{"id":111323,"date":"2020-09-04T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/?p=111323"},"modified":"2024-05-31T01:55:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T04:55:05","slug":"a-wilderness-canoe-trip-to-kejimkujik-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/a-wilderness-canoe-trip-to-kejimkujik-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wilderness Canoe Trip to Kejimkujik National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I ask my adult daughter Isabella several times to join me on a wilderness canoe trip to Kejimkujik National Park in Nova Scotia before she finally agrees. I\u2019m sure her hesitation and lukewarm enthusiasm are signs that I\u2019ve badgered her into it.<\/p>\n<p>When we arrive in the park at Jake\u2019s Landing to load and launch our canoe, we find others doing the same. Moms and dads fit little lifejackets onto their toddlers and their dogs. Parents carry rental canoes and kayaks, paddles and PFDs to the water from Whynot Adventure, the outfitter here at Keji. I\u2019m transported back fifteen years to when our family did the same. I would plunk Isabella\u2019s little brother in the bow of a tandem kayak and paddle out to see the loons. As he grew older, he and I went on wilderness canoe trips to increasingly rugged and remote areas of Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Isabella is not an outdoorsy person. Neither is she entirely comfortable among people. Like many young women, she has always been self-conscious about her looks. As we prepare to cast off from among the other boats, I notice she\u2019s carrying herself differently and using her public voice.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_111389\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111389\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Campsite-on-Ritchie-Island-Kejimkujik-NP-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno.jpg\" alt=\"Campsite on Ritchie Island, Kejimkujik NP Photo Darcy Rhyno\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Campsite-on-Ritchie-Island-Kejimkujik-NP-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Campsite-on-Ritchie-Island-Kejimkujik-NP-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Campsite-on-Ritchie-Island-Kejimkujik-NP-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-111389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Campsite on Ritchie Island, Kejimkujik NP Photo Darcy Rhyno<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Out on the lake paddling to our backcountry campsite on Ritchie Island, she seems to relax, even as the wind and waves pick up. I think the conditions must be scaring her. When we reach our campsite and pitch our small tent beneath the canopy of tall hemlock, pine, and maple, I worry she\u2019ll find it awkward to sleep next to \u201cthe old man.\u201d When we locate the outhouse, I worry she\u2019ll find it less than discreet and more than disgusting. Add insects, a bear hang for our food pack, the absence of electricity or running water, and I worry it\u2019ll all be too much for my sensitive, fragile girl.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t have been more mistaken. Our short wilderness trip reveals much that surprises me about her private motivations, her surprising responses to nature, her emotional life, and her thought processes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_111388\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111388\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Water-lilly-Kejimkujik-Lake-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno.jpg\" alt=\"Water lilly, Kejimkujik Lake Photo Darcy Rhyno\" width=\"800\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Water-lilly-Kejimkujik-Lake-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Water-lilly-Kejimkujik-Lake-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Water-lilly-Kejimkujik-Lake-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Water-lilly-Kejimkujik-Lake-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno-768x1023.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-111388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water lily, Kejimkujik Lake Photo Darcy Rhyno<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Nature is Magic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Isabella is home for the summer from university in Ottawa where she\u2019s working on a graduate degree and lives with her boyfriend. It was his idea that she escape to the Atlantic bubble away from Ontario\u2019s summer heat and out of the apartment where the COVID-19 lockdown had confined them for months. She\u2019s spending the summer working remotely, looking up high school friends, and enjoying her favourite hobby, sewing.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, a sweltering city apartment in a lockdown is claustrophobic, but what about a tiny tent with zero personal space, I want to know. To my surprise, her biggest concern is losing sleep. \u201cIf you snore, I\u2019m gonna kill you,\u201d is how she puts it. \u201cI\u2019m around you all the time. I\u2019ve seen the worst and the grossest. I can enjoy the time rather than constantly trying to come off as happy and excited. It\u2019s exhausting. But with you, I don\u2019t have to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_111393\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111393\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Rentals-at-Whynot-Adventure-the-outfitters-at-Keji-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno.jpg\" alt=\"Rentals at Whynot Adventure, the outfitters at Keji Photo Darcy Rhyno\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Rentals-at-Whynot-Adventure-the-outfitters-at-Keji-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Rentals-at-Whynot-Adventure-the-outfitters-at-Keji-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Rentals-at-Whynot-Adventure-the-outfitters-at-Keji-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-111393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rentals at Whynot Adventure, the outfitters at Keji Photo Darcy Rhyno<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After we set up camp, we go for a sunset paddle. We slip into the lee behind neighbouring Little Muise Island where the wind won\u2019t tire us and let the canoe drift over the mirror-smooth surface. The island ends in an ellipsis of boulders where a pair of loons is fishing. Rather than disturb them, we turn east toward Ell Island. As we approach, we see three canoes pulled up on a pebble beach and hear voices. Male voices. Young men are yelling, laughing, and playing a game like horseshoes or washers. Undoubtedly, drinking is involved. Jokingly, I suggested we stop in, have a beer with the boys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHard no!\u201d is Isabella\u2019s response as she picks up her paddling pace. Her reasons for avoiding them are not what I expect. \u201cI\u2019m sure they\u2019re nice guys, but young men are usually rowdy, and I just don\u2019t have the social energy for whippersnappers like that.\u201d She\u2019s 25 going on 40. \u201cYou have to give yourself a few slaps, put on a smile, and pretend you want to have a good time. But I\u2019m really just thinking about the sewing I\u2019m missing or the chapter I could have read.