Adventures in the outdoors
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.
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.