Adventures in the outdoors
While perusing other outdoor enthusiasts pages, I came across a video done early this year from Northern Scavengers‘, Noah, about his quick overnight trip during the work week. I had messaged him to comment how great it was to be able to do a quick turnaround trip and that got me wondering if I could do such a thing myself…
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Things this year were a little different around Mother’s Day. My boys had some biking plans that would take up most of the Saturday, so I decided that I would head out for an overnight canoe trip on my own and wake up on Mother’s Day out in nature. I went onto the Ontario Parks reservation site to “shop around” and settled on a site in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park.
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I had just completed a multi-day solo canoe trip in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park, and I decided to try something a little different. Actually there were a few things different on this trip for me. Firstly I was using a solo Swift Keewaydin 15 ft canoe, then I decided I would try to get all my gear into our 60L barrel.
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2018 is a big year for me… I’ll be turning 40 later this year, and there are a number of “things” I’ve been wanting to check off my list. This trip was just one part. I’ve recently complete a one night solo canoe trip, where the canoeing was very minimal, and there were no portages. My next solo trip I was planning had to be bigger. So, here I go with this trip.
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