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January 15, 2018 / Tierney Angus

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This is Tofu. Tofu likes naps, stealing bacon fro

This is Tofu.
Tofu likes naps, stealing bacon from the fridge, climbing my legs with his sharp needle claws, knocking over plants and chewing toilet paper tubes. He does not like his Adventure Kitty harness, spicy Indian food, being told it’s bedtime (and not Attack-The-Humans time) and falling in the bathtub when I have the water running.
We love him. He’s a wee monster but that’s okay.
Welcome home, little bean.
#adoptdontshop #catsofinstagram

Tierney and Andrew’s Third Annual Statistical Ye

Tierney and Andrew’s Third Annual Statistical Year In Review, Adventure Edition:
Nights in a tent: 23
Reasons we keep spending less nights in a tent each year: 1 friend with cabins to spare, less time off work, we’re getting soft
Nights in a cabin: 22
Percentage of trips in Temagami: 100%
Portages cleared: 13
Swamp bridges built: 1
Chainsaw chains used: 2
Chainsaw repairs: 3
Times I went on trips without Andrew: 2, which is a 200% increase over any other year
Broken equipment: 1 pair wool overalls, a single sock, 1 pair mittens, 1 Tacoma tailgate soft open latch, 1 canoe (ouch), 1 Ford Ranger, 1 leather tumpline, 1 barrel handle, 1 Canadian Tire blue tarp (it now has a perfect stove pipe hole in it so maybe that doesn’t count as broken)
Lost equipment: 1 double-bladed Werner carbon fibre kayak paddle (ouch again)
Number of bug bites: lost count
Severe portaging bruises: 47
Hypothermic situations: 3
Beers consumed: A buttload, idk why I even try to count anymore
Bottles of whiskey consumed: ~5
Packs of ramen slurped: 19
Failed trip plans: Spring Solace Wildlands maintenance trip (drowned Ranger)
Words written for Forestry Management Plans on behalf of @friendsoftemagami: ~1 million
Thesis defences about Temagami protests accepted: 1 (yay!)
New equipment purchased: 1 Snowtrekker tent (ouch), 7 Rubbermaid bins for gear storage, 1 Coleman single mantle lantern (purchased with 12 years’ savings of Canadian Tire money)
Fish caught and consumed: 4, courtesy of @thomas_rowan and @fade2black23
G2 Driver’s License Tests Failed: 1
Number of times I stalled the Taco: probably 87, same as last year
Weeks of canoe trips planned for next year to make up for our poor showing in 2019: 12 (@andygump istg we gotta step up our game)
Snowmobile rides: 3
Times I cried on the ‘Worst Day of My Life Portage’: 3
Forest fires extinguished: 1
Northern lights sightings: 1!!!
Shooting stars witnessed: 24
Times eaten by a bear: 0
Times I thought I would be eaten by a bear: 0 (I think I’m over it now)
Overall grade of yearly adventures: B+
Photos taken: 10,000+
Times I forgot my good camera: 1

I’ll keep sharing this until we #savesolace. In

I’ll keep sharing this until we #savesolace.

In October, a few of us from @friendsoftemagami went out to go see how the Solace Wildlands are being impacted by construction of the Turner Road. For two days we camped at Twinkle Lake to the sounds of heavy machinery. We paddled down the Ames Creek to Seagram Lake and did day trips from there to film the Wildlands. When we got back to the access point four days later, two bridges had been installed by driving machinery through sensitive cold water fisheries habitat.

I’ve been visiting the Solace Wildlands for years now, but in the past two - with the ongoing construction of the Turner Road - I feel such a sense of loss every time I travel here. This isn’t out of the ordinary in Temagami. Climb the hills next to your favourite rivers in the region and you’ll see the clear cuts. You’ll see the tailings ponds near the old Sherman mine site. You’ll see the roads winding through the bush targeting the biggest and most valuable white pine.

At this point, I don’t know what will stop the destruction of the Solace Wildlands, but I’m fully prepared to chain myself to a bulldozer and deal with the consequences. We only have one Temagami, one Canada, one planet.
🌲✊🌎
30 years after the Red Squirrel Road blockades, we’re still fighting to save Temagami’s old growth forest. Nothing changes unless we stand up.

#friendsoftemagami

Shoulder season canoe camping in Temagami. John Ki

Shoulder season canoe camping in Temagami.
John Kilbridge, canoe builder at Temagami Canoe Co. sang a song for me about four people in a canvas tent but I can’t for the life of me remember anything about it except the line, “wish there were three less of us.” After experiencing all of the snoring, I might have to agree.
#temagami #friendsoftemagami

Ames Creek, Temagami. 🌲 🛶 ⛺️ The Solace

Ames Creek, Temagami.
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🛶
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The Solace Wildlands are being bulldozed for a primary logging road. Please visit savesolace.com and sign our petition.
#friendsoftemagami #temagami #savesolace

The Student & the Master 🛶🌲📓 Hap Wilson t

The Student & the Master
🛶🌲📓
Hap Wilson teaching me a thing or two about a thing or two at Cabin Falls EcoLodge, Temagami.
📍@cabinfalls
📷 by @andygump

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