Day Two On Temagami: Breakfast Wraps, Easy Portages, And Playful Rapids

Warm October sun, a gentle river, and the sweet spot between skills and ease—day two on Temagami delivered a slow-burn kind of joy. We kept the mileage short, dialled in our teamwork over breakfast, and spent the afternoon playing in friendly rapids with boats light and smiles wide. If you’ve wondered how to design a canoe-camping day that builds confidence without chasing distance, this is the blueprint.

We break down the day from a compact portage around a falls to the practical art of ferrying and S turns—how to set an angle, read a tongue of current, and keep hips loose so the boat does the work. With the water as coach, we lap the same feature to sharpen timing and control, proving you don’t need big whitewater to grow river sense. Along the shore, camp takes shape early: tents pitched, late lunch enjoyed, and a quick, bracing swim to rinse off the trail dust. The heat feels surreal for October, which brings its own lessons in layering and hydration for shoulder-season paddling.

Fishing fans get their moment too. Jared hooks a solid bass and lets it go, a small but clear nod to stewardship and Leave No Trace. We talk safety without killing the vibe: why intentional swims are the only ones we’ll accept, how throw bags and buddy systems add margin, and when to say yes to one more lap versus calling it a day. With a relaxed plan for tomorrow—likely a couple of small rapids, a short paddle, and a meet-up with Greg in the afternoon—we lean into the idea that a great trip balances play and planning.

If you love canoe camping, Temagami routes, beginner whitewater, or simply hearing the river in the background while you plan your next adventure, you’ll feel right at home here. Follow along for practical tips, warm camp stories, and the small wins that turn a simple day into a standout memory. Subscribe, share with a paddling friend, and leave a review to tell us your favourite rapid to lap or your go-to breakfast on trail.

Chapters

• 0:00 Warm Welcome And Trip Context
• 0:17 Camp Breakfast And Crew Shoutouts
• 0:47 Short Paddle And First Portage
• 1:04 Playing In Rapids And Ferry Moves
• 1:42 Camp Setup And Unseasonal Heat
• 2:16 Intentional Swims And Bonus Runs
• 2:56 Fishing Notes And Bass Release
• 3:20 Tomorrow’s Plan And Meetup
• 3:56 How To Reach Us And Signoff

Transcript

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Good day. Welcome to the Super Good Camping Podcast, the Trip Log Edition. I'm Tim. And I'm Thomas. And today we're on day two of our not Spanish trip. We're on our uh our tomogamy trip. Yeah. It started out uh nice and easy. We had uh killer breakfast. Uh yeah, that was really good. Eggs, peppers, bacon, cheese, all in a tortilla wrap, so kind of breakfast tomatoes. Yeah. That was pretty awesome. Thanks again, Bill. And who else cooked this morning? Jared did. Jarry. Yeah. And somebody else did dishes, so. Yeah. How awesome is that? Yeah. And then uh we had a pretty pretty short, short paddle day today. Came uh right up to our first portage, which was couldn't have been more than like a couple hundred. Yeah. Yeah. It's pretty short. Uh just around uh a falls. Yeah. And then we played around a little in the rapids below, which was nice. Got some uh some ferrying, some S turns. Then continued our way to where we are currently. Uh, you may, if you're watching this on video, you'll be able to see rapids behind us. If you're not watching it on video, chances are you can hear and hear them. Um but uh we got to run these, which was quite cool. Some of uh some of the rest of the group has been running it a few more times throughout the day. Um it's a nice sound, it's nice to look at. So it's a pretty awesome sight that we've got here. And not being exhausted, we got here by you know mid-afternoon, so we did lunch and stuff, which is great. Like two, something like that. 38 lunch by 3:30. Um, yeah, no complaints. We're sitting in the sun. It's first week in October, it's October 5th. And it's like 20 degrees. 27, 28 degrees, yeah. Insane. That's why I'm wearing a pink shirt and white shorts today. Uh, even though both of those are a bad idea in the backcountry. Both of these are gonna get bleached, probably. Uh, but it's too hot to wear anything else. I went for a dip. Water's water's a little crisp, but it wasn't terrible. I smell less bad, so that's always good. Yeah, we're all set up. Uh just hanging out. Yeah. So far, all of our swims have been intentional, which is good. Which is always a good thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not big fans of the unintentional swims. Some of the boys have been uh now that the boats are uh unladen, like a that's a Monty Python reference, by the way. Uh now they're unladen, they're they've they've done a couple of bonus runs through the rapids, and uh it looks like they're having fun. So yeah. Yeah. And uh yeah, Jared's been fishing a bit. I don't I don't know that he's caught anything. When is Jared Jared not fish? But you know pretty good. It's it's the fishing that he's there for, not not the fish itself. Right. Hot three-pound bass, I think, this morning, something like that. Yeah. Yeah, he threw it back though. Nice. All right, yep. Uh yeah, that's it. That's it, I think, for us for today. Tomorrow we're is our last day. Yeah. Uh again, I think it's a fairly short paddle. Um probably again a lazy morning and uh paddled down to wherever we need to be. It's I think there's still a couple more rapids, probably a couple more portages to do. And I think we're supposed to meet up with Greg around three o'clock-ish, 3 3 30, something like that, and uh, and start making our couple hours worth of uh trek back towards uh Alban. Alban? Alban? Albin. I think that's where he is. Yeah, that's it for us today. Thanks ever so much for uh for listening and watching, and uh you can find us on all the social medias, you know what they are. We're hi at supergoodcamping.com. Drop us a line, give send us a text message, what have you. Love to hear from you. Until next time. Oh, and don't forget, uh, you can shoot us a message on uh Spotify and BuzzSproutSprout that I know of. I'm sure there are other things, but feel free to reach out in any way you possibly can. We love hearing from you guys. Um and we're always happy to answer questions. Thanks for listening.