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_111391\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111391\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Isabella-paddling-on-Kejimkujik-Lake-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno.jpg\" alt=\"Isabella paddling on Kejimkujik Lake Photo Darcy Rhyno\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Isabella-paddling-on-Kejimkujik-Lake-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Isabella-paddling-on-Kejimkujik-Lake-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno-600x449.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Isabella-paddling-on-Kejimkujik-Lake-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-111391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isabella paddling on Kejimkujik Lake Photo Darcy Rhyno<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019m reminded of how social anxieties haunt her, but then I recall that she sometimes seeks encounters with the natural world to quell those anxieties. And nature is never more significant than in a national park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first, quiet wilderness stresses me out because there\u2019s not enough going on,\u201d she explains. \u201cI\u2019m used to watching YouTube or Netflix or having the radio on while I do something else.\u201d We get so caught up in the minutia of everyday life and our issues, we lose perspective, she says. It seems counterintuitive, but her anxiety fades because she feels small. \u201cWhen I\u2019m in the wilderness for a while, I realize I\u2019m not that important. You could be out here for a whole weekend, and the trees are still going to keep doing what they\u2019re doing. Nature doesn\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Campfire Tales<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back at the campsite, we prepare dinner \u2013 beef tacos from scratch, including the tortillas. She doesn\u2019t usually like cooking, but we enjoy each other\u2019s company as we work together. She had yet another surprise for me when I asked her why she finally decided to accompany me on this trip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI usually spend a ton of time with Mom because we like all the same things \u2013 sewing, shopping, picking out each other\u2019s outfits, gossiping.\u201d She adds that her motivations were mixed with those that brought her back to Nova Scotia in the first place. \u201cI\u2019m home because of the pandemic, but also because now it feels like I\u2019m an only child.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_111390\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111390\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Isabella-enjoying-her-taco-at-Keji-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno.jpg\" alt=\"Isabella enjoying her taco at Keji Photo Darcy Rhyno\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Isabella-enjoying-her-taco-at-Keji-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Isabella-enjoying-her-taco-at-Keji-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Isabella-enjoying-her-taco-at-Keji-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-111390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isabella enjoying her taco at Keji Photo Darcy Rhyno<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Her words floor me. For some time, her brother and his girlfriend have forbidden Isabella any contact with them. One day the three were best friends. The next, her name was not to be spoken. Later, they placed his mother and I behind the same wall. Christmas, birthdays, Mother\u2019s Day, and Father\u2019s Day have come and gone. If it doesn\u2019t concern death or documents, it\u2019s not permitted. We\u2019re not sure why.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know how hard it\u2019s been on you guys,\u201d she continues. \u201cIt\u2019s not the time to leave you alone. When one child is voluntarily absent, you have to be two children. I thought about this when you invited me canoeing. Normally, you\u2019d have called him, and he would have gone on this trip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I want to hug her. She remembered that her brother and I once went on canoe trips deep into the wilderness, finding our route along isolated waterways, camping at sunset. Sharing a tiny tent as she and I are doing. She knew I\u2019d be feeling the loss.<\/p>\n<p>My daughter is now a woman who empathizes deeply with others. She knows her emotional landscape and is therefore acutely aware of ours. She understands what she needs to keep an even keel and can gauge our needs in the same way. Being in nature with all these trees, rocks, and water on our wild Kejimkujik island is putting her troubles in perspective. She wanted the same for me.<\/p>\n<p>At dusk, there is no sound but the loons\u2019 lonely calls and the crackling of the campfire. I ask if she\u2019d like to talk about any serious matters because I know that when she voices her troubles, they tend to drift away.<\/p>\n<p>After a pause, she says, \u201cI can\u2019t think of anything. It\u2019s that nature magic.\u201d She also doesn\u2019t want to go over old ground yet again about her brother, so she asks if I have anything I want to talk about. \u201cThe stuff I\u2019ve dealt with makes it easier for me to hear you out,\u201d she says. So, I talk. As I do, my troubles drift away with the breeze off the lake that\u2019s dissipating among all those trees.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_111394\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111394\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Sunset-from-the-campsite-Keji-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset from the campsite, Keji Photo Darcy Rhyno\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Sunset-from-the-campsite-Keji-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Sunset-from-the-campsite-Keji-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Sunset-from-the-campsite-Keji-Photo-Darcy-Rhyno-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-111394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset from the campsite, Keji Photo Darcy Rhyno<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-111397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Darcy-Rhyno-headshot-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Darcy-Rhyno-headshot-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/halifax\/files\/2020\/09\/Darcy-Rhyno-headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>By Darcy Rhyno<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Darcy Rhyno is an award-winning travel writer\/photographer who hides out between trips in a tiny fishing village on Nova Scotia&#8217;s South Shore. Check out his two short story collections, two novels, plays, photos and awards at <a href=\"http:\/\/darcyrhyno.com\/\">darcyrhyno.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ask my adult daughter Isabella several times to join me on a wilderness canoe trip to Kejimkujik National Park in Nova Scotia before she finally agrees. I\u2019m sure her hesitation and lukewarm enthusiasm are signs that I\u2019ve badgered her into it. 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