Adventure

First GO Train Out Of Barrie

Monday, December 17th, 2007

The first GO Train rolls into Barrie South stationThe wind and snow had barely subsided from a massive snow storm the day before as an eager crowd of commuters fumbled their way in the dark toward the new Barrie South GO Train platform. Read more…

Hiking La Cloche Silhouette

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

IMG_0591.JPGOne of the purest, most rugged and unspoiled landscapes that I have ever seen is the view from the granite and quartzite ridges of the ancient La Cloche Mountains. Billions of years ago, these stunning hills towered higher than the Rocky Mountains. Today, they are protected within the boundaries of Killarney Provincial Park in Ontario Canada. Read more…

The French River

Friday, August 4th, 2006

The portage at the Five Finger Rapids.A little north of Pointe Au Baril, Ontario and about fifty minutes by car east of old Highway 69 is a place called The Lodge at Pine Cove.

It is here that three couples were outfitted with some rugged gear and a few words of wisdom before a beginning a three day excursion on the famed French River. Read more…

Snowshoeing at MacRae Lake

Sunday, February 12th, 2006

Me, bounding down the snowy hills around MacRae Lake on snowshoes.It was the kind of clear, sunny winter day that you only see in outdoor magazines that Dan Romanko and myself found ourselves on the way up to MacRae Lake, just north of Waubaushene, Ontario. We had signed up to learn how to snowshoe with Sojourn Outdoors. Read more…

Maple Mountain 2.0

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

Headed west into Lady Evelyn Lake with Steve Miller in the bow.Just back from a 3-day excursion to Maple Mountain near Temagami, Ontario, Canada. A team of four adventurers in two canoes ventured out from Mowat Landing, down Lady Evelyn River and into the sizable Lady Evelyn Lake early the morning of October 1, 2005. Read more…