Another excellent trip, this time back country canoeing in Algonquin Provincial Park. We based ourselves for four nights at a camp site on Tom Thomson Lake, on one day doing an extensive canoeing day trip of approximately 25km, and over 7 km of portages. The scenery was spectacular and pristine. The weather too was in our favour, with five days of sunshine, each evening being calm and tranquil. This gave me my first opportunity to see and hear the common loons on the lakes calling as the sun set. Their yodel call being a great addition to the evening experience. Our canoeing is improving with every adventure race and canoeing trip, and it is just a great experience to be gliding over the glassy lake surface with no wind, the only sound being the dip of the paddles in the water. What a contrast to the continuous background noise of the city, and it certainly takes some time to adjust to the wilderness and hear the distant sounds of animals and birds.