WHERE DOES EVERYBODY FIT IN THE CANOE?
Let’s assume you are being traditional: Daddy in the back, Mummy in the front. We do that, though both women are perfectly capable of paddling stern, carrying the canoe over portages, etc. One child with you: sit her right behind or right in front of Mummy. In front of makes paddling much harder, but some little ones insist on it. Certainly if you are planning to comfort the child during the trip by nursing then she had better be near the one with the milk (Just wait until you have tried nursing a baby when you are both wearing life jackets. I couldn’t even zip mine up over my enlarged, um, chest). Also passing a baby back to another person, over packs, when all involved are lifejacketed, is an experience to avoid if you can. Two children with you (of different ages): older one in front of Daddy, younger one in front of or behind Mummy. Three? Probably by now you can work this stuff out yourself. The Dennis kids sit oldest in front of Daddy, middle behind Mommy, youngest in front of he
