Its New Years Day and we are welcoming 2019 with open arms. Its easy to get caught up in all that “new beginning / new year, new me” nonsense, and I’ve seen enough “Top Nine” posts on Instagram to make me puke. Truth is, I can’t complain much about 2018 and I though it was… Read More 2018… A Good Year
I wrote this while enjoying the morning on Cinder Lake… My eyes crack open in the still dark morning, my body wrapped up in my sleeping bag. I’m well rested and ready to start my day. Sleeping outside seems to give me the best nights sleep I can possibly get. I roll over and check… Read More My Million Dollar View
The black clouds had been swirling above me for at least an hour before the thunder started. The forecast called for rainy weather all weekend but I had already foregone common sense and was three portages deep into my trip. The thunder drew closer and intensified, the sky blackened like night, when suddenly a loud… Read More Weathering The Storm
After doing the Poker Lakes Loop earlier this year, I decided that it would be a great idea (with hopefully better weather) to take out my son on his first backcountry outing to explore Big East Lake. My little guy loves car camping with the family so I figured that doing some canoe camping with dad… Read More Backcountry Adventure on Big East Lake
I was fifteen years old and got my first job. I worked the summer and after school at a local grocery store. Living at home with no bills to pay meant that all of my $6.25 per hour earnings were disposable income. I decided that one of my first purchases should be a tent of… Read More My Stupid Tent (A Funeral Story)
I had been driving North for hours when I turned off of highway #11 and onto #118. “Ahead by a Century” by The Tragically Hip came on the radio as I started heading East towards Haliburton. This song holds a special weight for me as it was popular during that awkward phase of adolescence where… Read More My First Backcountry Camping Trip: Poker Lakes Loop
