“It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw.” – Emily Carr (FLASHBACK) It was the week of my birthday, August 2017, when Phil and I departed from Michigan to Canada pulling a trailer loaded with kayaks, camping gear, and our new Can-am Outlander, for destinations unknown (to us, anyway). We made […]
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*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, Part 12 – Yoho Nat’l Park, Canada
When camping in a van, the weather determines one’s motivation early in the morning. If I hadn’t had to answer the call of mother nature, I would’ve stayed in bed ’til noon! Unlike home, where all you have to do is walk downstairs to use the facilities… we had to get dressed, put on a […]
Banff Grizzlies
These beautiful grizzly bears were grazing along the Trans-Canadian Highway as we were returning to our campsite, after a glorious day spent hiking around Lake Louise. As one can imagine, the Trans-Canadian is a very busy highway with cars, and big semi-trucks cruising along at a good clip. When we first saw the grizzlies, there […]