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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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.
What do you take to eat when camping?
We have gone on different types of camping trips, from backpacking, to canoe tripping, to car camping, and there are some food items that we really have enjoyed. This is just a little sample of our most popular meals, with a couple of special dessert items added.