Well k, now that our family has little ones our trips have been way scaled down. We use to do 60+ mile trips but now we base camp and do day trips. Day trips can be very rewarding. The trip we just got back from we got to meet many different families out canoing with their kids. I thought this was very neat because when we did our longer trips we didn't take the time to 'stop and smell the roses.' Seeing the BW from a much slower pace has its rewards to ;D