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Torrance Barrens Trails – Fall Fabulousness !!!

By Christina|2016-11-01T16:36:09-04:00November 1st, 2016|Categories: #bridges, bridge, camping, campsite, Canada, carcamping, cold, conservatationarea, Conservation areas, conservationarea, Exploring, fall, fallcolours, falls, Fun, hike, Hikers, Hiking, hiking trails, hikingtrails, inspiration, leaves, Muskoka, muskoka trails, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, Ontario Trails, Outdoors, Parks, pie, pizza, torrance, Trails, Uncategorized, Up north, walking, walks, water, waterfalls|Tags: @conont, @keencanada, @muskokatravel, @ontariotrails, @ontariotravel, #adventure, #barrens, #camperchristina, #canada, #conservationarea, #explore, #exploring, #fall, #fallcolors, #getoutside, #hike, #hiking, #hikingboots, #hikingtrail, #keen, #map, #maps, #ontario, #torrancebarrens, #torrancebarrensdarkskyreserve, #trail, #trails, #walking, #waterfalls, fallcolours, Muskoka, torrance, water|

Since moving to Muskoka, I had been hearing about this place called Torrance Barrens Trails and Dark Sky Reserve. I knew it was a great place to go for night viewing of stars, meteor showers, etc, but had no idea that there were hiking trails there as well. My dear friend Nicole came to visit me in Port Carling. I was so happy she was here with me and we decided to go for a [...]

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Kawartha Highlands – Paddling Secret …. shhhh

By Christina|2025-04-23T12:19:13-04:00October 25th, 2016|Categories: Adventure, alone, backcountry, backcountry camping, Campers, camping, campsite, Canada, day trip, Exploring, kawartha, kawartha highlands, kawarthat, kayak, kayak portaging, Kayaking, Long Lake, Loucks Lake, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, Ontario Trails, paddle, paddling, portage, portaging, Provincial Park, River, Secret Lake, solo trip, Uncategorized|Tags: @karengeterdone, @kawarthaHSSP, @ontarioparks, @ontarioparksne, @ontariotravel, #daytrip, #exploring, #kawarthahighlands, #kawarthas, #kayak, #kayaking, #long, #longlake, #louck, #loucklake, #paddle, #paddling, #perception, #perceptiontribute, #secret, #secretlake, #solo, #solotrip, #tribute, kawartha, portage, portaging|

A few weekends ago I had the pleasure of spending some time with my favorite friends in the Kawarthas at their property. I met Karen online through posts following the journey of the Woods Explorers and we had both applied for the dream job the advertised. We hit it off and always said we would get together and last year, we finally did just that. I was invited back again this year, and so happy [...]

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Turkey Day at McCrae! -Cooking in my new Dutch Oven!

By Christina|2016-10-18T18:43:59-04:00October 18th, 2016|Categories: Adventure, backcountry, backcountry camping, Bear Barrel, Bear vault, bearproof, camp, camping, camping tips, campsite, Canada, canoe camping, conservatationarea, Conservation areas, conservationarea, cooking, creek, creeks, Exploring, fall, fallcolours, falls, food, Food storage, hike, Hikers, Hiking, hiking trails, hikingtrails, homemade, learning, leaves, Lookout, Nature, Ontario, Ontario Trails, outdoor products, outdoorproducts, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, portage, portaging, sunrise, sunset, tarps, tent, tentcamping, Trails, Uncategorized, water, waterfalls, waterways|Tags: @conont, @enohammocks, @mccraelake, @Onhighlands, @ontarionature, @ontariotrails, @ontariotravel, @ontrails, @outdoorsSFA, #aquaquest, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #basslakeroadhouse, #camping, #canoe, #canoecamping, #cleanupourparks, #crown, #crownland, #crownlandcamping, #crowsnest, #crowsnestlookout, #dehydrated, #dehydratedfood, #dutch, #dutchoven, #eno, #excalibur, #fish, #fishing, #fog, #freezingfog, #GeorgianBay, #hammock, #hotnalgene, #marmot, #mccrae, #minus4, #mushrooms, #nalgene, #ontarioconservationarea, #paddle, #paddling, #pancakes, #thanksgiving, #turkey, #turkeyroll, #woodlanding, camp, konigshauskanoe, portage, portaging, sunrise, sunset|

Since meeting my friend Jason last year, he has been going on about this place called McCrae Lake. I had never been there and according to him, it was a gorgeous place to spend a weekend camping, fishing and enjoying nature. The Thanksgiving long weekend was approaching and as I hadn't had any plans yet, I decided it would be a good weekend to check the place out. It was also the perfect weekend to [...]

