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First Canoe Cold Camp – Haliburton Highlands Water Trails

By Christina|2018-11-20T16:01:34-05:00November 20th, 2018|Categories: Adventure, algonquin highlands, alone, backcountry, backcountry camping, backcountry custom canoes, camping, Canada, canoeing, cold camp, cold camping, Exploring, Nature, Ontario, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, solo, solo trip, winter, winter camping, yolo|Tags: @AHParkRecTrails, @BCustomCanoes, @keencanada, @ORgear, #adventure, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #camperchristina, #camping, #canada, #canoe, #canoeing, #explore, #exploring, #getoutside, #haliburtonwatertrails, #keen, #myhaliburtonhighlands, #ontario, #paddle, #paddling, #snow, #solo, #winter, #wintercamping, portage|

Last year at this time, I didn't have the loaner canoe any longer from Backcountry Custom Canoes so I wasn't able to do a canoe trip in the snow. I did head out in the kayak, right up until December 1st weekend, but only had ice on the water to deal with, no snow, so this would be a first for me. I had planned to do a few more canoe trips this season before [...]

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Black Lake Canoe Trip For Sue’s Birthday – SO MUCH FUN! 2/2

By Christina|2018-09-25T17:36:03-04:00September 25th, 2018|Categories: Adventure, algonquin highlands, backcountry, backcountry camping, camping, Canada, canoe camping, canoeing, Exploring, fishing, Nature, Ontario, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, portage, portaging|Tags: @AHParkRecTrails, @explorersedge, @keencanada, @suesoutdoorcrew, #adventure, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #blacklake, #camperchristina, #camping, #canada, #canoe, #canoeing, #explore, #exploring, #getoutside, #keen, #ontario, #paddle, #paddling, #suesquared|

When I camped with Sue in December of 2017 in the new winter backcountry hot tent I'd made, we had an amazing time. We decided we would do another trip soon, but schedules conflicted and events arose and even though we hung out at the Outdoor Adventure Show and kept in close contact, visiting each other etc, the earliest trip we could plan together was labor day weekend. We discussed it and put it on [...]

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Black Lake Canoe Trip For Sue’s Birthday – SO MUCH FUN! 1/2

By Christina|2022-03-31T09:57:42-04:00September 18th, 2018|Categories: Adventure, algonquin highlands, backcountry, backcountry camping, camping, Canada, canoe camping, canoeing, Exploring, fishing, Nature, Ontario, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, portage, portaging|Tags: @AHParkRecTrails, @explorersedge, @keencanada, @suesoutdoorcrew, #adventure, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #blacklake, #camperchristina, #camping, #canada, #canoe, #canoeing, #explore, #exploring, #getoutside, #keen, #ontario, #paddle, #paddling, #suesquared|

When I camped with Sue in December of 2017 in the new winter backcountry hot tent I'd made, we had an amazing time. We decided we would do another trip soon, but schedules conflicted and events arose and even though we hung out at the Outdoor Adventure Show and kept in close contact, visiting each other etc, the earliest trip we could plan together was labor day weekend. We discussed it and put it on [...]

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Little Blackstone Lake – The Massasauga – 081118-081218 – Recovery & Rest

By Christina|2018-08-28T14:45:48-04:00August 28th, 2018|Categories: Adventure, algonquin highlands, alone, animals, backcountry, backcountry camping, camping, camping food, campsite, canoe, canoeing, Exploring, great blue heron, Massassauga, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, outdoor products, Outdoors, paddling, Provincial Park, solo trip|Tags: @BCustomCanoes, @eurekacamping, @explorersedge, @gbaybiosphere, @keencanada, @ontarionature, @ontarioparks, @psoundtourism, @themassassaugaPP, #adventure, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #camperchristina, #camping, #canoe, #canoeing, #canoetrip, #Eureka, #explore, #exploring, #getoutside, #keen, #Massasauga, #ontario, #paddle, #paddling, #parrysound, #suma2, portage, portaging|

Every time I look at a calendar, I feel a sense of panic. It's AUGUST! It's August and one of my two most favorite months of the year to camp, September being the most favorite. I need to go, go go and I can't stop. I have to get out. That is what I hear, constantly in my head. Not only is it August, but I missed 5 months of camping due to 2 concussions [...]

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Upper Crane Lake – 1st Single Blade Solo Trip – By Accident

By Christina|2018-08-07T19:58:59-04:00August 7th, 2018|Categories: Adventure, algonquin highlands, alone, backcountry, backcountry camping, backcountry custom canoes, camping, Canada, canoe, canoe camping, canoeing, Exploring, Nature, Ontario, ontarios highlands, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, solo trip|Tags: @AHParkRecTrails, @BCustomCanoes, @explorersedge, @keencanada, #adventure, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #camperchristina, #camping, #canada, #canoe, #explore, #exploring, #getoutside, #keen, #ontario, #paddle, #paddling, #solo, portage, portaging|

Things have been busy at the house and I still have a list of things I want to get done as soon as possible. However, I do have a big 5 day solo trip planned for the August long weekend and I have yet to do one portage this year. The 5 day trip has 13 in total and one of them is almost 3 km's long! I'm a bit scared to say the least. [...]

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Camper Christina Cooks – Making Camping Pancakes

By Christina|2018-07-03T13:08:04-04:00July 3rd, 2018|Categories: Adventure, algonquin highlands, backcountry, backcountry camping, camping, camping food, Canada, dehydrated food, education, enthusiasm, food, learning, maple syrup, meals, Outdoors, pancakes, recipes, Uncategorized|Tags: @AHParkRecTrails, @Onhighlands, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #backcountryfood, #bentshoe, #camperchristina, #camperchristinacooks, #camping, #campingmeal, #campingmeals, #cooking, #cooks, #dehydrated, #food, #foodmaking, #makingcampingpancakes, #makingfood, #mixinbag, #pancakes, #strawberries, #yummy, #ziploc, homemade|

On my camping trip over the May long weekend, I made strawberry pancakes using dehydratred strawberries that I made earlier in the season and topped them with my homemade maple syrup which I also made earlier this year. Due to concussion #2 and working on renovating my new house, this post will be the youtube video that I created for Camper Christina Cooks - Making Strawberry Pancakes. I hope you don't mind and that you [...]

