May, 2019 – We had gotten an earlier start this year, leaving well before Memorial Day Weekend. Pointing our 1992 GMC Vandura and our faithful, vintage, pop-up camper-turned-trailer towards the mountains of Wyoming, Utah, Oregon, then California, we set out to explore a country I had only seen in pictures. After two full days of […]
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Ontario, Canada – Part Two
“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 […]
*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 […]
The Traveling Maiden 