Adventures in the outdoors
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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Summer is back?
The first two weeks back at work (I work in a school), all I could think about was camping. Yes, I have gone out lots this year, but I wanted to go again. Then I received another notification from Cruising Canoes that they were hosting a 2 day fishing trip to Puzzle Lake Provincial Park. I was in! It’s the perfect time frame for me.
Food Barrel Prep
While preparing for our Temagami trip, a friend of mine inquired about packing a food barrel. She has never traveled with one, and I decided that I would do up a little blog and video to show her. The benefit of this, I get to pass it along this information to you as well.
Ever Sleep in a Quinzee?
A few years ago I started teaching an outdoor education course that was running at my school. Part of this program included a winter camp, where if conditions were favorable, the students would build and sleep in quinzees for the nights.