Backcountry Wilderness Basecamp for 3 Nights Alone with my Dog

Everything's good buddy, I promise. We out you. It's midnight, we're going to start a trip right now. Excited for this adventure, this will be the longest we've been out together. We came in last night, found a flat spot on the ground and kind of slept there. We got up this morning, we've been paddling and portaging, burning a lot of energy, Wolf's been a super good boy this whole time, I'm really pleased, really happy with him. whole point of this trip is to paddle into a spot and set up a nice base camp for a few nights i want to make my own camp i want to make it comfortable and then we're going to go and explore the lakes around here hopefully catch some trout and just spend a lot of time together there's no bugs out yet the weather is supposed to be beautiful i've come upon this awesome site which i really like i gotta start working on it quite a bit to make it home i picked this spot out for a few reasons um it's kind of level kind of level i can i can find a level-ish spot i'm going to set up a nice big tarp to camp underneath um so i have a good open area here for wolfie to explore i mean to have this to chill and then there's a nice rock outcropping out there working on my fire pit and as you can tell the wind is kicking up the bugs aren't out yet but they have been pinging off me a little bit here and there so i assume by a couple days from now they will be the breeze coming through this spot nice area a nice breezy area they won't be as bad here i do want to clean up these branches it'll be good firewood but also so wolf doesn't run around poke himself on it and or the tarp i cut them right next to the tree so that there's nothing sticking out and there's a bonus to that there's a little bit of some tiny resin fat wood style up next to the tree so all this stuff can be used as firewood along with the stuff i had to remove already. The wolf is just being awesome. I woke up in Algonquin Park yesterday morning. It's like six or seven hours south of where I live and I just did a three-night trip with Tosh. I was driving home. My wife calls me. She says, we all got the flu. Don't come home. She knows how bad my guts are. She doesn't want me to get it. I was already a little ways home. So I went home, grabbed the wolf, grabbed some gear, and headed right out slept again last night like i said so that last night was night four sleeping outside probably do three three more nights tonight hopefully make it a week consecutive outside in two different trips i want to keep this going guys i really do feeling good you know oh look at that look at that view pokey smokey excited to try my new shelter out this is the NorTent Extreme Bivouac extreme i set it up at home tried to test it out a little bit and there was still snow but that was no fun because i was done with winter you know done with winter anyway there's two components to this thing there's just the tarp part and then there's an internal which is in here bug screen if i need it with a bathtub floor and it just it integrates in perfectly but i don't think i need it tonight and if i do need it by the end of the trip i'll put it in but let's just set this big very um multi-use tarp up you can set it in a lot of different configurations and that wind right now of course picks up holy smokes okay the wind stopped for a second i got one end tied up um with the other up here is this it we're done As far that way as it can go. If not, if this doesn't work, I can fix it up. No, this should be good. This tarp, rather, has sides you can Velcro together, an awning to pull forward, and it also has a stove jack because you can make it into, like, a tent style. I'm going to peg this all out and set it up properly. Grr. I guess I'm going to wait a sec. Sloppy Joe. Steaks. Actually, I want my front up, I think, Still obviously pitch it lower and I might do that but I kind of want to pitch one side up to have like an awning Type thing getting there. Oh and the wind kicks up again, but lots of room We're almost done a different day out when the when the wind stops blowing or peg down and she's good to go It wasn't for that tree in the middle I could get a little bit more taut this guy here, but it's pretty good as it is. It's a little little sag But check this out I got so much room under here there's a stovepipe vent so you can close this all up like a tent a frame right down right you have plenty of room under here for a couple people me and wolf wolf and I are gonna be super spacious and comfortable in here and if inclement weather comes I can batten down the hatches the bugs come can buckle it up in here the inner screen part which it takes up