Last year we bought a solo canoe called a Pack Boat. We bought it from Swift Canoe. My cousin Cindy has had a Pack Boat for a few years and told us just how great they are to paddle. She is a photographer so it is perfect – so stealthy. Cindy is featured in a . . . Read More about Pack Boat
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Sealine Backpacks not Recommended
Sadly, our SealLine packs have become one of the very few camping purchases we can’t recommend. We were so excited when we purchased our new dry packs. We use them for camping and also for backpacking into our cabin in the winter. It is nice to know that our stuff will be dry even in . . . Read More about Sealine Backpacks not Recommended
New Barrels
Five minutes into my first trip with our new red barrels and someone stopped to ask where we got them. We have always had a yellow Eureka barrel. We liked it because it wasn’t blue like all the other barrels out there. But after years of trips and wear & tear, including handle replacement, we . . . Read More about New Barrels
Freeze Dried Meals
Traverse Portable Food – what a discovery! Someone in my home community of Peterborough Ontario has a business making freeze dried meals for campers and hikers. This was a new business, so it made sense that we hadn’t heard about them. Someone I knew through work mentioned it because they had heard I liked camping. . . . Read More about Freeze Dried Meals
Real Fruit
Do you like juice for breakfast or lemon in your water on the trail? For years we used dehydrated fruit in our water. This year we discovered True fruit crystals. These very tiny individual packets contain crystals of the fruit – no sugar or other additives. The flavour is very strong, very real and very . . . Read More about Real Fruit
My New Favorite Mug
I received a new Yeti mug as a birthday gift from our long time canoe partners. It was birthday #60 this year. I love the mug. Such a great gift because I would never have bought it for myself. It is comfortable, and it keeps coffee warm a long time. The wide base is great . . . Read More about My New Favorite Mug
Spider Lake for Seniors
We camp, we take a lot of stuff, we are happy. 22 days over three trips into Massasauga Provincial Park in one summer – well that was a first. On one of these trips we stayed on three sites, all on Spider Lake. One portage in and one portage out, the rest of the time . . . Read More about Spider Lake for Seniors
Killarney Provincial Park Without a Map
Well, technically, we did have a map, it was just last year’s map. The landscape didn’t change, the location of the campsites were the same, however, some of the site numbers HAD changed. When we stopped at the park office to check in we picked up two new maps. When we got to the beach . . . Read More about Killarney Provincial Park Without a Map
George Lake, Killarney Lake and OSA Lake
I turned 60 this year. For a full year I had been saying “I want to go to Killarney for my birthday.” I needed to see the red and white rock again. It had been years! I heard all the reasons why we should not go to Killarney – no picnic tables, no campfire grills, . . . Read More about George Lake, Killarney Lake and OSA Lake
Wheat Straw Plastic
We had to give up the plates the mice chewed. We did a lot of research and settled on wheat straw plastic. I had never heard of wheat straw plastic. It is a plastic that is entirely biodegradable and requires less energy to produce. It is perfect for camping because it is very light. This . . . Read More about Wheat Straw Plastic