“So lovely was the loneliness of a wild lake.” Edgar Allan Poe The process of securing a back country campsite in Canada, (at least in Ontario): You must reserve the same morning that you are planning to camp in the back country. You cannot reserve a certain site. (First come, first claimed.) Begin paddling (or […]
Category: Back country camping
*Newly Revised – Ontario, Canada (Lake Superior Provincial Park) 3 part series
Part One: Hiking Towab Trail to Agawa Falls – (Rated Very Difficult) I had been looking forward to hiking this trail for two years now. Back in August of 2017, we had wanted to hike the Towab, but it just didn’t work out. This year, it was going to happen! The day was Tuesday, August […]
Badlands and Beyond, British Columbia – YOHO (A night in the Wilds of Canada)
“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” Frank A. Clark Our time had come to pack up and leave Johnston Campground in Banff, Canada. We may have felt a little melancholy about leaving this magnificent place, but we were on our way to make reservations for a site […]
Badlands and Beyond, part 13 – British Columbia, Yoho
“Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing”. –Richard Rohr We had to go back. Tak Falls was the most incredible waterfall I had ever experienced and the hiking trail that led back into the mountains and glaciers called to us… beckoning through the cool, glacial breeze that carried fresh, invigorating scents […]
The Traveling Maiden 