about half the room as the this is half this is half they both weigh a couple pounds pretty versatile and i'm super happy to be testing it out for a few nights we've had and stuff in here i don't have a bivy with me i brought a little oh i brought a ground sheet so i don't have a bivy with me i brought a ground sheet anyway i'm going to peg this down it's got grommets and tabs and make myself a nice proper little floor here it's not the most even spot all around but i do have a nice trench i I already laid down in it where I can lay and Wolf will sleep on rocks and be happy. He doesn't care. I've got Hap Wilson's book, River of Fire, Conflict and Survival on the Steel River. I'm gonna read on this trip. We have to get everything squared away and go fish. There's a couple of portages I have to do still. We won't have to bring a bunch of gear. We'll bring a little bit. Wolfie will have to ride in the back of the canoe as well. Well, because there's barely any weight in the pack, Because there's barely any weight in my backpack, I put it in the front, I put Wolfie in the back, I scooted my seat forward. So, as long as he stays still back there. Hey, sit, sit, Wolfie. As long as he stays still-ish, he should be okay. Oh my God. Let's see, I might have to put him in the front, I just don't wanna plow, you know what I mean? I wanna be so heavy in the front where I'm pushing the water to the bottom. Good boy, good boy. What do you say, bud? How's the look up there? stay stay you're gonna fall if you come any closer dude well that didn't last too long it's actually not bad with him in the front i slid my seat back put the backpack in the back it's not so bad i'm not plowing that much at all i just uh every time he moved back there i didn't know what was going on because i couldn't see him i didn't didn't want to keep telling him to stop moving around so anyways this is working fine as you can see we're moving and we'll be at the portage pretty soon first cast come on Trody it's not a good time of the day two o'clock in the afternoon but it's what time i got here there's a big old dirty portage to get here too anyway we're here we're gonna fish wolfie's moving around quite a bit bumping the camera chill just chill i try to let him go run on the shore but he wanted to come in the boat so big fish for him for us both a different little spot here okay buddy you gonna just relax okay this is where we are right now i got a bite okay that's promising okay we got one on we can get him in the boat looks nice it's real nice it's like a rainbow maybe or a really colorful brookie i gotta let him go a little bit stay stay bud relax i had the hook in him what's that a good boy what's that okay that's supper that's supper squared away good a wolf's being weird he normally eats it raw i've left a bunch there for him and he's not touching it so i'm gonna light this fire and cook up his portion first with nothing on it and just i'm sure he'll eat it after it's cooked i don't understand why he's not eating it right now but regardless fancy pants husky over here fluffy pants husky use my bag as some sort of a little bit of a wind block that wind is kicking up at an inopportune time i collected a bunch of uh driftwood here nice and easy he's trying to get away from the smoke my needles never hurt interested now go ahead good boy yes plenty big enough that's long enough a lot more if i need it strange that homie eats the skin raw used to eat the head i don't really understand but whatever whatever floats your boat bud that's about done that's looking amazing what was that bud look in your chops all right we got our next piece on I'm gonna spruce this guy up a touch a little bit of lemon juice oh man oh my god so It's so good. Oh, it's so good. Cook more, eat more. ------- road of good. Man, I'm having a great time. I'm so, I don't, I don't do well in the winter time. I'm starting to understand that, like mentally. But anyways, she's over, you know? A little dirty winter's over. Mm, I'm gonna cook the rest of this up. I'm gonna cook up all the skin and stuff and give it to this guy. Nothing like spring trout. This is all I've ever wanted, to take a dog on a canoe trip. It's all I've ever wanted. And he is doing just so good. I know I've said it a hundred times, but I'm just super, super, super happy about it. Super pleased with him. