News Flash - Today, the 24th of April 2010 at about 8:30 in the evening we just heard the cry of the loon!!! Our little portion of the Madawaska River (the Ontario one that runs from Algonquin Park) is the section between the Anprior and Stewartville Dams. It is the first time since I started kayaking that the birds beat me to the river. I will have to wander down across the street to the Landing to tell them what's been happening. Of course the loon is very smart and very wise and likely knows already.

I was going to use the Call of the Loon to go for my first paddle but a deal with my UOHI Mentor is a deal. I will be happy if the loons talk to my wife as she paddles.