Mission Project

By Gary Klee

My mission project was to go on a 7-day, 96-mile canoe trip in northern Ontario, Canada. I flew 50 miles in a sea plane from Armstrong, Ontario to where I was dropped off. There were over 10 portages and the backpack I carried on the portages was bigger than myself. We caught walleyes and pike for dinner. I was very thankful that I had my mountain hardwear Gore-Tex raincoat. It didn't let a drop of rain get on my clothes even though it rained for half of the trip. I didn't even notice the relentless wind that almost blew my tent away because the raincoat kept me warm. (Luckily, the wind was at my back.) Unfortunately, I forgot my mosquito net hat but I just zipped up the raincoat and put on the hood and I was safe from all of the bugs. Also, my face and ears had blisters from sunburn. If I didn't have the raincoat to protect my arms and neck I would have looked like a tomato. That raincoat protected me from pretty much everything.