Camping on the River. New Boat, New Tent, Rapids, Wolf and Tosh. 2 Hot and Sunny April Days on Water

Hey folks, how you doing? Joe here. I'm with Wolfie. We're about to go meet up with Tosh and we're going to do our first canoe trip of the season. Tosh was kind enough to stop by Swift on his way here and grab me a boat, a new canoe. Swift was gracious enough to give me a canoe at cost. Not a Swift canoe. They don't offer really whitewater boats so I got a different brand and they sell it and they were gracious enough to give it to me. so I'm really brand loyal to Swift I want everybody to know that so Swift Swift Swift they just don't make the exact what I wanted but they hooked it up with that one anyways I do want to take a second to say I really wish Cooper was still around Tasha's dog is no longer with us he was a great dog I really liked him and the whole plan was to get Wolfie and Cooper together and Cooper to teach Wolfie how to be a good boy but rip rip Cooper great dog and they go too young. There she is. Young bitch. How's it going buddy? Good. Good to see you. Look at that green beauty up there. Big old booger. Offsets that horrible red. We're shallow. We're not coming down this far though. Just waiting on Joe. No we go up a little tiny bit more if we can. It's pretty shallow right there. It's very shallow. It's very shallow Tosh. I want to see if we can put in here. We've got to find a spot for the truck too But it deepens up right there. You can see You can put it in that little pool and then off you go Prospector all loaded up. I'm gonna have to pull it down that incline of snow It's a little deep. It's a little deep boy. There you go. Yeah, it's so hot Anyways, we gotta get the the boats down here? We gotta get the boats down here you can see how deep it is like this is no joke up to my knees but it's this way buddy come come i gotta get him down here and tie it up because even on the way here we stopped for him to go to the bathroom and he didn't want to come back for quite some time which is very annoying so we're gonna get him down here tie him up and that way and get the boats down without too much problems Hopefully okay, we made it to the river. That was an ordeal. There's the bridge Well, he's tied up down there. I'm calm and relaxed. It's a good thing about these t4 max boats Just like dirt just like Royal Lux. They're very durable. I am sweating. Yo Horrible never even seen those boats never even seen the water seen some snow, you know seen some snow That's fine. That's fine, too As soon as we get away, he can run next to the canoe on the shore for all I care. This up? Yeah, I did the same thing. 15th-ish. None of the lakes are open, but as you can see, first canoe trip of the year. Let this guy run and burn off some energy because he's in the car for a couple hours this morning and then right into the canoe. So let's let him go and he'll run across the shore and hopefully stay with us, come back when he's ready. Okay, good boy, go! Good boy! Good! Go on! Good boy! eat all the goose poop now well what a good boy he jumped back in when we came to this bay he came out of like room to run you can go go good boy good boy not stuck you got yourself there you know okay I'll come get you you just go to shore from there oh I see it's too deep you don't want to go into cold water probably got there from there and that was stuck I'll get you I got you there whiny boy. I can't talk to the broke boy. Hup, hup, hup, hup! Yep, yep! Good boy! Like Titanic. Hamming speed! What's the other one? What's the Canadian one? The uh... Oh snap. What is the Canadian one that went down in Superior? What was it? Edmund Fitzgerald. Edmund Fitzgerald. It was American? Yeah. My whole life is a lie. We've got a bald eagle circling here. Everybody's interested. He sat down, bud. Hope he's being a good boy. It's almost... Yeah, yeah, I can see ya. i wonder this looks like a plateau up here like there's some maybe it's a nothing good i'm just looking for a spot to camp tonight it's about four o'clock we're away from all the highways and roads and trails and everything we're in this like secluded spot the most uh remote spot on the river at least this section of it so looking for a spot we can camp and wolf can run around how's that look oh it is just an island you want to go check it out it's pretty snowy it's uh it's super hot we pulled up to a uh a potential camp spot there's no campsites along the river here we're gonna make our own but this is the most flat we could find we have to get up away from the river a little bit as well because it's damn controlled it's good because wolfie can swim in here it's pretty open there's icebergs floating by there's a little inflow here we're gonna go up on the bank and clean out some trees and stuff and make a flat spot and camp comfortably wolfie what are you