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[OotN'Aboot]

If anyone needs a pelican I can get them a bit cheaper. Let me know pm's and what's not


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[Chard]

Donski- The Costco/Pelican you speak of, is that a 10' Pelican? If so I'm thinking that might not be enough to hold all your gear. I would recommend getting your gear together and do a test.
If it is the 10' yak you might want to hook up with someone who needs a paddler in their canoe.

LuvmyBonnet's got a point. Worst comes to worst, since you guys aren't portaging, I think the going rate for throwing your pack into someone else's canoe is a bottle of Baileys and not the tiny inflight bottles mind you .

I've been out with a chap who paddled a whitewater kayak down through Smoke and up and around to Cache. He was wet most of the time and cranky and did have to travel quite light.

[Packrat69]

My partner and I both own the 10 ' pelican kyaykimage.jpgfrom Costco and have used them on several week long trips into the interior with all our gear no problem you just have to be creative with packing and weight distribution. The only draw back is portaging isn't as easy but it is doable. We will be using them on the upcoming hang trip if I can get my dang work schedule fixed up😕

[Chard]

Well, you've got a surprising amount of freeboard. Looks like you're set.

Very cool.

[LuvmyBonnet]

Impressive that you can get a weeks gear into a 10fter. Even more impressive is how your able to paddle upside down.

[KeeWayKeno]

The beauty thing about our destination is no portages. For the 'spatially challenged' it is an easy trip back to your vehicle for a second load if needed. For the same reason I'm sure it'll be easy to find a little extra space in a friendly canoe for the outbound trip.

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[Donski]

Yes Luvmybonnet it is the 10' Quest model. I'll see what I can get into it before I head north. My other concern, as Chard pointed out, is the freeboard, I'm not a small person and being green I will probably pack too much. Unfortunately I won't find that out until I'm in the water.
My main reason for trying the kayak is, as Red Kanu suggested, I can always make a couple of trips because we aren't portaging.

[Bluknu]

I will have canoe space for either packs or a person or both.

I hope to be in Kearney around 2:30 or 3 on the Friday and barring any unforeseen circumstances plan on staying to Monday.

[KeeWayKeno]

For our kayaking friends ... http://www.kayakcamper.com is a new site dedicated to kayaking in Algonquin.

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[Donski]

I will have canoe space for either packs or a person or both.

I hope to be in Kearney around 2:30 or 3 on the Friday and barring any unforeseen circumstances plan on staying to Monday.

I appreciate the offer, but I won't be arriving until Saturday morning.