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ORCKA Basic Canoe Course 1-4 with Kirkwood Canoe

By Christina|2020-05-18T14:04:35-04:00June 26th, 2018|Categories: Adventure, Canada, canoe, canoeing, education, enthusiasm, Exploring, Huntsville, Ontario, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, teaching, training|Tags: @algonquinoutfit, @explorersedge, #adventure, #algonquin, #camperchristina, #canada, #canoe, #canoecourse, #course, #kirkwood, #kirkwoodcanoe, #mosquitos, #orkca, #paddle, #paddling, #yearley, bugs, learning, portage, portaging, teaching|

I have always wanted to take a canoe skills course but just never got around to looking up the info and actually committing fully to doing it. A few months ago my friend Sam sent me a message to advise she wanted to take hers also and had found a good course with Judy Kirkwood of Kirkwood Canoe in Huntsville. She sent me all the details, I checked out the info and told her I [...]

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Making Maple Candy – Eventually

By Christina|2018-05-31T09:50:52-04:00May 1st, 2018|Categories: Adventure, Canada, cooking, DIY, edibles, education, Exploring, homemade, ice, inspiration, learning, maple, maple sap, maple syrup, maple trees, Muskoka, Nature, Ontario, outdoor products, outdoorproducts, recipes, teach, teaching, Uncategorized, Up north|Tags: @muskoka411, @muskokatourism, @muskokatravel, @ontarionature, @ontariotravel, #bucket, #camperchristina, #canada, #diy, #explore, #exploring, #getoutside, #maple, #maplesyrup, #mapletree, #ontario, #sap, #spiggot, #spile, #syrup, #tap, #tapping, #trialrun, #winter, learning, Muskoka|

When I finally finished making my maple syrup I was incredibly proud. I was also really happy, that it was over. It was a very very long process as far as the boiling went and I know that was due to my inadequate heat source but it didn't make it any less long. I was about to close the book/blog/video on the whole maple syrup series, until a friend, Terry Thomas commented on my facebook [...]

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Making Maple Syrup for Dummies – From Sap to Syrup – Part 2

By Christina|2018-05-31T09:56:02-04:00April 24th, 2018|Categories: Canada, DIY, edibles, education, enthusiasm, Exploring, food, homemade, inspiration, maple, maple sap, maple syrup, maple trees, Muskoka, Nature, Ontario, outdoor products, Outdoors, teach, teaching, Up north|Tags: @muskoka411, @muskokatourism, @muskokatravel, @ontarionature, @ontariotravel, #bucket, #camperchristina, #canada, #diy, #explore, #exploring, #getoutside, #maple, #maplesyrup, #mapletree, #ontario, #sap, #spiggot, #spile, #syrup, #tap, #tapping, #trialrun, #winter, learning, Muskoka|

This post is Part 2 of Making Maple Syrup, to see Part 1, click here. After 13 days of collecting sap, I was ready to try and turn it into maple syrup. Please see Part 1 for the collecting maple sap blog post. I had a few buckets that were still frozen solid or had a big chunk of ice in them, so I got out the big pot, filtered the sap that was in [...]

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Making Maple Syrup For Dummies, Like Me – Part 1

By Christina|2018-05-31T09:57:51-04:00April 17th, 2018|Categories: Adventure, Canada, cooking, DIY, edibles, education, Exploring, homemade, ice, inspiration, learning, maple, maple sap, maple syrup, maple trees, Muskoka, Nature, Ontario, outdoor products, Outdoors, recipes, teach, teaching, Up north|Tags: @muskoka411, @muskokatourism, @muskokatravel, @ontarionature, @ontariotravel, #bucket, #camperchristina, #canada, #diy, #explore, #exploring, #getoutside, #maple, #maplesyrup, #mapletree, #ontario, #sap, #spiggot, #spile, #syrup, #tap, #tapping, #trialrun, #winter, learning, Muskoka|

I have always been curious about how maple syrup is made. Every year around this time, my boss says, you should make maple syrup and blog about it, but I have always been too busy out on trips and hikes and exploring to give it a go. I guess I should therefore thank my concussion for this years test run. I have been unfortunately spending a lot of time at home and as the trees [...]