eating bro eating dude very hot no bugs there's only a couple days like this a year we tested out a new tent on this trip I really like the company NorTent you've seen me use a couple of their different tents the Koi or the Koi and the Gam I got a brand new one this trip it's just a one man but it has a side entrance with a big vestibule and a lot of room for Wolfie this is the tent here we'll get it set up together it's a different style tent than i've ever had before has one pole some pegs and then two integrated poles little ones that stay attached to it that's a little bit for me to get used to I've only set this up once just in the backyard to test it out in not Trujillo fashion just one spot for the pole to go in as opposed to other tents where you have to cross them over just one I believe there is a secondary pole you can buy for extra stability but I'm sure I'm not going to need it. We've got our one side staked down I'm gonna go over to the other side do the same. How do you like blowing up that mat? The ground is frozen underneath a little bit of leaf litter here So I have to pound it in with the axe which I don't normally have to do ever You always see that in like old-school Camping things using the axe to pound stakes in which I've never really had to do this side It goes in easily and of course because I said that this side goes in nice and easy with no hounding required. I thought you were cooking dinner. Alright so this is called the Vern 1. It's got a little bit of wire on here where you can kind of pop out the vent or push it in. It's got tie outs everywhere. Let's get it open and see. There's an inner tent and outer tent. The pull rings are glow-in-the-dark. I've actually got to put a stake right here. Oh I'll do that right now. I really like the the door keepers on this it's got a cinch so a lot of times when you put the door in or roll it up and put it on like this it gets loose after a while but with this one cinch it right down it stays tight and a spider on me the other day so tapers at the ends it's also got ventilation that you can open up at the ends it's got enough room in here for me and Wolfie and I can actually take this inner tent right out and it'll be much bigger but there's no point because bugs bug season is right around the corner get this up even more you can open up second door. Is there enough room for me to get in if it starts raining? There's not even enough room if I wasn't in there. No, meant for grown-ass Toshi guys. It's nice, I like the double vented door. That's a huge vestibule. Huge vestibule. Yes, it's just a one-man inside, but you got all this extra room for your gear, whatever, what have you. You know, if you ever go camping and you have stuff, just put it there there's an extra pull that you can feel my arm now dude oh i can see it it's burnt i must be burnt too that's more so was on that side that's my good boy i'm sitting here shooting the breeze for i don't know half an hour at least he was gone for quite a bit and now he's just KO'd which is so awesome to see the uh letting them run on the side of the shore oh did you Did you just split your pants? Nope, I had gum on my lap, and then it must have went down into my crotchal areas, and now I've got a sticky crotch. Anyway. So as I was saying. Back to the, yeah. Having him run around on the shore there was awesome. He really enjoyed it. I liked seeing him there, and burned a bunch of his energy out, the rest of the gum out of my crotch now. Comfortable in there, bud? Went in there on his own. Yeah, the tent looks so wide, but it's all vestibule. There, no, there's not, no. So the tent kind of sticks out in that part That's right. Okay. Still just chilling out, eh? Oh, Tasha's taking a little nap. I'm just out paddling across the shore from our camp. You can see our camp over there. And Wolfie is content to lay in the tent, so all is well. I'm just going to take a couple casts. There's some rapids down there I can hear. Oh, it's an inflow. Let's go fish at the inflow. There's another river coming in. Go check that out. It's such a beautiful little river here. We're on the lower half of the Mississauga. Very light lure casting into the wind here. Yeah, it's super shallow. That's a lot of water coming in here I'll go back. I see Tasha's got up. He's starting to collect some firewood. So we'll go back and help him Did ya? He's proud, white as can be. Oh yeah, he gives you his butt. That's what he does. Oh, you're right. Tasha's night to cook supper tonight, and he's promised me something fun. What did you call it? We are making walking tacos. That's right. Walking tacos. Talking walkos? A little bit, then you don't get as many. And I find it's easiest to split the bag this way. Okay. Which way? You don't want them crushed, though. No, just... Broken up. Broken up a little bit. A little smaller so