Danger

2018/10/28 Karen 0 comment

When the hiking trail borders a military base…

Bayview Escarpment Nature Reserve, August.

Fairy Lake

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Skinner’s Bluff

2017/11/02 Karen 2 Comments

Enjoying a late season hike shortly before we were both taken down by colds…

Eric’s photo. Thanks Eric!

Misery Bay

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Hiking the Coastal Alvar trail at Misery Bay Provincial Park in August.

Beausoleil Island cabin trip

2017/07/14 Karen 1 Comment

Christian Beach Cabin 2

View of the cabin from shore

View from the deck

Eric lounging in late afternoon

The deck’s boulder!

Loved this site

The shoreline in front of our cabin

Rain coming in

Rain coming closer

Hi, Eric

Shoes on shore

A little bit gangster?

Trees and rain

Treetops

Sunset after rain

Hi, Eric

Diane’s green… toy.

Cigar rock.

Packing up after breakfast on the last day

Very mango

Barbarian breakfast

Walk on the beach

Beachy

Eric in the morning

Beach grass

Cabin signage

Trying out Paul and Diane’s bike rental

The washed out trail

More treetops

Beausoleil Island cemetery

One grave marker

On the Daytripper

Headed back to Honey Harbour

The Fairy Lake hike!

Tiny waterfall

Fairy Lake

Bear claws or just a heavy canoe?

Moss, lichen and branches

A baby oak tree

I’m ready to go back!

Boyd Crevices

2017/07/14 Karen 0 comment

The Bruce Trail Conservancy website describes this place as a “labyrinth of crevices cut deep into the Escarpment rock”. It’s one of our new favourite hikes and just a quick drive from home. On the day we visited in May with tea and snacks, it hailed.

Sunday afternoon

2016/01/03 Karen 2 Comments

Northern Skies Outpost Cabin

2015/07/07 Karen 1 Comment

Three days at a cabin on Frobel Lake with my friend Diane, and my first time in Northern Ontario!

Driving west then north from Sudbury (about 2.5 hours + stops)

Road to parking area

Cabin signage

Parking!

All fresh before the hike in

Diane’s pack

Me pretending my pack isn’t heavy

Canoe cache #1

Borrowed Eric’s hat

Checking cell phone coverage

Diane’s photo of me paddling

Snowshoe Lake

Hiking to lake #2

Loving deet

Old logging equipment

The Great Mountain of Frobel Lake

I need antlers?

The last stretch

Ashore after a 3+ hour hike/paddle combo

Path to cabin

A-frame cabin in the woods

Frobel Lake at evening

View from cabin window

Morning

Outhouse

Coffee and trail mix

Cabin silhouette

Dawn

More morning mist

Lots of white pine

Marshy area

Exploring

Moose tracks?

Exploring a stream bed

Cedar bark

Somewhere in there is old growth white pine

Ready to swim

The swim rock

Little fishies nipping my legs

Cedar says hello

Baby pine

Lichens and grasses

That’s me

Baby wormy thing

Blueberries

Pine selfie

Devil’s paintbrush

Me again

Sleeping loft

Main floor

Pretending to read

Night

Ferns at night

Cabin lighting

Hiking

Outlooking

Red pine

Lady’s slipper

Tiny flowers

View from outlook behind cabin

Treetops

Biggest white pine of the trip

Me defying mosquitoes to pose by the great tree

Look out, I’m posing

Pinecone

Packing up

Me and Diane (selfie by Diane)

My condiments

Campfire by the beach

Last morning

“This place suits us”