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My Instructor Sea Kayaking Course at OSKC – Am I An Instructor Now?

By Christina|2020-05-19T16:18:13-04:00June 13th, 2017|Categories: #course, Campers, camping, Canada, certification, education, enthusiasm, glamping, harmony, harmony inn, inspiration, instructors, kayak, Kayaking, learning, level 1, level 1 instructor, Muskoka, Ontario, ontario sea kayak centre, paddle, paddle canada, paddling, sunrise, teach, teaching, tent, tentcamping, training, Uncategorized|Tags: @harmonyOUtdoorInn, @ontarioseakayak, #adventure, #basickayakinstructor, #camperchristina, #camping, #canada, #drysuit, #explore, #exploring, #getoutside, #glamping, #instructor, #kayak, #kayaking, #kokatat, #learn, #learntokayak, #level1, #level1instructor, #level2, #ontario, #oskc, #paddle, #paddlecanada, #paddling, #pfd, #rescues, #safety, #safetyonwater, #study, #wetexit, learning, teach, teaching|

I actually had decided going into my Level 1 Sea Kayak Instructor Course, that I wasn't going to blog about it. I had things to learn and too much to do and needed to be serious and focused on learning as much as possible. Studying while kayak camping weeks before the course No time for pictures, (HAHAHA, yeah, well, I always get a few pics!!) But I think you get the drift of [...]

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Wye Marsh – Wetland Education

By Christina|2017-05-23T19:16:57-04:00May 23rd, 2017|Categories: #marsh, #spring, #swan, #swans, #trail, #walk, Adventure, birding, birds, Canada, education, Exploring, fiddleheads, hike, Hiking, learning centre, Nature, Ontario, Outdoors, Trails, turtles, walking, wetlands|Tags: @brucegreysimcoe, @ontarionature, @ontariotrails, @ontariotravel, @ontrails, #adventure, #barrie, #birds, #camperchristina, #canada, #educate, #explore, #exploring, #FOM, #FriedsofWyeMarsh, #getoutside, #hike, #hiking, #hikingtrail, #learn, #learningcentre, #marsh, #ontario, #simcoecounty, #spring, #swan, #swans, #turtle, #walk, #walking, #wildlife, #wildlifecentre, #wye, #wyemarsh, birding, education, learning, turtles|

I had been wanting to visit Wye Marsh for over a year now. On Sunday, a beautiful spring day, that visit finally happened. My friends Sam and Shylo had also wanted to go. So we picked a day and headed down to check out what Wye Marsh is all about. We paid the admission fee of $11.00 plus person, plus tax. I found it a bit steep but once I found out what the admission [...]

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Phillip Edward Island backcountry kayak trip!-Level 2 with OSKC

By Christina|2016-07-12T21:46:56-04:00July 12th, 2016|Categories: animals, backcountry, camp, Campers, camping, campsite, Canada, Exploring, fish & chips, Fun, georgian bay, harmony inn, inspiration, instructors, kayak, Kayaking, killarney, Killarney Provincial Park, learning, mapping, Nature, navigating, navigation, Ontario, ontario parks, ontario sea kayak centre, Ontario Trails, outdoorproducts, Outdoors, paddle, paddle canada, paddling, sunrise, sunset, tarps, tent, tentcamping, Uncategorized|Tags: @ontarioparks, @ontarioseakayak, @ontrails, @paddle_muskoka, #backountry, #bestinstructorsever, #canada, #canadaday, #chikanishing, #dympnahayes, #GeorgianBay, #greenlandrolling, #herbertfisheries, #instruct, #JamesRoberts, #kayak, #kayaking, #knots, #learn, #learntokayak, #level2, #nevertolatetolearn, #ontario, #ontarioseakayakcentre, #oskc, #paddle, #paddlecanada, #paddling, #parrysound, #phillipedwardisland, #phillipedwardislands, #pinklips, #roll, #rolling, #tarp, #tarping, #tenniscourts, instructors, killarney, learning, sunrise, sunset|

