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BWPaddler	06/17/2011 08:36AM   P.S. - I'm thinking ages 2 and 4 do better with rain than the preteens... Enjoy it!
BWPaddler	06/17/2011 08:28AM   I'd go - it varies so much up there! But - have a great tarp (maybe 2 in this case?), good rain gear, etc. and prepare the kids for rain so they know it's not something to be bummed about. I have fond memories of kids (3/5/6) in their yellow rain suits playing tag at a campsite, while I sat under the tarp chuckling. Rain doesn't have to mean stay in your tent, especially if it's summer rain and warm-ish. Last trip it POURED much of the paddle in (see pic) and we had to just laugh about it. To my kids credit, not one whine. Famous quote from my 12yo on the way in last month: "It was sunny just a portage ago!"
CrookedPaddler1	06/16/2011 03:22PM   I wouldn't cancel, just realize that you will probably have more quality "tent time" if is does rain. My oldest daughter decided not to go on one trip because the forcast said rain, and it never rained. She was really bumbed out.
Canoearoo	06/21/2011 01:18PM   some of our best trips have been rainy ones
sinking3	06/16/2011 01:05PM   We are going in next weekend. 10-day forecast says rain. I know it can change in between, but... If you "know" it will be raining most, if not all of the time, would you cancel/postpone your "kids" trip? I would still go if it was just me, but I will have my two girls, ages 2 and 4, and my wife. I know disappointment, at times, may factor in, but they are not fully aware of the when and where.
mirth	06/16/2011 04:06PM   I'd say go, but maybe not plan on traveling as far depending on the forecast and your own knowledge of your kids... That way, if everybody's really miserable you're not as far from the exit. Weather radios help in this department.
paddlefamily	06/19/2011 10:10PM   Weather, especially in the summer wouldn't be a deal-breaker. Rain is usually a "warm" rain. If your prepared, its not bad. Our kids have spent many good hours in the rain and took it really well. Maybe also include some small travel games, books or small colored pencil kit with paper pad in case everyone is stuck under the tarp. Plus we always say, give it 24 hours, its likely to change. Have a great time!