EGL - Early Thanksgiving in Algonquin Park, Fall 2023...Cooking what?

[Bubba]

My trip began as it usually does, waking up in the middle of the night so I can push off at a reasonably early time. I've paddled in the dark before and I wasn't keen on doing it again.
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I had headwinds for most of my paddle in and after getting a little turned around as can easily happen, I made it to our designated EGL site for this trip on North Tea Lake east. A few friends were already there and so after set up we had a nice evening by the fire.
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The next day I decided to go with KeeWayKeno to see the falls that are in between North Tea Lake and Manitou Lake. It was definitely worth checking out.
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My third day I went for a paddle around the lake. I wanted to take advantage of the calm conditions. It's a big lake prone to shifting winds so when it's glassy it's time to go!
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Friday was going to be our group dinner. We usually have a group dinner that is some kind of awesome stew or chowder or meaty soup. This time we had a full blown Thanksgiving feast. Many contributed but credit goes to Lofty for bringing in the main course and Jiblets for desserts from scratch.
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What a great meal to celebrate Lofty's Birthday as well as Thanksgiving (which is in early October for us Canucks). The next night Lofty made up some pizza from scratch.
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[Bubba]

Jiblet made Churros.
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I was blessed with calm conditions on the way out with only a slight wind here and there.
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Rather than use any number of adjectives to describe the trip I will simply quote a friend..

"That did not suck" -RP

[BigGreenMoose]

Sad to have missed this trip! The weather must have been fantastic and the bugs at a minimum!

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[quiet]

A good time was had by all.

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[JimLafleur]

Beauty! Looks like a great trip.

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[Niagara]

some of my favourite memories are October in the woods on an EGL trip
looks like you've all outdone yourselves portaging in a turkey and the rest of the fixin's - but I'm not THAT surprised hahaha
miss y'all !!

[Shug]

WOWZAAA....You fellers went all out. What Chef-ery!! (is that a word?)
Whooooo Buddy. Churro on me mind.
Shug

[Dale]

Wow, wish I could have made it, looks like the weather cooperated and the feast looks great. Unfortunately it happened right at my Father's birthday and my Mother became hospital bound with serious health problems. I'm hoping that I will be able to link up with you all on a future trip, possibly in 2024.

Dale