Adventures in the outdoors
This year there have been a lot of firsts for myself and my crew. This past weekend it was my chance to go hot tenting for the first time. I knew that I would have to try this out first if there was any way of convincing my hubby and son that this is something we could try in the future. This is where Camper Christina enters into my experience. She recently built a new hot tent, and I was lucky to be the her first guest.
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This weekend in preparation for some winter backcountry camping, I needed to build a pulk. This is a sled that you tow behind yourself with all your gear over the snow. I have not made one before, and the only time I towed a sled, I used just my son’s regular sled. I had just a short 1 km walk, so I wasn’t too worried about things falling off and since this was for one of my school run trips at a local conservation area, I had 20 students who could pick up after me LOL. It worked just fine, but I wanted to make one for longer trips. Hence this weekends DIY project.
This year a group of outdoor enthusiasts planned and organized the first ever Ontario Winter Camping Symposium. There would be speakers that have all sorts of different winter camping experiences, and they would share a little of their knowledge with the lucky 300 people who were able to get tickets.
The past few years we have gone camping in Arrowhead Provincial Park on the Thanksgiving weekend to catch the fall colors. This year we knew the colors were not the best, so we decided to do something a little different. For Thanksgiving this year, we headed to Lake Placid in New York State. We have been here twice before, but the timing was lining up nicely with the fall color reports for the area.
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