Adventures in the outdoors
This year our Family Day was a little different. We have been down and sick with the flu, so our outdoor activity time was minimal. That doesn’t mean that we didn’t get outside at least once this weekend. We decided to stay close to home just in case we started to not feel 100% anymore.
During our stay in Algonquin Park over New Year’s, we love having the opportunity to go out exploring. This year we decided on visiting the falls near Mew Lake on the Highland Backpacking trail and the falls on the Track and Tower trail. Notice a theme here? We went searching for waterfalls.
Have you ever winter camped in a yurt?
Last year I convinced my crew to go winter camping in a yurt at Algonquin Provincial Park during the new year celebrations. This year we did a repeat and spent 3 nights at Mew Lake. I will give you some tips and tricks on how to enjoy winter camping in a yurt and a little bit of what it is like during this time of year.
I’m not usually one to get that connected to a famous person, but for some reason this particular one seemed to resonate with me more. As you all know, Gord Downie from The Tragically Hip passed away October 17th, 2017 late in the evening. We didn’t hear about it until the next morning. It was all over social media, the news, you name it. It hit our hearts hard. The following is a little Ode to Gord. I hope you enjoy.