scouting, conservative calls, and what “intentional swims” means to us. Safety, communication, and humility take centre stage as we plan runs, respect horizon lines, and keep the group moving smoothly. Along the way, we dig into adaptable trip planning for Northern Ontario—how to evaluate alternate routes quickly, work with local knowledge, and choose campsites that actually fit your needs.

If you’re curious about Temagami routes, Red Cedar access, beginner whitewater strategy, or trail-tested camp meals, you’ll find practical takeaways and a few laughs. Subscribe, share this episode with a paddling friend, and leave a review to help more backcountry folks find the show. What’s your best last-minute trip pivot?

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Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_01 (00:00):
Good day, A.
Welcome to Super Good CampingPodcast.
This is the Triplog edition.
I'm Tim.
And I'm Thomas.
And we are currently in NotSpanish River.
The Spanish River.
But we ran into some someissues.
The baggage train for the uhtrain that we're supposed to

(00:22):
take up to the Spanish.
Put in for the Spanish.
It had a bit of a mishap atseven o'clock the night before
we were supposed to be.
And I'm benefiting fully fromtheir trail.
Our our wonderful uh outfittersand guides scrambled to find us
uh something else to paddle.

SPEAKER_00 (00:44):
Alternative route.
Um we we talked about uh justdoing French River because we
were already sort of on theFrench River.
Um Martin River because we'reclose to that.
Yeah.
And we finally ended up decidingon tomogamy, which is where we
are now.
Uh if you're watching the videoversion of this, you will see

(01:06):
some of tomogamy behind us.

SPEAKER_01 (01:09):
Yeah, we put in at uh Red Cedar yesterday morning.
Red Cedar, yeah, Red Cedar Lakeyesterday morning and uh for a
bunch.
Excuse me, got ourselves uh outto a uh beautiful site, but it's
uh it's fabulous.
We've got a nice sandy beach.
Uh beautiful trees, quiet,awesome jobs.

(01:31):
Yeah, okay, had killer meal.
What did we have last time?

SPEAKER_00 (01:35):
Oh, we had uh so we made pizzas for the group and
then our our group chef made uhsome some unrolled cabbage rolls
and some smashed pierogies, bothof which were really good.
Pretty awesome.
Yeah.
I ate quite a bit of both.
Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 (01:51):
Uh so you can go masculine cabbage rolls without
the roll part.
Um was was really good.
Yeah, it was good.
I highly recommend uh thenthere's a creepy Bill Bill from
uh uh uh Thunderbox Diaries,that's it.
He's uh he's a good cook, man.
And uh and today, yeah, we'relooking at not a particularly

(02:14):
long.
We're over one dam, we've gotanother dam to get over before
we get into some water.
And then uh and then there's aparticular site that a criteria
will want to stop at and hangfor.
So we'll see what uh we'll seewhat the soft noon brings for
it.
Maybe maybe we'll do anothertrip log because we totally
forgot about it last night.

SPEAKER_00 (02:30):
This is uh also our first whitewater story trip.
Yep.
Uh previously we've only doneflatwater.
Uh you may have seen some of ourrecent whitewater courses on our
social media or uh or heardabout them in a previous
episode.

(02:52):
But uh I think we're gettinginto some whitewater rapids
today.
Yes.
So hopefully you hear a secondtrip louder.
Because that would that wouldsuck.
If you don't, it went working.
Yeah.

unknown (03:04):
I think more and more now.

SPEAKER_00 (03:06):
Yeah, we're we're hoping we don't tip.
Hopefully all our swims thistrip are uh intentional.
Intentional.

SPEAKER_01 (03:14):
Yeah.
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