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I Say Goodbye, I Say Hello – The road to Port Carling – chapter 1

By Christina|2016-05-17T20:32:03-04:00May 17th, 2016|Categories: Adventure, Campers, camping, Canada, carcamping, Exploring, Hiking, hiking trails, Kayaking, move, moving, Muskoka, Nature, new beginning, new job, Niagara, Ontario, solo trip, St. Catharines, Up north|Tags: @muskoka411, @muskokatourism, @outdoorsSFA, @paddle_muskoka, #adventure, #bittersweet, #goodbye, #newchapter, #newlife, #portcarling, #serenitypropertymanagement, #spmi, #swan, #upnorth, #VDC, Muskoka, yolo|

My dad provided me with the perfect word to describe the last few weeks, bittersweet. It seems no matter how good something is, there is almost always something bad that goes along with it. It also depends on if you choose to see it, or just focus on the positive. When things in your life have been really good and people have been great to you, you can't help but get sad when you [...]

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Restoule PP – Spring has sprung!

By Christina|2016-05-02T20:04:50-04:00May 2nd, 2016|Categories: #Restoule, Adventure, animals, beach, bearproof, camp, Campers, camping, campsite, Canada, carcamping, cold, Exploring, Fun, glamping, hike, Hikers, Hiking, hiking trails, kayak, Kayaking, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, Ontario Trails, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, Parks, Pottery, Provincial Park, summer tent, tent, tentcamping, Trails, Up north|Tags: @ontarioparks, #adventure, #camping, #canada, #explore, #exploring, #fox, #hiking, #iphone, #kayak, #kayaking, #may24, #ontario, #paddle, #paddling, #redfox, #Restoule, #RestouleProvincialPark, #Rockcliffe, #RockcliffePottery, #tent, #tents, #trail, #trails, #woodpecker, beach, camp|

Last year at this time, I had not winter camped all season. I had not winter camped at all. By April I was dying to get outdoors and into my tent. With May long weekend coming up, I had a chat with mom to see if she'd want to go on a little trip, and then went onto the Ontario Parks site to find somewhere to go! We had never been to Restoule, but I have [...]

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Yurting at Silent Lake- Mom’s Sled-in

By Christina|2016-03-21T19:09:57-04:00March 21st, 2016|Categories: #snowshoeing, Adventure, bonnies pond, camp, Campers, camping, campsite, Canada, carcamping, cold, Exploring, glamping, hike, Hikers, Hiking, hiking trails, ice, inspiration, Lookout, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, Ontario Trails, Outdoors, Parks, pull in, silent lake, sledding, Uncategorized, walkling, walks, winter, winter Wonderland, winterglamping, yurt|Tags: @Onhighlands, @ontarioparks, @ontrails, @silentlakePP, #adventure, #bancroft, #bonniespond, #bonniespondtrail, #explore, #exploring, #glamp, #glamping, #hike, #hiking, #silentlake, #silentlakeprovincialpark, #sledin, #snowshoe, #snowshoeing, #winter, #WinterWonderland, #yurt, Outdoors|

While staying in a yurt at Mew Lake with my mom, we met a park ranger who had just come from working at Silent Lake. He told us all about the park and that he highly recommended us paying it a visit. I had heard a lot about Silent Lake but had never been there so I was appreciative of the information and decided to look into it further when I got home. A few weeks [...]

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Virtual Hike at Woodend – Laura Secord, TCT, Wetland Ridge AND Bruce Trail? WOW!

By Christina|2015-11-16T06:00:00-05:00November 16th, 2015|Categories: #hikes, Adventure, conservationarea, Exploring, falls, hike, Hiking, leaves, Nature, Outdoors, Trails, walking, walks|Tags: @bruceTrail_BTC, @npca_ontario, @ontariotrails, @ontrails, @tctrail, #adventure, #brucetrail, #conservationarea, #hiking, #laurasecordlegacy, #niagaracollege, #NOTL, #ontario, #trails, #walking, #wetlandtrail, #woodendconservationarea|

One day after work I decided to go for a hike at Woodend Conservation Area. Woodend is one of my favourite 'quick & easy' places to hike. It is right beside a major highway and just on the outskirts of St. Catharines in Niagara On The Lake, Ontario, but it still feels like I am in the forest when I am there (minus the sounds of the traffic). The weather wasn't the best, but so far [...]

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Mountainview Cons Area – Awesome Bruce Trail Hike!!

