Umbagog 2022 - Random Pics

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A few random pics. Not all were highlights as we got a couple serious downpours, and at least 1 bolt of lightning that just about knocked us out of our seats. We had to dismantle and dry out the tents 3 times, but overall a pretty great week.

Umbagog Day 1

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The first day is always just a scramble to get there. Leave the house at 4:00am, get o Errol, NH 9:00am, pitstop at LLCotes for last minute items & fishing licenses, to the lake by 10 to unload and check-in - and since we are lazy, transport to the site at 11:00am. A few hours to setup, putter around the site, simple dinner, get a fire going and listen to the loons. Weather cooperated nicely. (Narrator, ‘…that would soon change…’)

Umbagog 2022 (Part 1)

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Welp, here we go again. Up to lake Umbagog, to remote site 23 (map). On the ‘mainland’ rather than island site 14 where we often go. 23 is probably the biggest camping site on the lake and you might be able to sprinkle 10 tents there with room to spare.

Currently the house is disaster, with piles of dehydrated food filling the livingroom floor, packs and equipment strewn about, the pump on the worlds greatest backpacking stove, the MSR DragonFly, sprung a leak during testing that cant be fixed so we overnighted a replacement pump and a backup stove since I went into a bit of a panic. Its surprising to think that some of this gear is anywhere from 10 to 30 years old. Reviewing menus, the canoe, tents, water filters, bear bags, ropes, fishing gear, cookware, sleeping bags & therm-a-rest mattresses, tarps, lighting and all the little fiddly other bits. Oh yeah, playing cards, toilet paper and bug spray.

We were last on this site 11 years ago in 2011. I think we spent 4 days in a cabin and then decided it was time to try a ‘wilderness site’ for a couple days with the girls. Its also the year we got our last camera, the Canon 60D. Looking, I see we have taken 10,619 images with it over 11 years - though admittedly hardly any recently. We will try and get a few.

Umbagog 2020 (Part 1)

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Its been a few years since we were up at lake Umbagog, (location, website)… here are a few pics. The typical excuse for not paddling ourselves out to one of the sites (this year site R14 - lake map), is that we have to haul in firewood for a week - so I’m going to go with that. Also this year, transport from the ‘base camp’ was unavailable, so we found a rent-a-guy with a pontoon boat to haul us out.

We lucked out and had 7 days of perfect weather. We did get a little rain one night while we were sleeping.

The pictures look the same as every other year - kinda boring and repetitive when you get right down to it, but we love it.

Nantucket

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Mid-to-late October on Nantucket it typically in the 50's, but this past weekend, we lucked out - with calm, cloudless sunshine - temps in the 70's... an all around prefect weekend. 

We stayed at the Boat Basin Cottages - which are simply fantastic.  Right on the water with spectacular views, plush amenities, and a short stroll away from the heart of the islands dining and shopping.  They also come equipped with a couple bikes that we took out to Sanford Farm to explore almost 30,000 acres of conservation area.  Nice.  As usual we ate a lot, including a great dinner at Brant Point Grill that has some serious views of the harbor and this evening was open to the fresh air of a glorious indian summer evening.

Good times.

Lake of the Woods - MBC (Part 1)

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1,700 square miles, 14,552 islands, and 65,000 miles of shoreline. Lake of The Woods in Canada is a pretty impressive place. Nestled within is Miles Bay Camp.  I was lucky enough to go out there for a week to do some serious fishing and R&R. 

350 miles north of Minneapolis to Morson Ontario, then 25 miles by boat to an island in Miles Bay, Lake of the Woods - and finally a 50 foot walk up the dock to a lakeside cabin.