West Coast Adventure (Part 2) – Johnson Canyon

We got up early (or so we thought) to begin our second day of adventures. The morning air was fairly chilly as it had dropped down to 4 degrees overnight, which motivated Hayden to get breakfast (i.e. hot chocolate) started as we packed up gear for the day.

We weren’t sure exactly which hike to do, so on the way out of the campground, we stopped to talk to the park office about our options. It was only 9:00, but they told us that we were already starting too late and that parking lots would be full and there would be very limited parking on the road. We were still wrapping our heads around just how busy the park is these days.

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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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