11-13 July 2008
WM C WHITNEY WA/Little Tupper lake and
Rock Pond
Chris and I feft
Friday at 7:30am from Rochester. Arrived in 4.5 hours at the Ranger
Station and put-in. Ate lunch and launched kayaks. Paddled around a
bit and checked out site #7. Saw what appeared to be a bald eagle
soaring and fishing. Site #7 had some really cool remnants of old
mansions...specifically fireplaces. No photo (what was I thinking).
We then paddled across the lake over to sites 21 and 22. We then
checked out #10 which we had heard was the best. Well it had a beach,
other than that it wasn't that great. Better than the south shore
sites tho. Made camp and relaxed a bit. Then paddled around the
island and past site #11 on the point. Saw 10 loons. Got a photo of 8
of them all at once. Made foil dinners and biscuits for supper. Boy
were the mosquitoes bad! On Saturday we awoke early. Ate a quick
breakfast and packed up lunch. We paddled the rest of the perimeter
of LTL. Site #12 seemed very nice. Paddled upstream to Rock Pond.
Carried over a few beaver dams and used the portage around the
rapids. Rock pond was gorgeous. Really neat rock formations on the
southern shore beyond the island. The island was an awesome spot for
lunch and appears to be a great camp site. Even the snapping turtle
agreed. He was there to greet us at the landing. The seagulls on the
small island were not to happy as we approached,, so we turned away.
Never found the portage to Hartigans. Paddled back to camp. On the
way out, we passed almost everyone else from LTL going to Rock Pond,
thus we ended up having both Rock Pond and LTL to ourselves. Took
some naps as we had paddled about 12 miles. Made spaghetti with pesto
for dinner. Wind picked up at night. Made the tarps flap in the wind.
Still very windy in the AM. As soon as we started bfast the rain
came. And boy did it come. We were drenched packing up camp. By the
time we put-in and started back to HQ, the rain had stopped. It was
still quite windy which helped us as it was to our backs. We had no
idea of the time we left but it was 9:20 when we got to the car.
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