Adventures in the outdoors
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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As part of Ontario Parks’ Healthy Parks Healthy People philosophy they created the First Day Hike challenge. The idea is to start the new year out right by going for a hike on January 1st (and sharing it on social media in hopes to win some prizes). This year we were not in Ontario for the holidays, so hiking in an Ontario Park was not an option, but we decided to complete the challenge anyway by hiking a section of the East Coast Trail in Newfoundland – not too shabby for a backup location.
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After a long summer with some fantastic padding adventures, it’s time to hang our canoe up for the winter. This time of year, it’s difficult to plan for canoeing since the water can freeze overnight making travel difficult or impossible, not to mention dangerous. This year, the cold weather arrived earlier than we anticipated, but with a close eye on the forecast, we bundled up and headed out for our final paddle of the year.
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For the past few years we have heard about how several Ontario Parks campgrounds host Halloween festivities, but have not had the chance to go. Camping near the end of October has its challenges due to the cold and wet weather, and although we’ve often camped as far north as Arrowhead Provincial Park for Thanksgiving, we are not really properly prepared for the colder camping season. However, this year we really felt like we had the knowledge and skills (and blankets) to endure any weather Mother Nature would throw at us.
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