Not every hike needs to be out in the backcountry, although that is where I prefer to be. However sometimes I just don’t have time to get...

November 11/23 I really hesitate to write about one of my favorite hiking areas. This area is still little known and retains the quiet...

So, after the fiasco with our bank and credit cards in Maine, we had to make the decision whether to go back to the states to finish our...

So here I am in Nova Scotia, and after spending a day in beautiful Halifax my husband and I headed out to Peggy’s Cove. Why spend money...

Well, this is a record for me. The farthest I have ever travelled to hike. A whopping 1900 km’s. A car ride that started off at home...

I love hiking in the rain, especially a soft summer’s rain. I love the sound of the drops hitting the leaves high above my head, then...

I have been hiking for so long, that I often go back to trails I have not used in many years, only to find the trails significantly...

I lost my father-in-law this past week. While it was not unexpected, it was not expected either. While I did several hikes, these are...

Awenda Provincial Park has always been a favorite of mine during the summer and fall, yet I have never taken advantage of its winter...

So I admit it…I prefer to go solo for my backcountry trips. I don’t have to make small talk or adjust my pace for someone else. However...

This is the time of year, when the temperature swings from warm enough to send trickles of thawing water down icy rivulets, and then back...

Well, this is a record for me. The farthest I have ever travelled to hike. A whopping 1900 km’s. A car ride that started off at home...

I have always been a very active person, but never as much as I was in my early twenties. While attending Queen’s university I regularly...

So this is it, the last few days of my solo hike of the Ganaraska trail. The days were shorter and the leaves starting to turn from...

My day on the Ganaraska trail usually started around 530-600. I loved the softness of the morning light, and the cool of the day’s...

So you may have been following my story about my previous solo trip along the Ganaraska trail. If so, you know that things were not...

As I continued my solo hike along the Ganaraska trail I was amazed by the response of both people in my social media group and by...

So this began the last half of my solo trek along the Ganaraska trail. I had now completed the trail from Orillia to Copeland forest, up...

After a day at home for my daughter’s birthday, I headed out for the last few days of the Ganaraska trail that were close to home. I had...

So far my Ganaraska solo hike had been fairly tame. The routes were well marked, the terrain was not too difficult, and I was adjusting...