Male Camper: “I’ve got the water for the pasta.”Female Camper: “Is it filtered?”Male Camper: “You don’t need to use filtered water – it’s going to boil anyway”Female Camper: “But not long enough to kill the stuff!” (“stuff” is code for Giardia aka Beaver Fever”)Male Camper: Sigh (This is followed by a long exaggerated eye roll . . . Read More about Boiling Lake Water
Trail Tales
Honey, I Forgot the Tent Poles
On every trip for the past seventeen years we have reminisced about the time “he” forgot to pack the tent poles. It was our second family camping trip. We arrived at the campsite – three hours, two lakes and a steep portage away from Toronto – when my brother-in-law discovered that he had packed the . . . Read More about Honey, I Forgot the Tent Poles
Wine Works
Yes, Canadians have earned the reputation as a beer drinking nation, but wine works better for camping. Bottles and cans are actually banned from Provincial Parks (backcountry) so until they find a way to put beer in a Tetra Pak or they allow dehydrated alcohol in Canada, we will be packing wine on our trips. . . . Read More about Wine Works