What a great trip canoeing on Fontana Lake and backpacking in the Smokies along Forney Creek! While more pictures and video are forthcoming, thanks to Google Earth we calculated a few interesting statistics from the weekend...
Migrant Highlander Canoeing Statistics
1st Day: 5.45 miles (2.5 hours)
2nd Day: 8.93 miles (3.5 hours)
3rd Day: 8.5 miles (2.5 hours)
Totals: 22.8 miles (8.5 hours)
That's averaging 2.7 miles per hour or 2.3 knots per hour! I ballparked that we would average about 5 miles per hour...so, boy, was I wrong! Good exercise though, some of us more than others...though I don't think it's right to mention the Jackal's name here, so I won't.
-Navi
hey guys, i had a blast again on the trip. the canoe was much more intense than i thought. funny how we found out the r-dogg is the only one who could be the rudder. plus our campsite on night 1 was the best, not sure how it could be topped. oh yeah, i need a jetboil too!
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