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Bentshoe Lake – 2/2 – 1st Kayak Camp of 2018

By Christina|2020-05-18T13:55:53-04:00June 12th, 2018|Categories: Adventure, algonquin highlands, alone, backcountry, backcountry camping, Bear vault, camping, camping tips, Canada, kayak, kayak camping, Kayaking, Uncategorized|Tags: @AHParkRecTrails, @canoe_collector, @deltakayaks, @eurekacamping, @keencanada, @ontarioshighlands, @paddleradio, #backcountry, #camp, #camping, #Eureka, #firestarter, #HHWT, #nobugzone, #pinemountain, #tent, #tents, #vcs13|

I left off in Part 1 on my beautiful site on Bentshoe Lake in the Haliburton Highlands Water Trails. It was Saturday May 19th, and my friend Sean from Padding Adventures Radio was on his way to visit and spend the day in the rain with me, doing some kayaking, fishing and catching up. I collected some firewood after breakfast and waited for my friend Sean from Paddling Adventures Radio to arrive. Sean had just [...]

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Bentshoe Lake – 1/2 – 1st Kayak Camp of 2018

By Christina|2020-05-18T13:56:00-04:00June 5th, 2018|Categories: Adventure, algonquin highlands, alone, backcountry, backcountry camping, Bear vault, camping, camping tips, Canada, kayak, kayak camping, Kayaking, Uncategorized|Tags: @AHParkRecTrails, @deltakayaks, @eurekacamping, @keencanada, @ontarioshighlands, @paddleradio, #backcountry, #camp, #camping, #Eureka, #firestarter, #HHWT, #nobugzone, #pinemountain, #tent, #tents, #vcs13|

The May long weekend was on the way and I had no plans. I decided it was finally time to get out and do a trip. My concussion was still lingering slightly but I had improved greatly and figured a quiet, easy, relaxing trip shouldn’t be too difficult. I booked a site in the Haliburton Highlands Water Trails on Bentshoe Lake. I had actually done my first kayak camp of last year there and knew [...]

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Fall Paddling Trip to Nunikani – Snorts, Surprises & Snow

By Christina|2017-11-14T17:14:16-05:00November 14th, 2017|Categories: Adventure, algonquin highlands, backcountry, backcountry camping, Campers, camping, campsite, Canada, canoe camping, canoeing, cold, cold camp, day trip, Exploring, fall, kayak, kayak camping, kayak portaging, Kayaking, Nature, Ontario, ontarios highlands, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, portage, portaging, recipes, tarps, tentcamping, waterfalls|Tags: @AHParkRecTrails, @keencanada, @ontarionature, @ontarioshighlands, @ontariotravel, @paddleradio, @perceptionkayaks, @yoursoutdoors, #algonquinhighlands, #backcountry, #bannock, #bighawklake, #canoe, #canoetrip, #clearlake, #falltrip, #followyourfeet, #food, #friends, #fullmoon, #haliburton, #haliburtonhighlands, #haliburtonwatertrails, #kayak, #kayaking, #kayaktrip, #keen, #marmot, #myhaliburtonhighlands, #nunikani, #paddlingadventuresradio, #serenityseeker, portage, portaging|

It was a great weekend, it was cold, it was wet, it was windy and I vowed momentarily not to camp again until next summer, but it was a total hoot! I had been in correspondence with Mike Burns who had provided me with a huge amount of advice and information regarding my recent solo trip to Killarney. I had met Mike at the 150 through another friend Derek, from Paddling Adventures Radio, a podcast [...]

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Kayaking with Kevin Callan – Herb Lake, Haliburton Water Trails

By Christina|2017-09-12T19:33:35-04:00September 12th, 2017|Categories: Adventure, Algonquin, algonquin highlands, backcountry, backcountry camping, camp, Campers, camping, camping tips, campsite, Canada, cooking, education, enthusiasm, Exploring, food, inspiration, kayak, kayak camping, kayak portaging, Kayaking, learning, Nature, navigating, Ontario, ontarios highlands, outdoor products, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, scenery, scenic, sightseeing, sunrise, sunset, tangii, teach, teaching, training|Tags: @AHParkRecTrails, @deltakayaks, @explorersedge, @kchappycamper, @keencanada, @Onhighlands, @ontarionature, @ontariotravel, @perceptionkayaks, @yoursoutdoors, #adventure, #applepancakes, #backcountry, #camp, #camperchristina, #camping, #canada, #chrisprouse, #delta, #explore, #exploring, #fish, #fishing, #fishingcontest, #fishingderby, #getoutside, #haliburton, #haliburtonwatertrails, #herb, #herblake, #juliaprouse, #kayak, #kayakcamping, #kayaking, #keen, #kevincallan, #mepps, #myhaliburtonhighlands, #ontario, #paddle, #paddleon, #paddling, #peanutbettersmores, #seafoodpasta, #serenityseeker, #TheHappyCamper|

Ever since my first trip with Kevin Callan, The Happy Camper, in June of this year, there has been a challenge set forth for Kevin the (mostly) canoeist to go on a kayaking trip with me. Our second trip over the Canada 150 long weekend, brought us canoeing once again, but I was promised a kayaking trip at some point and I was going to make sure it happened, no matter how short or the location. [...]

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