they're not full-sized. Just rocket science for Joe. Stay back, buddy. Stay back, buddy. We go with a generous serving of beef, and we've got lettuce in there, a little bit of greenery. How much is generous? Take whatever you want. There's only two bags. Yes, green onions lettuce mixing it as you go or what I usually just kind of let it fall in Cheese cheese Pico that pico de gallo with onions Tomatoes and some kind of spice thing of that in there. You already got your own you get a scoop of guac on top Hold this up. I should go get something Never had guacamole in my life Really? Yeah, yeah, it is right and I don't think that I've ever had sour cream I don't know try a dollop dollop of the creme de la creme. Well, thanks, man This is gonna be amazing. Do you close it up for a while? Or is it good to go? Good to go. Good to go. Good to go Joe. Mm-hmm. We're around there Get some some of the chips and the beef and let's throw a go. Oh boy. Pretty good eh? Yeah, let's sit down and enjoy this. Talking Wacos. Haha. Good boy He's trotting down there like he has a purpose, but he not much going on. Well, what do you think? What do you think about today? It was a good day Got the pro 15 over here just chillin very happy with that canoe today Very maneuverable and paddleable with the double blade. It's made of T4 max. So she's durable, you know icebergs floating by just just the tip of the iceberg you know there he is good boy oh you guys leaving? Is that food you got? There's not anything to eat, I'm starving I'm starving here Oh yeah there is a beef jerky in there But it's not for you It's not for you Wolfie Von Fluffypants This is Von Flufferbottom Fluffernutter it's just ice bud and we're about to go in the tent so maybe get out of the water, he can sleep with you in your cowboy roll if you want, it's getting away Wolfie, he's in no hurry to get out of that water but it's all hardwood in there really really nice I imagine there probably will be still some snow dude coming in today but like I I went the wrong way down that portage trail like there was like I didn't know which way to go, it was like tree down, trees everywhere so I end up going to make big leg turn or whatever, dude, it was up to my hips. There were a few spots I went through, I was up to mine, I sunk right down, trying to get my other legs sprawled out across the snow. Yeah, exactly. Friggin' almost waist deep. I had no shirt on, hip deep snow. All right, it's bedtime, we got Wolfie in here already. All right, folks, we'll get with you in the morning. I'm sure we're gonna have a good night's sleep. I'm pretty tired. I got a full day of paddling again tomorrow, so back with you then. Wish me luck. Hopefully Wolfie doesn't rip a hole through this tent like he did with my one last fall. Good night, buddy. This way, here, right here, go on. Yes, yes, good boy. How you doing? This is a great reason for why you don't camp along the water line on a dam-controlled river. We woke up this morning to our fire pit is now submerged merged, and the frying pan we left here is now in four inches of water. I'm kind of surprised the spatula's just chilling. Yeah. That's wild. So we were sitting here, you can see the circle right there, that's where our fire pit was last night, and we were at least three feet from, four feet from the water. Oh, plenty, we had tons of room to walk around in. Oh man, well. So the water came up significantly in the night. I guess I'm reaching in the water here. Well, if you'd grab that pan for me, bud. I was camped up high on the bank, but we tied our boats up, pulled them up. Nice. It's like ice. Because they open the dam up a little more or if that's just more melt water. Put a patch over that. Rub nuts, bitch. Stay calm. Dog, no. I enjoyed sleeping in this tent. There's the flat part here and then the part that Vs out at the back and Wolfie was able to lay it in that V part and be completely next to me. I thought he was gonna have to sleep at my feet, which he didn't want to do and I'm happy that he didn't have to do. All is well. I got this blanket for him, which I shouldn't have brought he doesn't need it and it is completely covered in wolf hair now We're gonna break down camp and get on the river We've got more to paddle today than we did yesterday To get to the spot where we left one of the trucks and we want to take it easy nice leisurely paddle Happy with it. Always pleased with North Tent One pole system Like I said, you can buy a secondary pole to put going crossways if you need it But I don't live in the tundra in the highlands in the moors or the barren land You know probably prefer You know what it means, time to go, time to go super happy with how he's being on this trip I think he's enjoying himself. He slept like a king yesterday all day since we got here at like four o'clock and he slept all night