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Keep that. I'm glad, there's a full lake. This is a good little outing. Hey bud, we're going to start making our way back, slowly back to the lake we camped on. Probably gonna fish some on the way out. I stopped fishing as soon as I caught that trout and we came here and did this whole thing. So yeah, I only caught one fish. Anyways, wouldn't mind pulling a couple more out I will definitely be throwing them back, but for funsies and to get won't be in the swing of things catching fish You know, I can't say good enough things about my fanny pack. Fanny pack brigade We found something What's a snake? Wolfie, What are you doing? Swamp donkey Munching on grass again? I laid this out in the Sun with a couple rocks on it the whole day hours and hours. It's crispy. So dry She's crispy. I'm going to just fold this up till I'm ready to get situated in bed and stuff I got a notepad. I got chargers, books, the whole nine yards, but I just don't want wolf puncturing anything here So I'm gonna go Make my fire. I'm really hungry now Got that fish hours ago, and it was a lot of work getting back here We'll make fire probably make some chili Winds died right down. I'm happy for that right now because there are no bugs You can see how uneven the ground is when you look back here. The tarps set up to the ground. And then you've got like a foot, two foot gap almost, foot and a half gap there to no gap. That's nice. What are you doing? He's so far away. Just staring at me. Good boy. What are you doing, wolf? Eh? Okay, now he's laying down. He's laying down over there. It's so wild. He's like 75 meters out across a little like ditch thing. and up on a rock just looking at me so strange i don't hate it like i like it i think it's cool it's just weird i think he likes me after i fed him all that trout he was like sticking right by my side and giving me kisses and the whole nine yards even if uh his love is I don't have to buy his love his love is what is the word starts with a c I'm gonna stop worrying about that now see you next night no chair today I didn't bring one I'll have to make one up tomorrow and a lot of stuff in my backpack for Wolf and I I figured I brought a little piece of nylon to make a teepee chair thing out of, a parachute chair Why are you standing on your food, bud? You're standing on your food. We're going to have some real food this time, not just fish So Will made up dog food I've got one, two, three, four, five, six And if I feed him two of those a day, it's plenty He got one this morning when we woke up And then he ate all that fish so I'm sure he's okay But I'm still gonna give him one or at least some of one This is chicken, beef, pumpkins pumpkin innards Rice, peas, carrots, I think corn. Hold on So this is freeze-dried obviously and this is the texture of it You can eat it like that if he really wants to but I'm gonna add some water to most of it for him This water does not have to be warm or hot. This is warm water though I mixed up the hot with the cold of the lake that I had left You don't have to mush it around either I just want to show you what it looks like. It's legit. It's all really good. No sit See how he throws his head up when I say sit. Sit. He's defiant. It's all cooked not raw Just so it's easier to deal with out here. Okay. Good boy. Trying to Gonna catch him. Back out on the boat A little sunset paddle and maybe fish some more but the back's giving me a little bit of problems to lay down But maybe I'll go I can lay down when I get back get some wood cut after 8 o'clock 9 o'clock for light Just a little bit of this cut. I'll feel better about it Pretty good too because I busted my butt today, buddy you too Good job, such a good job today Just don't Very careful with it. Ain't much. Have a chair. No way. Okay, Swift. Okay, Swift. We need to talk. Maybe a little insert, like a plate that snaps on the bottom, which is just a plastic thing that snaps on the bottom that gives it rigidity and structure, because as of now, it's just carbon, but it's only got this one rack that it attaches to the canoe with. Rigidity or structure. very well may be a highly useful thing you don't have to bring a camp chair if your canoe or pack boat seat is on right make sure if I had flat ground but it's a commodity right yes this is so good this is so i can tighten in the back or loosen it oh so good okay i gotta put layers on my book and and all that stuff, but this made me happy. It's the little things, you know? Awesome, eh? Symphony, symphony of frogs. My dog out there loving the fire. Left to do now, hit the hay pod. Clothes, like I said. We'll have a nice sleep tonight as well. Much needed. Some room, man. We're gonna go to bed now. I'm gonna go to bed now. This guy's KO'd. All right, folks, good night. I'll see you in the morning. Good morning. Just after six. gonna lay here for a little bit longer i had a good sleep it's a big brook trout wolfy stay there's a big brookie look at the size of this thing holy crap that's maybe a personal best