A few weeks ago, when we had some oddly warm weather, we decided to go for a hike on a section of the Oak Ridges Trail. Part of the trail actually runs just south of where we live but we decided to do a longer track a little north east of us. We also wanted to go on a longer hike as we are planning a couple of backpacking trips later this year (posts to come) that include some longer…
After our trip to Arrowhead we decided that we were progressing and wanted to try out winter camping. We asked my friends and they agreed to join us. So the four of us planned our trip out to Algonquin. At first they had thought that we had planned on renting a yurt for our first foray into winter camping, but my wife had decided that she wanted to go all out and we were going to use tents. Yes, we…
We went to Arrowhead Provincial Park in October of last year. It was quite a while ago, but this was our first real “adventure.” It was our first foray into a different kind of camping, one where we did not need to pack everything but the kitchen sink. Also it was our first camping trip on our own. The other reason for this trip was to try out a bunch of equipment we has recently purchased after deciding to do…
As a bit of an introduction, my wife and I have been getting more and more into camping and backpacking over the last few years. We have always enjoyed camping and it is something we have done with friends at least once or twice per summer for the past few years. However until recently its always been about “high maintenance” car camping. We always needed a large tent, lots of extra clothes, big sleeping mats, regular size pillows, etc. We…