long, which I was kind of concerned about but he ran like five five clicks up along the shore, back and forth. Full tilt at some points. Hey bud, one fluffy butt, one fluffy butt. Tosh already doused the fire, we're good to go. It doesn't look like the water rose up too much since I put that stick in there, no. Talk about a stable boat, hey good boy, hey good boy. All right, we'll just take it easy. Yeah, that's a good dog, that's a good dog. Take it easy for a bit. Another beauty day on the water, eh bud? Oh, that's my good boy. We're gonna do some good adventures this year. promise hey you drove you love it you drove 14 hours to get to me rambling just call me a rambling man oh that's a good shot good boys good boys now we're coming up on this longer stretch of moving water here nothing crazy but uh it's probably gonna be the longest stretch we were gonna hit hit some yesterday nothing crazy though wolfie sit buddy stay this is wolf's first trip in rapids good boy i'm still using my double blade i'm more comfortable with this so far but let's see how she goes in a little bit you're okay stay stay wolfie sit wolfie sit sit good boy stay there okay good boy he's moving all over the map this guy oh yeah he's nervous you're all right big boy good boy good boy we did it you did a good job you did a good job bud you let you run for a minute eh you're a good boy we hit another uh patch of rapids or actually two more since i filmed and he did really well he doesn't like them all that much but he's not freaking out so that's good good boy go yep good boy all right i'll see you later bud tell everybody you're a good boy you're being good such a cool time of year to be out here and then transition period of the seasons yesterday no shirt sunburn last night my water bottle froze there's freaking snow everywhere a little comfortable in t-shirts it's great no bugs fish aren't biting but i haven't really cast more than three or four times so i can't say much there you go oh yeah just a little ripple just a little ripple there wolfie stay good boy look at his hocks spread across his legs are splayed out good dog oh look at the big cliff nice beautiful beauty we just noticed this nice little sand beach there's some footprints on it some probably wolf and pretty flat up in the back there and then not only that but then you'd have a view of this big rock and the sound of the rapids nice camp if i come back i might try to aim for that to sleep at i probably will come back every every spring either this or the little white river and because i can get into these way before the uh the lakes are open obviously you stay okay bud you stay i can't see dude yeah that'll get you down in a hurry huh that'll get you down in a no you stay stay stay you're good you're good everything's okay man everything's okay we're coming up to the old pig pen shoots this is the takeout spot it looks very wide yeah the water's high i'm probably not going to run it Tosh might he's got a skirt on there but let's go scope it out thank you you use my sweater there good boy well if you're getting the hang of it buddy good boy i've ran those in the spring one year in the summer a bunch but never not this year it's it was way too much for me i'm gonna give this thing a wide berth go around all the chop and then we are done there's like it's all sorts of whirlpools here the water's boiling up and churning it's wild it's pushing my boat in every single direction possible the times when i like to have a heavier boat here i like this boat a lot super happy with its test run super happy with the tent happy with the dog happy with the boat happy with my buddy Tosh happy with with the weather happy Joe happy Joe canoes and buddies canoes and buddies happy Joe happy Joe okay go out go good boy from the oh yeah yeah no doubt that was wild right at the end for you're right hey about the skirt too so and that would have already scooped up in about a second yeah get him the roads up there i said i gotta get him the roads up there all right back on the trail trying to get back to the car got some deep snow to go through some deep snow to go through and lots of heavy loads and heavy boats and uphill both ways six miles to school got wolfie already situated in the truck he was more than happy to go do that all right you can see we've already made the trip a couple times oh well we got mine up and got all the gear up we're gonna leave tosh is there because there's no sense of putting on this truck just to take it off and drive back past here so leave it there he can throw it on his avoid some nonsense and a little bit of a heartache because uh yeah that was a lot of work anyway i hope you guys enjoyed the video i'm pooch he's pooched hey wolf so we're gonna get going glad tosh was able to come and hang out and we'll be seeing them again soon thanks for watching guys