Descriptions of trips I’ve taken. Mostly self-propelled outdoor adventure variety
The person who first declared “You never paddle the same river twice” could easily have been thinking about the French River when they birthed that pearl of paddling wisdom. Sure there’s always rainfall, snow melt and beaver activity but with…
After a one year hiatus, the Mallory-Chris trip was back this August. Mallory has a couple more years as a wilderness guide and activity coordinator under her belt and I’m two years older and frailer. Yeesh. Good time to take…
The Ottawa Valley is very flat. Across the river the Eardley Escarpment, the Gatineau Valley and the Lièvre River Valley provide a modicum of elevation and some cute hills. But yeah this is flatland. And the hills we have are…
I recently got back from a ten-day cycling trip to Girona, Catalonia in Spain. And I want to rave about it. Girona is a city of about 150,000 just in from the Costa Brava. At its core is a gorgeous…
Me and the fam just got back from a seven day March break-ish vacation in Cuba. It’s the first time I’ve ever been. I loved it and would definitely go back for many reasons but mainly to discover more and…
I recently spent a week with my family in Cuba during the March Break. And since I don’t beach, my dearest partner let me piss off and ride a bike — my unusual hobby as my daughter calls it —…
A four day canoe trip in the heart of Algonquin Park: Sept. 21 - 24, 2018.