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Frontenac PP- Wilderness First Aid

By Christina|2026-04-05T13:03:18-04:00April 5th, 2016|Categories: Adventure, backcountry, backcountry camping, camp, Campers, camping, camping tips, campsite, Canada, canadian red cross, clusters, cpr, Exploring, first aid, frontenac, kayak, Kayaking, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, Ontario Trails, paddle, paddling, Provincial Park, tent, tentcamping, wilderness first aid|Tags: @frontenacpark, @ontarioparks, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #canadianredcross, #firstaid, #kayak, #kayaking, #paddle, #paddling, #rescue, #stevetripp, #wilderness, #wildernessfirstaid, cpr|

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Hiking to Starling Lookout – Mew -42, Part 3

By Christina|2016-03-01T07:53:09-05:00March 1st, 2016|Categories: Adventure, Algonquin, Algonquin Park, Algonquin Provincial Park, backcountry, camping, Canada, carcamping, Climb, Climbing, cold, day trip, Exploring, family day weekend, hike, Hiking, hiking trails, hikingtrails, Lookout, Mew Lake, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, Ontario Trails, Outdoors, Parks, Provincial Park, Trails, walkling, walks, water, winter camping tips, winterinthewild|Tags: @algonquin_pp, @algonquinoutfit, @discoverontario, @ontarioparks, @ontariotravel, #algonquin, #canada, #familydayweekened, #highlandbackpackingtrail, #hiking, #iSurvivedMewAtMinus42, #mew, #mewlake, #ontario, #provoking, #ProvokingLake, #StarlingLake, #StarlingLookout, #trail, #winter, winterinthewild|

While camping at Mew Lake during Winter in the Wild, my sitemates and myself decided to go for a hike to Starling Lookout. We packed up our backpacks and ourselves as it was a balmy -22 (better than the -42 we'd been through already) and headed out on the trail. We didn't take our snowshoes as we'd been told all the trails were well packed and they weren't needed. I was bummed but no point [...]

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My new Pot Set – Testing it out at Bon Echo PP

By Christina|2015-10-22T07:41:52-04:00October 22nd, 2015|Categories: Adventure, backcountry, camping, Canada, cooking, Exploring, food, Joe Perry, Nature, pan, portage, pot set, pots|Tags: @melbaseto, @tctrail, @woods_canada, #backcountry, #camping, #canadiantire, #cooking, #food, #pans, #pot, #potset, #woodsexplorer|

I have been backcountry camping and camping in general for over 15 years. I love being out in nature and preparing cool things to eat. I rarely buy the dehydrated bags of meals as I find them loaded with salt and I tend to get migraines from them, so I do my best to get creative when cooking on my camping trips. I bought my first camping pot set about 18 years ago and have [...]

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Therm-a-rest Treo Chair VS Joey Chair!!!!

By Christina|2015-10-15T05:00:00-04:00October 15th, 2015|Categories: #adventure, #camping, #getoutside, #hikes, #hiking, #outdoors, #thermarest, Adventure, backcountry, beach, biking, campchairs, camping, Canada, Chairs, day trip, Exploring, Kayaking, Nature, outdoor products, Outdoors|Tags: @outdoorsSFA, #backcountry, #campchair, #joey, #joeychair, #therm-a-rest|

I have spent most of this summer in the outdoors. I have camped, kayaked, hiked, cottaged, biked, backcountried, and done everything and anything to enjoy the outdoors that I possibly could. Every minute I have had free, I have been on an adventure and it is has been simply amazing! I have had the good fortune to be given and loaned some different items from my friend Jamie at Outdoors Oriented which is my go to outdoors [...]

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Bon Echo – owls, coyotes & whipping winds!

By Christina|2015-09-28T07:50:00-04:00September 28th, 2015|Categories: Adventure, alone, backcountry, Barred owl, camping, coyotes, Exploring, Fun, Joe Perry, kayak, Kayaking, Nature, Ontario, Outdoors, owl, paddling, Parks, portage, storm, sunrise, sunset, swimming, tarps, visitor centre, water, wind|Tags: @BonEchoPP, @ontarioparks, @outdoorsSFA, bonechooutfitters.com|

I have been hearing about the great Bon Echo Provincial Park for many years now. I had wanted to explore it and seeing as I had a free weekend in September and a willing and eager camping partner, the time to visit there had come! I did my best to research Bon Echo but other than the Ontario Parks Website and a few posts here and there, I couldn't find a whole lot. I contacted Bon [...]

