Adventures in the outdoors
With few days left before we head out on our big adventure, I took advantage of this time to take my son on an overnight canoe trip. It had to be close, short, and minimal to easy portaging and canoeing. This would be his first time canoeing in the bow of our canoe, and my first time taking him on a canoe trip alone.
We live in an area that has many places and things to see and do, so with the weather looking extremely beautiful the last weekend in May, we headed out to find some local tourist locations. The decision was made to take the canoe out for a paddle down in Wellington, and well, just see what would happen after that…
The best thing about having our own canoe is that I can wake up in the morning, look at the weather, and decide it’s time for a paddle adventure. Prior to this we would have to beg, borrow or rent a canoe. Times have changed and I am happy for this. So, on the long weekend when the weather finally produced some sun, off we went for our next paddle adventure. This time we headed to Bon Echo Provincial Park. We would paddle out to the Mazinaw Rcok Pictographs.
If you have been following our adventures, you know we are frequent flyers to Frontenac Provincial Park. This Mother’s Day weekend, we decided to hike a section of the Slide Lake Loop. The main loop is 21 kilometres, with a haul to the park office, making it way too big for my little guys legs to complete. So instead, listed on the Friends of Frontenac website, we opted for the Small Slide Lake Loop which we would access off the Rideau Trail off of Perth Road. This would be a more manageable 13 kilometre hike instead.