Roads Less Travelled: June Camping
I made a video of our camping adventures this past week. The roads less travelled that we ventured down. Either in the truck or in the canoe.
When Plans Get Derailed
Let’s talk about derailments for a moment, shall we? I have a story to tell. There may be profanity. So be warned. Achray Campground in Algonquin Park. Photo courtesy of Turnipseed Travel One fall in the early nineties, Hubby and …
Sisters in the Wilderness … and well … Sisters.
Canadian writer and biographer Charlotte Gray wrote a fabulous book a few years ago called Sisters in the Wilderness. Gray’s book is a double biography of iconic early Canadian writers and sisters Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill, authors of Roughing …
There and Back Again Or My Almost Last Trip to Algonquin Park
I’ve been canoeing in Algonquin Park ever since I met my husband. You might even say we had our first date in a canoe…but that would be exaggerating. After all, our first date was in December. But it was only …
The Lure of the Wilderness: Our Top Five Books
I’ve finally read Bill Bryson’s book A Walk in the Woods. I mentioned it last fall in a post about our weekend hiking trip when Hubby and I went for our own walk in the woods. I remember observing how …
A Walk in the Woods… or… Algonquin Bound Without a Canoe
This week Hubby and I went for a walk in the woods. A couple of walks, actually. Along the trails in Algonquin Park. Usually when we walk in these particular woods, we have three or four …
To The Back of Beyond
Ah yes…it’s summer and we are feeling the call of the road. Back roads, that is. So in answer to that call, a week or so ago my husband and I set off for our first camping trip of the …