Author: Susan Sheppard

Hello! I grew up in Newfoundland and after graduating university, moved to Ontario with my future hubby, and searched for that coveted career. After some part time jobs, I headed back to Newfoundland to complete my teaching degree and since then have been teaching science, math and outdoor education here in Ontario. I love the outdoors, I love teaching, and I am glad to have been able to combine both those things into my life. We have done lots of traveling around Canada and the Upper Eastern States, and I am looking forward to sharing my love for adventure with you. I have been blogging since 2010, but it has been very off and on. I am determined to share what I know, what I have learned, in hopes that I will inspire someone to get out there and explore. I know my son, who was born in 2008, has been having lots of fun with us and my wish is that he will also be able to share his experiences one day. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog.
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Obabika Birthday Weekend Part 1

Last year I celebrated my birthday with Camper Christina on Black Lake in the Haliburton Highlands Water Trails and we had so much fun that we decided to do it again this year. We knew we wanted to head to Temagami, but exactly where was hard to decide. Since Christina is more familiar with the park, she finally settled on heading to Obabika Lake where she had arranged a special surprise for my birthday.

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West Coast Adventure (Part 1) – Banff National Park

How much adventure can you cram into a two week travel period? Well you will have to follow along with this series find out!

For the last 10 years our summer vacations have been to the East Coast of Canada (Newfoundland) so that our family would get some time with Hayden as he grew up. We love going home, but for the past few years we’ve been wanting to travel to some new places and show Hayden something new. So this year we finally felt like it was time to broaden our travel and head West – as far west as you can go, literally.

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Killarney Trip Part 1

When we first visited Killarney a few years ago we loved it so much that we knew we would have to go back. It’s a beautiful park, which of course means it’s also extremely popular and booking a site needs to be done well in advance. So when I happened to check last minute and saw an opening for three nights starting on a Saturday – clearly a cancellation – we jumped on it, despite the facts that we had tickets to a concert Friday night and that we would be getting back only two days before leaving for our vacation to British Columbia!

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