Category: Travel
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Hiking in a Boreal Forest
It was one of those silent, windless days in the boreal forest, when the silence draped over everything like a warm comforter, when every sound, every shuffle of a leaf, travelled with unnatural clarity. No…
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Starry Night
We just returned from our third “camping” trip to the Algonquin Park area this year. The first was our Moose Safari to Canoe Lake in June. The second, in July, was a stay at resort…
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The Portage
Linda and I had made a canoe/camping trip starting at Canoe lake some 25 years ago. Except rather than go towards Tom Thompson Lake, we turned left after the portage towards Little Joe lake. The…
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Moose Safari
The primary attraction was to see and photograph some moose. The challenges of camping, weather, and bugs were distant thoughts. They however came rushing forward as we stood on the beach of Canoe Lake. But,…
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2024 Moose Safari
Linda and I recently embarked on a three-day Moose Safari via canoe in Algonquin Park. It was one of those ideas that seemed brilliant in the warmth of our kitchen, attractive because of the opportunity…