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Brent Campground – Relaxing W/E…Well… til I hit a deer

By Christina|2016-09-14T06:53:02-04:00September 14th, 2016|Categories: Adventure, Algonquin, Algonquin Park, Algonquin Provincial Park, alone, beach, Bear vault, bearproof, brent, brent campground, camp, campchairs, Campers, camping, campsite, Canada, carcamping, cedar lake, clean up our parks, creek, creeks, Exploring, glamping, hike, Hiking, hiking trails, hikingtrails, kayak, Kayaking, loons, malone, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, Provincial Park, solo trip, summer tent, swimming, tangii, tent, tentcamping, Uncategorized, Up north, walking, walks, water|Tags: @algonquinoutfit, @algonquinpp, @enohammocks, @ontarioparks, @ontariotravel, #algonquin, #algonquinpark, #aquaquest, #brentcrater, #camperchristina, #camping, #cedar, #cedarlake, #cleanupourparks, #eno, #glamping, #hammock, #kayak, #kayaking, #nonreservable, #northriver, #paddle, #princesstent, #site26, #steak, #tarp, #tarping, #tent, #wendigolake, brent, camp, carcamping, loons, padding, portage|

I have always wanted to get up to Brent in Algonquin but it was always way to far for me to go. Now that I live in Muskoka, the drive is the same as what I used to drive to get from Niagara to Hwy. 60 in Algonquin, 3.5 hours, so I figured it was time for a visit. I had made some plans to go camping with a friend that weekend but she got [...]

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Kioshkokwi Lake – Algonquin Park aka Kiosk

By Christina|2016-08-23T21:08:30-04:00August 23rd, 2016|Categories: #frog, Algonquin, Algonquin Park, Algonquin Provincial Park, backcountry, backcountry camping, Campers, camping, camping tips, campsite, Canada, Exploring, kayak, kayak rack, Kayaking, Kioshkokwi, kioshkokwi lake, kiosk, learning, malone, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, paddle, paddling, Provincial Park, rack, rack system, summer tent, sunrise, sunset, swimming, tarps, tent, tentcamping, Uncategorized|Tags: @algonquin_pp, @algonquinoutfit, @ontarioparks, @ontariotravel, @ontrails, #adventure, #algonquin, #backcountry, #camperchristina, #camping, #canada, #explore, #exploring, #getoutside, #kayak, #kayaking, #lake, #marmot, #ontario, #paddle, #paddling, #roomie, Kioshkokwi, kiosk|

I had not camped in Algonquin Park since February when it was minus 42. It was time to change that. My roommate Molly had been asking me to take her on a backcountry trip with me since we'd met, and this is the weekend we decided on. As Molly has never backcountry camped previously, I didn't want to do anything too difficult, plus we only had 2 days and one night to spend somewhere. After [...]

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Getting Lost at 3am…at The Massasauga PP

By Christina|2016-08-17T22:11:20-04:00August 17th, 2016|Categories: #lost, #Massasauga, alone, camp, Campers, camping, camping tips, campsite, Canada, disoriented, Exploring, Hiking, Massassauga, Nature, navigating, navigation, Ontario, ontario parks, Ontario Trails, Outdoors, Privy, Provincial Park, tent, tentcamping, Trails, Uncategorized, walking, walks, water, wildernessnavigation|Tags: @ontarioparks, @ontariotravel, @ontrails, #afraidofthedark, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #dark, #darkness, #flashlight, #kayak, #kayakcamping, #kayaking, #lost, #lostatnight, #Massasauga, #massasaugaprovincialpark, #scared, #whistle, alone, disoriented, Privy|

Have you ever gotten lost in the forest in the middle of the night? On a recent trip in the backcountry, it happened to me! I have been debating for a few weeks now if I would actually publish this post. In the end, you can see who won the battle because here I am telling the story to you. Yes, it is embarassing , but, even so, I am hoping that people will see [...]

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My New Rack!!! – Easy Peasy! My 100th POST!!!

By Christina|2016-07-27T23:01:09-04:00July 27th, 2016|Categories: alone, Campers, camping, camping tips, Canada, day trip, Exploring, glamping, kayak, kayak carrier, kayak rack, Kayaking, learning, malone, Muskoka, Nature, new beginning, newkayak, Ontario, outdoor products, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, Port carling, rack, rack system, tangii, Uncategorized, Up north|Tags: @deltakayaks, @maloneautoracks, @muskokatourism, @muskokatravel, @ontariotravel, @outdoorsSFA, @yakimaracks, #adventure, #boat, #canadapost, #ease, #foamblocks, #hyundai, #kayak, #kayaking, #kayakrack, #load, #loading, #lockcores, #paddle, #paddling, #paddlingadventures, #purolator, #railgrab, #railgrabkit, #roofrack, #seawing, #stinger, #straps, #trevor, #tuscon, #yakima, malone, rack, tangii|

For the last few years since purchasing my kayak I have been playing the foam blocks game. I put them on the car, then I put my boat on them, then I strap the boat down, reverse, repeat, reverse, repeat. Except for three times now where I've forgotten to take the foam blocks off and they have ended up somewhere else, possibly with someone else. I have no clue why 2 foam blocks cost $40, [...]

