Adventures in the outdoors
Ever Sleep in a Quinzee?
A few years ago I started teaching an outdoor education course that was running at my school. Part of this program included a winter camp, where if conditions were favorable, the students would build and sleep in quinzees for the nights.
This summer I really wanted to try somewhere new, off grid, crown land canoe camping. Dan had another week of vacation to use, and I knew I wanted to go canoe camping….somewhere…. After some research I landed upon Temagami. If you know this park, it is quite big, and you can travel for a long time and not cover the same area. With this being such an unknown I continued to ask for help as to where is the best place to start.
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Fish or Whales?
On our most recent visit to Newfoundland, we were treated to some special activity from the whales. It was the cod food fishery season, and with that my Father-in-Law takes us out to see if we are able to catch anything. My parents both love cod, and whatever fish we catch, I get to bring it back to them to enjoy.
Winner Winner!
As part of this years Paddle in the Park Contest, there are prizes to be won outside the normal paddles hidden in the park and the prizes at the end of the season. Just to backtrack a little, this is my first time hearing and participating in this contest. I caught a little glimpse over the winter about this contest and started to look into it more.