One afternoon spent in leisure at the Hotel Mariposa in Leon, Nicaragua
Join us as we travel to Honduras and Nicaragua for ten days to visit three of our kids we sponsor through Compassion Canada. Our kids were ages three and one when we decided to fly off to Central America. After landing in Tegucigalpa, we drove through Honduras and Nicaragua visiting some of the major cities …
We learned a lot while attempting for the first time to camp in the winter. I can tell you now that research is no substitute for experience. Based on the research I had done, we had a very successful trip. There were a few things that we did learn the hard way. The hardest part …
Jackson’s first canoe trip at 5 months of age. We decided to ease back into canoe trips because of having kids in diapers. It was more important to just get out there and not be too ambitious with portages and paddling all day. Bell Lake (in Killarney Provincial Park) has its’ own access point, many …
It was time to explore a part of Algonquin that was new to me. I had never started a trip from the Smoke Lake access point. This was a quick weekend trip – only one portage to get to our destination. As you can tell from the photographs, we had a lot of rain mixed …
These images were taken a few years back over a period of a few months. While outside playing with the kids or working on the house, I would grab the camera when some cloud formation would catch my eye. I would sometimes climb up to the roof and shoot to avoid trees that would have …
In the fall of 2013, a friend and I set out to canoe the lakes of Killarney Provincial Park, for the first time during the cooler months of the year. We had only been in the park during the summer months. I also had a vision of creating a short film on the essence of …
In preparation for a season of canoe trips, my two sons and I signed up for a paddle making workshop. I have always been interested in building my own canoe. I thought I should start small and carve a canoe paddle first. We met up my fellow camping and canoeing enthusiast Scott Jordan in the …
Spending a few days snowshoeing in Algonquin Provincial Park is a great place to be at Christmas! Staying in a yurt at the Mew Lake Campground has started to become a tradition in our family. This kind of winter shelter allows us to winter camp with toddlers, who refuse to stay inside of their sleeping …
One of my favourite aspects of wilderness camping is standing on shore, looking out across the lake and enjoying the stillness and beauty of the Killlarney landscape. Out here, you rarely encounter other campers. Based on how hard it is to reserve sites in Killarney, I know that we are not the only campers in …