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Hardy Lake – The 8km loop

By Christina|2016-07-19T06:48:47-04:00July 19th, 2016|Categories: Canada, day trip, Fun, hike, Hikers, Hiking, hiking trails, hikingtrails, inspiration, Muskoka, muskoka trails, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, ontario sea kayak centre, Ontario Trails, Outdoors, swimming, Uncategorized, Up north, walkling, walks, women|Tags: @muskoka411, @muskokatourism, @muskokatrails, @muskokatravel, @ontarioparks, @ontariotravel, @ontrails, #bridges, #exploring, #hardy, #hardylake, #HardyLakePP, #hike, #hiking, #rockjumping, #trail, Muskoka, swimming|

I woke up to a gorgeous day Saturday and headed out to Mactier to do an address change on my drivers License. When I got back to my place in Port Carling, I asked my roomates what they had planned for the day? I had decided to do the bigger loop at Hardy Lake as I'd done the smaller one when I'd first arrived and loved it there. Both Molly and Debra were in, so we [...]

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1 Year Ago today!- How CamperChristina.com has changed my life!

By Christina|2016-07-07T00:12:23-04:00July 7th, 2016|Categories: Adventure, alone, backcountry, backcountry camping, biking, blog, Campers, camping, camping tips, campsite, Canada, Climb, Climbing, cold, compass, conservatationarea, Conservation areas, Cross country skiing, cycling, Exploring, frozen waterfalls, glamping, grundy, grundy lake, harmony inn, hike, Hikers, Hiking, hiking trails, hikingtrails, iceclimbing, icefalls, inspiration, kayak, Kayaking, liebsteraward, logo, Mew Lake, move, moving, Muskoka, Nature, navigating, navigation, new beginning, new job, Niagara, Ontario, ontario parks, ontario sea kayak centre, Ontario Trails, Outdoor Adventure Show, Outdoors, paddle, paddle canada, paddling, Parks, Provincial Park, skating, skiing, sledding, solo trip, summer tent, sunrise, sunset, teepee, tent, tentcamping, tipi, trade show, Trails, trans canada trail, Uncategorized, winter, winterglamping|Tags: @algonquinoutfit, @algonquinpp, @grundylkpp, @ibbtravel, @keencanada, @muskoka411, @muskokatourism, @Onhighlands, @ontarioparks, @ontarioseakayak, @ontariotravel, @ontrails, @outdoorsSFA, @stormyKromer, @tctrail, @wordpress, #anniversary, #bear, #blogaversary, #blogger, #followyourfeet, #getoutdoors, #getoutside, #grateful, #keen, #learntokayak, #portcarling, #post, #posts, #publish, #thanks, #thankyou, #wegetoutside, blog, grundy, iceclimbing, tct|

One year ago today, I posted my very first blog post ever! I have been camping for 2 decades and recording my experiences in various ways. One day, I thought, hey! why don't I just start a blog and share my experiences with other people. It would be amazing to have my adventures all in one place, not only for myself, but to share with others who were looking for information on the places I [...]

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Massasauga solo – Feeling ill in the backcountry

By Christina|2016-06-28T21:37:47-04:00June 28th, 2016|Categories: Adventure, alone, backcountry, backcountry camping, beach, Bear Barrel, Bear vault, bearproof, brucetrail, camp, Campers, camping, campsite, Canada, clean up our parks, Exploring, Food storage, gear, georgian bay, harmony, kayak, Kayaking, Massassauga, Muskoka, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, outdoor products, Outdoors, paddle, paddle canada, paddling, Parks, Provincial Park, sleeping bag, sleeping matt, sleeping pad, solo trip, sunrise, sunset, swimming, tent, Uncategorized, water, waterways, wind|Tags: @ontarioparks, @ontariotravel, #allergies, #backcountry, #backcountrycamping, #bear, #bearvault, #beaver, #bites, #camping, #cleanupourparks, #fever, #ill, #kayak, #kayaking, #marmot, #Massasauga, #massasaugaprovincialpark, #paddle, #paddling, #perception, #perceptiontribute, #sick, #sickinthebackcountry, #solo, #solocamp, #solotrip, #swollen, #tent, #themassasauga, #thermarest, camp|

Last year I went on my first solo trip in the backcountry. It was at The Massasauga and it was awesome and I have been wanting to go back. I had every intention of spending last weekend at home. Well my new home in Port Carling, but on Friday around 1pm, I was advised I could go home early. So at 3pm, I decided to call it a day and packed up my camping gear. [...]

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