Palmer Rapids trip journal posted
So I'm learning to do whitewater canoeing, with the Ottawa Y Canoe Camping Club. Yes, I may have had my ORCA Flatwater III when I was 18, but out there in the bubbly stuff I'm a rank amateur. Here is my trip report.
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Summer is here
I swatted my first mosquito coming back from Easter dinner at my sweetie's folks place in Kemptville yesterday.
The Ontario Parks backcountry reservation system must change
The backcountry reservation system for Ontario’s bigger parks is insane. It encourages abuse, requires exceptional long-term planning, and yet makes it impossible to plan. It must change. This is a rant about why.
Compression-dry bags: gear that I’ve been waiting for
So I'm a gear head. I admit it. I love camping and having good gear makes a huge difference. Since I first discovered dry bags and compression bags I've always pined for a compression dry bag. Now MEC has them.
More park in the Nahanni
Becky Mason has an article in today's Globe and Mail (see A paradise not yet lost) calling on the federal government to protect the Nahanni river.
Killarney Thanksgiving trip journal posted
I spent the Thanksgiving long weekend on a canoe trip in Killarney Provincial Park, put on by the National Capital Region YMCA Canoe Camping Club. The name is as long as the portages, but they're worth doing. As is my habit I've posted my trip journal with photos to my web site.