After putting off buying a hot tent for a very long time, we finally pulled the trigger in October and purchased one – well, It’s actually an old canvas tent which we converted into a hot tent, but it’s a hot tent now! With winter fast approaching, we were excited to try it out in Algonquin at New Year’s Eve and Family Day weekend. Unfortunately due to covid we were not able to get out either of those times. But just when we thought our chance to get out winter camping was gone for this season, everything finally opened up the middle of March so we seized the opportunity and headed north.
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With the Winter in the Wild Festival now behind us, we had the remainder of the Family Day weekend in Algonquin to do some adventuring that was not following any scheduled events. Don’t get me wrong, the day of the festival was fantastic and I cannot wait for next year, but now it was time to do some of our own family fun.
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Head North in February on the Family Day long weekend and you will find like minded outdoor winter enthusiasts attending the Ontario Parks Winter in the Wild Festival at Mew Lake. This event is not limited to experienced winter enthusiasts, but also brings out new and upcoming outdoor adventure seekers. This year we attended as a family to take in this festival and have some outdoor fun on the long weekend.
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Have you ever been to Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park? If you follow this blog you’d know that during the summer my family and I frequent this park and are quite familiar with some of it’s canoeing routes. However, we have never been there during the winter, so this past weekend Christina and I headed there to go hot tenting.
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