By Christina|2015-11-02T07:43:33-05:00November 2nd, 2015|Categories: #adventure, #hiking, #hikingtrail, #trails, brucetrail, Canada, Climbing, Hiking, hikingtrails, Ontario, Trails, walking|Tags: @bruceTrail_BTC, @npca_ontario, #adventure, #boulders, #brucetrail, #explore, #exploring, #hiking, #hikingtrail, #mountainview, #ontario, #rocks, #trails|

When I was a wee thing in my single digits, my family used to rent a cottage on Green Lake, Up North, Ontario. LOL. My parents would spend alot of time fishing while we were there and my mom didn't like the boat so much. My dad and brother would fish in the boat and drop my mom and I off on the shore nearby. My mom would fish and I would play in the [...]

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Virtual Hike- St. Johns Cons. Area- Fall Beauty

By Christina|2015-10-29T07:45:59-04:00October 29th, 2015|Categories: #hikes, Adventure, conservatationarea, Exploring, fallcolours, fonthill, Hiking, pelham, stjohns, sunset, Trails, walkling|Tags: @npca_ontario, @ontrails, #adventure, #canada, #exploring, #getoutside, #hiking, #NPCA #stjohns #pelham #fonhill #hikes #hikingtrails, #stjohns, #trail, #trails|

A few years ago I was driving through the rolling hills of Pelham/Fonthill area and stumbled upon St. Johns Conservation Area. From what I remember, it is a small conservation area, very scenic, with a trail that goes around a pond. When I did research on the park in preparation of my visit, I found out it's much more than that. The park actually has quite a few trails, in addition to the one that [...]

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EXCITING THINGS coming up -WTH is a GO GIRL?

By Christina|2015-09-30T01:12:40-04:00September 30th, 2015|Categories: #adventure, #blog, #camping, #getoutside, #gogirl, #hikes, #hiking, #Liebster, #newbloggers, #outdoors, #paddling, #reviews, #snowshoeing, #thermarest, #wintercamping|Tags: @liebsterawards, @outdoorsSFA, #adventure, #camping, #canada, #thermarest|

I'm pretty excited about all the blog posts I have yet to write! I had so many adventures this summer and there just wasn't enough time to write about every single one of them. I can not wait to share them and hopefully get you excited about the places I've been and inspire you to get outside and adventure for yourself, and, share it with others! Nature is addictive you know! I've got lots of fall [...]

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GEESE GANGS & A BEAR – CAMPING AT MEW LAKE IN ALGONQUIN PARK

By Christina|2015-09-16T11:23:49-04:00September 16th, 2015|Categories: Algonquin, camping, Canada, Hiking, Mew Lake, paddling, swimming, Trails, waterfalls|Tags: @algonquin_pp, @algonquinoutfit, #adventure, #bear, #bigpinestrail, #boothsrocktrail, #camping, #canada, #eastbeach, #friends, #geese, #hiking, #lakeoftworivers, #lookouttrail, #mewlake, #ontario, #tarp, #tent, #trails|

Every year for four years now, I pick a weekend to spend at Mew Lake in Algonquin Park. This year was no different, what was different though, were the people I was going with. I was lucky enough to have two of my most favorite people on the planet accompanying me on this adventure and we were all excited and ready to get it underway! We headed out at 5am and had a wonderful, traffic-free journey. [...]

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Peck Lake Trail – Algonquin Provincial Park!

By Christina|2015-08-27T13:19:19-04:00August 27th, 2015|Categories: #trail, #walk, Algonquin, Algonquin Park, Algonquin Provincial Park, hike, Hiking, Ontario, Ontario Trails, Trails, walking|Tags: @algonquin_pp, @algonquinoutfit, @ontrails, #adventure, #algonquin, #hike, #hiking, #hikingtrail, #peck, #pecklake, #PeckLakeTrail, #trail, #trails, Outdoors|

On Sunday August 23rd, 2015, my mom and I took a spin around Peck Lake Trail in Algonquin Park. We have done it many times and it is one of our favourite trails in the park. It is very scenic and not too difficult for mom, who's about to turn 70 this year! Last year when we were there we saw a humming bird, her first one ever and it was really exciting to see! [...]

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Paddling Black Creek – during a lightening storm & a tornado warning? oh my!

By Christina|2015-08-04T11:37:30-04:00August 4th, 2015|Categories: #perception, black creek, creeks, Fort Erie, kayak, Kayaking, Niagara, paddle, paddling, stevensville, storm|Tags: @outdoorsSFA, #adventure, #blackcreek, #daytrip, #exploring, #forterie, #girlstrip, #kayak, #kayaking, #lighteningstorm, #niagara, #ontario, #paddle, #paddling, stevensville, storm|

On Saturday August 1st, I put my kayak up on my truck and headed to Outdoors Oriented http://outdoorsoriented.com to meet my friends Andrea and Kim. We had made plans to go for a paddle today at the Welland Recreational Canal http://www.canalcorp.ca/site/home, but after checking the weather forecast, I needed to make a tough decision. Do I risk paddling with new paddlers in 33km gusts in what people have called 'a wind tunnel' in an area I've never [...]

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