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Good Mornings and Goodnights at Camp with Babies
Camping with kids brings it own set of challenges but when one of those kids is a baby or toddler? Parents, your mornings and bedtimes are about to get interesting. My oldest child was just over 2 years old on his first camping trip, my second child was 8 months old on her first trip Continue reading
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3 Provincial Parks Perfect for First Time Camper Families (that aren’t Algonquin or Killbear!)
No shade to Algonquin Provincial Park or Killbear; they are two crown jewels in the Ontario Provincial Parks system! We absolutely love them but it seems like they are always the first parks suggested to families who are new to camping and I want to highlight three parks that I don’t feel get enough love Continue reading
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Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park – June 2021
I have several favourites when it comes to our provincial parks system – I love camping at Grundy Lake, Killbear, Balsam Lake and more recently, Algonquin. It is easy to fall into a sense of security and continue to book where we know but Ontario is massive and there are provincial parks across this province Continue reading
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I Headed to the Outdoors and Leaned on Mother Earth
I wrote a guest blog over on the Healthy By Nature blog about my deepened relationship with nature and the impact getting outside has had on my mental health and the mental health of my children during this global pandemic. Healthy By Nature is an initiative of the BC Parks Foundation; it was born from Continue reading
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Trading Virtual School for Fifty Point Conservation Area
My son is four and a half years old and in Junior Kindergarten. Back in September, we made the informed choice to send him to “in-person” school. All was well for a few months; our childs school did an incredible job keeping the kiddos safe and we are so thankful to the teachers and school Continue reading