Temagami – Our First Crown Land Canoe Trip

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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A Badger Paddle and it’s Many Uses

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.

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Killarney Provincial Park – Tempting the Weather Gods “Silver Peaks” (Part 2)

Sunday…

The usual morning. Get up, eat, figure out plans for the day.  We checked the weather in the park office and there was a 40% chance of rain. Something we can work with.  There was a risk of thunderstorms as well, which was no surprise from the warm and muggy weather we were having.  We double checked our information for Silver Peaks, and decided to make a go for it.

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