Outdoor blog featuring life, travel, road trips, hikes, and backcountry
camping by canoe or kayak throughout Canada and beyond.
Inspired by... Tradition. Nature. Adventure.
Long day yesterday (Oct 1st) and filled with mixed emotions for our big move to Meaford. Bittersweet... Cloudy skies with shades of grey followed us during the entire drive. Chris led the way, pulling the boats. I followed...
Happy Sawyer Day! Two years ago, Sawyer changed our lives forever. He's our amazing grace, guardian angel, and paddle partner. Am grateful for his wake-up call (disguised as morning cuddles), exuberant tail wags...
Two weeks ago we went on a treasure hunt to look for a paddle in Algonquin Park as part of the Paddle In The Park Contest. We missed it by an hour. A week later, a second attempt. This time, we hit gold!
Part 1 was my take on our anniversary date a la treasure hunt. Part 2 is Chris' edition...
This past Friday marked Marissa and my third year wedding anniversary. Earlier in the week, we'd made plans to get up early and go...
Happy Anniversary - to us! Thought we'd have some fun and try something different. This time, we wrote our own account of our latest adventure without peeking at each other's version.
Good company and delicious food are two things that can make even the greatest hardship a great experience. Marissa and I have been on some trips that at times needed a silver lining. With long buggy portages or paddling into the wind for 3 hours...
We've been on our fair share of canoe trips. Some are strictly meant for relaxing and taking it easy. Others are for taking in the fall colours in Killarney or the beauty of the 30,000 islands. But one of our favourite trips has to be...
From our Facebook page... "Sharing some COEC news on a personal note… It's definitely been an interesting 5 years (almost 6) with COEC, meeting amazing people and making some great friends along the way. Life itself is a journey and change should always be welcomed as a new opportunity. Marissa and I have decided to make that change, leaving COEC...
I must confess... it's been too long since our last post. We've been updating our Facebook page as life happens but haven't been as quick to post in this domain. Hope to post more soon - and more often. But to kick things off, we thought it'd be a good idea to fill in the gap.