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July 29, 2020July 23, 2020

Mother-Son Trip to Algonquin – Part 2

Plan B… that’s where we left off right? Well as you read in part 1, plan A was to paddle and portage to the falls, but after realizing that it would take about 6 hours to complete the round trip we made a plan B. Hayden was very pleased to know there was a plan B which would mean us paddling back to the car – load it for the drive – and drive to the falls access trail. To be honest, I was happy that was the decision we went with for a couple of reasons…

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

Mother-Son Trip to Algonquin- Part 1

Have you ever taken a floaty on a canoe trip? It’s not something you’d normally take on back country trip – I did take a small one on the trip I took for my 40th birthday – but this trip with my son had no portaging, so we brought something a little bigger. What did we bring? Well you will have to continue reading to find out.

July 15, 2020July 16, 2020

First Kayak Camping Trip – Part 3

Disaster struck as I woke to prepare breakfast for us on Sunday morning. Inside the Ursack, a couple of the farm fresh eggs I had brought cracked open and oozed everywhere.

July 8, 2020July 16, 2020

First Kayak Camping Trip – Part 2

Waking up to the sound of rain drops on the tent at 3 am and the urge to get up to use the bathroom. That’s how my Saturday started. So, I waited until there was a break in the rain so that I didn’t get wet while I made my escape into the darkness, before crawling back into my tent and falling back to sleep until late morning.