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Arrowhead Park-Winter Wonderland Day Trip – Skating Skiing & Snowshoeing-AWESOME!

By Christina|2016-01-19T07:19:08-05:00January 19th, 2016|Categories: #snow, #snowshoe, #snowshoeing, Adventure, Canada, cold, Cross country skiing, day trip, Exploring, Fun, Huntsville, Ice trail, inspiration, Nature, Ontario, Outdoors, Parks, Provincial Park, skating, skiing, Trails, Uncategorized, walking, walks, waterfalls, winter, winter Wonderland|Tags: @arropark, @ontarioparks, @ontrails, @outdoorsSFA, #ArrowheadProvincialPark, #CrossCountrySkiing, #getoutdoors, #huntsville, #Piglet, #snow, #snowshoe, #snowshoeing, #winter, #WinterAdventures, #WinterWonderland, #woodsexplorer, #woodsexplorers, skating, skiing|

Once upon a time, I hated winter ...but then I decided to embrace it. I bought a pair of snowshoes from my favourite place Outdoors Oriented , Elektra's made by Atlas Snowshoe Compamy. Then, I waited, but the snow didn't come! I went winter glamping twice, but it wasn't cold enough for the ice to freeze to skate on, it wasn't snowy enough to snowshoe and cross country skiing wasn't even an option. I was ready, [...]

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Winter Glamping at Mew Lake! – Yurt Trip

By Christina|2020-12-20T06:33:07-05:00December 29th, 2015|Categories: Adventure, Algonquin, bear, camping, Canada, cold, cooking, Exploring, falls, Fun, glamping, hike, Hiking, hikingtrails, Huntsville, inspiration, Mew Lake, Nature, Ontario, Outdoors, photography, River, sunset, tarps, texting gloves, Trails, walking, walkling, walks, water, winter, winterglamping, yurt|Tags: @algonquin_pp, @algonquinoutfit, @ontarioparks, @ontrails, @ORgear, @outdoorsSFA, #bluejay, #canada, #cold, #greyjay, #Henrietta's, #hike, #hiking, #icicles, #Kombi, #ontario, #site65, #snow, #squirrel, #upnorth, #winter, #yurt|

If someone had told me a year ago that I would go winter camping, or glamping, in this case, I would've said they were crazy. Up until this year, it has never crossed my mind to even attempt adventuring in the snow, and now I have done it and am actually even camping in a tent for my next two trips! Being in nature in the snow is truly magical and I now understand why [...]

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Peaceful Paddling in November-Lyons Creek 1

By Christina|2015-12-22T07:04:23-05:00December 22nd, 2015|Categories: Adventure, Canada, cold, creek, creeks, day trip, Exploring, fall, inspiration, kayak, Kayaking, Nature, Niagara Falls, Niagarra, Ontario, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, photography, solo trip, sunset, texting gloves, water, winter|Tags: @niagararegion, @outdoorsSFA, #chippawa, #creek, #kayak, #kayaking, #lyonscreek, #marmot, #mirror, #niagarafalls, #paddle, #paddlecanada, #paddling, #perception, #teecreek|

On November 29th, In Canada, lol, I set out to paddle Lyons Creek in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Yes, I was wearing snow pants, a very warm ski jacket and a toque, but I was going paddling and I was stoked!!! On Thursday I had gone to Outdoors Oriented and picked up a pair of Marmot Connect Gloves. Whenever I am at the store, I always get valuable advice from someone there, this visit was no different. [...]

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You can text in texting gloves! – Outdoor Research!

By Christina|2015-12-17T07:54:38-05:00December 17th, 2015|Categories: Adventure, cold, creek, creeks, day trip, Exploring, fall, gloves, inspiration, kayak, Kayaking, Nature, Niagara, Ontario, outdoor products, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, photography, solo trip, texting gloves, water, winter, women|Tags: @ORgear, @outdoorsSFA, #december, #fleece, #gloves, #iphone, #kayak, #kayaking, #Kombi, #KombiCanada, #outdoorresearch, #paddle, #paddling, #PL150, #sensor, #text, #texting, #winter|

After publishing my post on the Marmot Connect Gloves and finding the ones I had too large for me and not as effective as I'd like them, I spoke to my favourite outdoors store contact, Jamie at Outdoors Oriented. He advised that the gloves did indeed look too big for me and he wanted to resolve the issue for me. Hence, why I love this place so much! I went in on Thursday after work and Jamie [...]