Last month when I took my level 1 Sea Kayaking Course, I had no intention of taking my level 2. If you read my Level 1 post, you would've seen that I had an amazing time at that course! The instructors were full of knowledge and tonnes of fun and I learned so much! I gained confidence in my skills, refreshed some of them and learned quite a few more. And, I met some extraordinary [...]

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Paddle Canada Level 1 Sea Kayaking Skills Course with Ontario Sea Kayak Centre

By Christina|2020-05-19T14:47:02-04:00June 14th, 2016|Categories: #sup, alone, Campers, camping, camping tips, campsite, Exploring, glamping, harmony, harmony inn, hike, Hikers, Hiking, hiking trails, hot tent, instructors, kayak, Kayaking, learning, level 1, mapping, Muskoka, Nature, Ontario, ontario sea kayak centre, Ontario Trails, outdoor products, Outdoors, paddle, paddle canada, paddling, parry sound, River, solo trip, summer tent, sunset, swimming, tarps, tent, tentcamping, Up north, walkling, walks, water, yoga|Tags: @harmonyOUtdoorInn, @ontarioseakayak, #barbecue, #bliss, #camperchristina, #camping, #cedars, #certificate, #class, #composting, #compostingtoilet, #detail, #details, #dock, #drysuit, #glamping, #greenlandpaddle, #hammock, #hammocks, #hotshower, #inn, #innkeeper, #ironwood, #JamesRoberts, #kayak, #kayaking, #learn, #level1, #ontarioseakayakcentre, #outdoorinn, #outdoorkitchen, #outhouse, #paddle, #paddlecanada, #paddling, #roll, #school, #seakayaking, #seguin, #seguinriver, #selfrescue, #shower, #students, #wetexit, beach, harmony, instructors, learning, sunset, swimming|

I've wanted to retake my kayaking course for some time now. I guess I should say 'retake' lightly as the first course I took in 2004 was not a certificate program through Paddle Canada and was only an 8 hour course, but, I did learn quite a few of the items that were on the list for the Paddle Canada Sea Kayaking Level 1 course. A few weeks ago I began researching a few places [...]

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Wilderness Navigation – Getting Lost on purpose Frontenac PP

By Christina|2020-05-19T14:57:12-04:00June 6th, 2016|Categories: #lost, #map, Adventure, alone, backcountry, backcountry camping, bruce trail, camping, Canada, compass, day trip, declination, Exploring, frontenac, grid, hike, Hikers, Hiking, hiking trails, learning, legend, mapping, Muskoka, muskoka trails, Nature, navigating, navigation, Ontario, ontario parks, Ontario Trails, Outdoors, rose, solo trip, true north, walkling, walks, wildernessnavigation|Tags: @cataraquiRCA, @frontenacpark, @frontoutfitters, @keencanada, @magneticnorth, @ontarioparks, @ontrails, #bancroft, #bat, #blackrat, #camping, #caterpillar, #class, #course, #deer, #east, #elbow, #elbowlake, #frog, #heron, #hike, #hiking, #kayak, #kayaking, #learn, #lost, #map, #mapandcompass, #navigate, #nevertoooldtolearn, #north, #paddle, #paddling, #school, #snake, #snakes, #south, #truenorth, #west, #worm, camp, compass, declination, grid, learning, legend, navigating, navigation, sunset|

Since my very first backcountry trip in 2001 I have been carrying a compass in my backpack on every single trip I go on. You would think that would make me smart, but the reality is, I have never learned how to use a compass. I was never in girl guides or scouts or brownies or participated in any type of class or course to show me how to use this amazing instrument. I have [...]

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