After many hikes in the forest, paddles on lakes, rivers, streams, creeks, and even just walking our city streets, I am realizing what a huge issue trash is becoming! Yesterday my friend and I hiked Rockway Conservation Area in Pelham, ON and came across so much trash that I couldn't just stand by and do nothing! Our parks are where we play with nature and borrow the space to obtain serenity and peace for ourselves. [...]
Last night after many weeks of indecisiveness, I finally purchased a new backcountry sleeping bag. My first backcountry bag was purchased in 2001 and has lasted me all this time, which I find incredible! I did pay about $210 for the original bags. They are Jack Wolfskins and are super light. i think they were about 2lbs and were rated -5 but don't quote me on that as I got them a very long time [...]
Tay is a town in Central Ontario located in the Southern Georgian Bay Region. On my way home from a lovely 4 days at Grundy Lake Provincial Park, I decided to stop for a short trek on the Trans Canada Trail to stretch my legs, break up the four hour drive, and check out the area. I was not disappointed in what I saw and was very happy I made the decision to make the stop. [...]
At 4am on Canada Day, 2015, on a cloudy drizzly morning, I headed out, car packed, kayak on top, and mom in the passenger seat, to Grundy Lake Provincial Park in Britt, ON. I was really excited to see this park as I had joined Twitter a few months ago and someone tweeted some photos from their trip there. Once I did some research on it I was convinced it was a park I wanted [...]
My name is Christina and I love the outdoors, hiking, kayaking, camping, exploring, climbing, canoeing, tripping, you name it, I'm wanting to do it or am doing it! My adventures so far have been mostly documented on Facebook and I decided it was time to make a change and get more people inspired, if possible, by blogging about my adventures here! I hope you enjoy reading about my journeys and I would appreciate any advice [...]