Category: Outdoors

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Starting out early Sunday morning with a beautiful sunrise we crossed the border with no delays and headed to Wildwood, New Jersey.

A easy drive through the Pocono Mountains and Philadelphia we arrived in New Jersey. Unluckily the campground in Belleplain State Park was closed so we headed to the Jersey shore and ended up in Stone Harbor.

Looking for that elusive spot with the combination of quiet, solitude, and beautiful nature this is the place for you.

Also known as Cape North Lighthouse this secluded spot lets you view beautiful sunsets and incredible sunrises every day. Surrounded by high cliff mountains and the roaring Atlantic Ocean it feels like you’ve travelled to some mystic land or ancient lore.

The sounds of gray seals serenade you with their calls. Visits from Golden eagles will thrill you with their size. The crashing waves lull you to sleep at night.

If this sounds like your idea of paradise make sure to visit this fantastic spot.

Headed out with Heather and Martin for a day of searching for winter camping spots. Checked out location from Renfrew to Griffith to Calabogie and back to Renfrew. Many of the backroads we encountered were closed and seem unused in the winter.

Found a few possible location along the route but might be more suitable for summer camping.

Stopped at Black Donald Creek for a quick snowshoe. Travelled uphill in eight inches of fresh powder for half a kilometre before returning to the creek and snowshoeing along a snowmobile trail on the creek and getting these pictures.

Stopped for a quick lunch in Calabogie and tested out new stove. Martin and I have the same stove. He used propane while I used isobutane. The propane performed 100% better than the isobutane in the -18c and I ended up using his stove to heat my water.

Fun day talking about upcoming 2022 adventures.

Haven’t posted in a while busy with Christmas and such. Had a great week of outdoor adventures this week.

Day 1 – Met up with Heather and Martin for a possible snowshoe around the Alvin Runnalls Forest. Not enough snow to snowshoe but put in a good two hour hike.

Day 2 – Met up with Drew and he showed me around his Grenville hiking location. He’s told me many time about these backroads ut the first time I’ve joined him. Hiked for about two hours. Definitely will be going back to check out the area.

Day 3 – New Years Eve hike with Heather to the shore of the St Lawrence for an New Year’s campfire. Had a great time on a warm evening. Total hiking time was about 90 minutes.

Day 4 – Met up with Heather and Martin to snowshoe from P1. Snowshoed for about 3 hours.

Day 5 – Met up with Heather and Martin again. Martin’s last day in Embrun before moving back to Renfrew. Cross-country skied for 4 hours. The last hour was tough but conditions were great considering the lack of snowfall.

A quick one night visit to the park for some autumn camping. The only two nice days of this week and next. The park ranger suggested we stay at site 15 one of the new single sites installed this year. It was perfect. A 6 km hike to the site with new tenting platform, bear box, and privy.