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Bearvault BV500 Bear Resistant Food Canister – From MEC

By Christina|2026-04-05T16:10:17-04:00September 24th, 2015|Categories: Adventure, backcountry, Barrel, bear, Bear Barrel, Bear vault, bearproof, camping, Canada, Exploring, Food storage, kayak, Ontario, outdoor products, Outdoors, paddle, paddling|Tags: @BonEchoPP, @mec, @ontarioparks, @some_eventful, @taigaadventures|

In 2002, I completed my first backcountry trip in Algonquin Provincial Park. It was awesome and I was immediately hooked! Over the years, I have completed approximately 25 backcountry trips and have loved every single one of them. I have gear to both backpack into the backcountry, or paddle in to sites, however, I much prefer the latter as it is a lot less work! I love the solace of the backcountry but do not need [...]

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My 1st solo trip- The MassasaugaPP – Afraid of the dark!

By Christina|2024-05-17T10:46:57-04:00September 16th, 2015|Categories: Adventure, alone, backcountry, camping, Canada, kayak, Massassauga, Ontario, Outdoors, paddle, solo trip|Tags: @algonquinoutfit, @melbaseto, @ontarioparks, @outdoorsSFA, @themassasaugaPP, #backcountry, #camping, #kayak, #paddle, #solotrip, #woodsexplorer, www.mec.ca, www.outdoorsoriented.com|

It's funny the reactions you get from people when you tell them you are going on a solo backcountry trip! I'm not 100% sure if it's because I am female, or just because people don't really understand what spending time in nature does for your soul? From the very first time I went backcountry camping in 2002, I was hooked! On that trip I was in for 5 days and stayed on 4 different lakes. [...]

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Its my 1 month Anniversary! -1300 views later! WOW… THANK YOU!!!

By Christina|2015-08-06T15:26:05-04:00August 6th, 2015|Categories: Adventure, backcountry, camping, Exploring|Tags: @grundyPP, @killarneyPP, @ontarioparks, @ontrails, @outdoorsSFA, @tctrail, @woods_canada, #camperchristina, #rondeaupp|

One month ago, I started this blog. I had always recorded my adventures somehow, some trips are written in Word and saved on discs that eventually got copied to my external drive, some had been recorded on Facebook in photo albums with notations on each photo, some on my phone, recorded verbally on the recording app where I actually kept a voice diary of each day, some are in small notebooks in my office desk [...]

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Yummy things to eat in the Backcountry when you’re not roughing it!

By Christina|2015-07-23T13:58:35-04:00July 23rd, 2015|Categories: backcountry, food, killarney, recipes|Tags: @killarneyPP, @ontarioparks, #backcountrycamping, #backcountryfood, #beef, #campingfood, #eat, #eating, #food, #glamping, #howtocookglamping, #potatoes, #yummythingstoeatwhilecamping, killarney, recipes|

I have had a few requests from people to do a post about food in the backcountry. Even my own mom was surprised when I told her we were having steak. What? she said... You are going into the backcountry, you should be eating hot dogs no? hahaha. Well, I could, but I don't really like hot dogs, so I figure out fun things to eat and ways to keep them from spoiling and enjoy [...]

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Not Roughing it in the Backcountry – Killarney PP

By Christina|2015-07-23T12:07:56-04:00July 23rd, 2015|Categories: backcountry, backcountry camping, camping, Climb, Climbing, Exploring, glamping, hike, Hiking, hikingtrails, Joe Perry, killarney, Killarney Provincial Park, Ontario, ontario parks, Outdoors, Provincial Park, site 56, summer tent, sunrise, sunset, tarps, tent, tentcamping|Tags: @killarneyPP, @ontarioparks, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #canoe, #canoeing, #explore, #food, #glamping, #JoePerry, #JoePerrylake, #killarneyoutfitters, #killarneyprovincialpark, #marmot, #smores, #tent, #tenting, #thermarest, Fun, killarney, portage, sunrise, sunset|

On saturday July 18th at 4am my friend Steph and I headed up the Trans Canada highway to Killarney Provincial park for a highly anticipated backcountry trip on Carlyle Lake. En route we saw two deers along the highway and then two moose! So totally exciting and I hoped a sign of things to come! Not by any means the best picture, but I love it anyways! Upon arrival we were greeted by enthusiastic park [...]

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