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Can you Text in Texting Gloves?- Marmot Connect Glove

By Christina|2015-12-03T07:30:55-05:00December 3rd, 2015|Categories: #adventure, Canada, creek, creeks, Exploring, gloves, hands, hike, Hiking, kayak, Kayaking, Nature, Niagarra, Ontario, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, solo trip, texting gloves, water|Tags: @outdoorsSFA, #apple, #connect, #gloves, #iphone, #Kombi, #marmot, #mitts, #paddling, #textinggloves, #wintercamping|

On Sunday November 22nd, I went on a very chilly paddle on Richardson Creek in St. Catharines, Ontario. The paddle was absolutely stunning and as I have this blog, I spent a huge amount of the paddle taking photos! (plus I just love it!) Four hundred and eighteen photos to be exact! As I take all my photos with my iPhone, I can not do so without taking off my gloves. My hands started to get numb [...]

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Paddling in November- Beautiful Richardson Creek

By Christina|2015-11-30T07:45:21-05:00November 30th, 2015|Categories: #adventure, Adventure, creek, creeks, day trip, Exploring, fallcolours, great blue heron, heron, kayak, Kayaking, Nature, Ontario, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, photography|Tags: @cathylleblanc, @outdoorsSFA, @st_catharines, #creek, #GreatBlueHeron, #kayak, #kayaking, #martindalepond, #mirror, #niagara, #paddle, #paddling, #photography, #richardsoncreek, http://www.peninsulapaddlers.com|

I purchased my kayak in the spring of 2012 from Outdoors Oriented at their Pack and Paddle day they have annually. It's such a great idea! They set up a bunch of booths and have some of the line reps come out and they have a bunch of their boats at Jordan Harbour for people to test them out. It's definitely hard to try a boat in a store and this is a great solution for that! [...]

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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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16 Mile Creek – Paddling at home & it’s awesome!

By Christina|2015-10-12T07:00:00-04:00October 12th, 2015|Categories: #adventure, #outdoors, #paddling, 16 Mile Creek, Adventure, birds, Canada, day trip, eagles, Exploring, heron, Niagara, Ontario, Outdoors, paddle, paddling, St. Catharines, water|Tags: @outdoorsSFA, #birds, #heron, #kayaking, #lincoln, #niagarapeninsulaconservationauthority, #npca, #paddling, #pelham, #regionalmunicipalityofniagara, #southernontario, #westlincoln|

On Sunday I had a free day, which is rare for me as I have been on 13 trips so far, camping and exploring nature and have rarely been home! I decided I would ride the TC Trail in the morning and paddle in the afternoon. I was so excited to go paddling here, its been so long, so after putting my bike away in the shed, I got my awesome little kayak up on [...]

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Go Girl- I peed like a man & I liked it!

By Christina|2015-10-08T02:14:24-04:00October 8th, 2015|Categories: #adventure, #camping, #getoutside, #go-girl, #gogirl, #hikes, #hiking, #outdoors, #paddling, #pstyle, #snowshoeing, #wintercamping, camping, Canada, Climbing, convienience, cycling, Exploring, female urination device, FUD, girls, Hiking, Kayaking, Nature, Ontario, outdoor products, Outdoors, Pee, pee like a man, pee standing, Trails, urination, waterfalls, waterways, women|Tags: @outdoorsSFA, #go-girl, #pee, #peelikeaman, #peestanding, #pstyle, #stand, http://karengeterdone.com/about/|

I need to start by saying that this post may not be for everyone - Guys, you may want to skip this, or, it may interest you just as much as the women, especially if you adventure with one of them. Girls, if you adventure, camp, hike, bike, spend a lot of time outdoors or in areas where bathrooms are not always accessible, this post is for you! A few weeks ago, I was at [...]

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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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