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...I've slept out cowboy style - that is to say pad, sleeping bag close to a night time fire - and have enjoyed it. Though, given weather conditions I've always had an alternative sleep site. It's great to fall asleep after watching a fabulous sky or taking in a full moon.

Alberta is now home to the largest area of protected boreal forest in the world, following an announcement Tuesday that set aside more than 13,600 square kilometres of land across much of northeast Alberta. The Provincial and Federal governments, the Tallcree First Nation, oil sands giant...

...this is the closest I had in terms of "pup" tent. Eagle's Camp Scout Bivy Tent The Coleman Hooligan Tent I have just given these tents away including an Alpine 8 man pro gold tent With these give aways my inventory is now down to 5 tents. This is my new "pup tent" that I...

...excellent suggestion @Alexandoy and I do that too. I need sufficient rope for my canoe and for lifting my food barrel into the height of the trees.

...just visualizing a croc in our waters sends a chill up my spin. I really can't imagine such an occurrence. But in your neck of the woods that is a distinct possibility. In this neck of the woods we check with the Ministry of Natural Resources that provides pertinent information about our...

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Where to Camp In Ontario Provincial Park Campgrounds Ontario is home to over 330 provincial parks, covering 9 million hectares. All this space means loads of camping opportunities within provincial park grounds. The Ontario Parks 'Park Locator' lets you search for a specific park or locate...

Lyme's Disease Way back, when I instructed First Aid, we received the precautionary memorandum from our Provincial Office warning about the possibility of Lyme's Disease in our area. It was a precautionary measure because at that time it was only discovered in British Columbia - thousands...

...I was waiting for others to jump in. Anyway - last September I took a short hike with a group. As we got into the hike I felt that my boots weren't quite right. I got this severe pain in my right big toe. I thought to myself this is a short trip and I should be okay. WRONG! When I got...

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:peeking:This is an Instructional Thread FOLLOW UP SUGGESTIONS FOR WIND STORM CONDITIONS As I watched my shed door fly off and my neighbours canvas gazebo roof torn to shreds in a moment and saw flying debris all around and I wondered what I might do if I was camping. What would you be doing...

To be helpful. The following list has been altered to provide you with some suggestions. :) START BY MAKING A LIST OF YOUR NEEDS LICENSES, PERMITS ETC. To be able to camp in organized spaces if needed. SHELTER Which includes tent and/or wind shelter of some sort. For some it might include a...

TAKE 5 WALKING DESSERT GO AHEAD AND TRY IT :) Prep Time is 5 minutes Author: 50 Campfires Recipe type: Dessert Serves: 1 Ingredients 1 Snack Bag of Mini Pretzels 1 spoonful of Chocolate Chips Drizzle Chocolate Syrup 1 spoonful of Salted Peanuts Drizzle Caramel Syrup Instructions...

At 173 feet tall, the wooden tribal totem in Alert Bay, British Colombia is demonstrably the tallest tower of its kind in the entire world, but many people have argued that for a number of reasons it is not worthy of the surprisingly contentious title. One reason being that it is two parts...

Located at the East Gate entrance.

Here's another one <-----> Using the Oven Another Throw in Meal 1 cup of water Small cabbage cut up Medium onion cut up Sausages cut up A little bit of pepper/salt A tad of sugar A Cup or two of Chicken/vegetable broth Cook and simmer It's mighty good and simple to do.

-----> Go ahead and ramble OR babble as we call it - we could use a lot more. One thing about the true blue camper types is - we can do what we want. There is no need to fall into the conventional terminology. We call call things the way we like. :)

...corn bread it is. You can bake just about anything as you know. I was looking at your pic and thinking to myself I need to invest in one of those fire grills. The one in the picture looks like a Camp Chef Lumberjack over fire grill and I know where to purchase them. When the day is looking...

Glad to see everyone getting the pictures on line - great stuff. I can be a bit thick (as some might know) and it took me a tad to get it into my head that the Dutch was an oven. Oven you say? That means I can bake anything right? So now I don't use briquettes I just hang it right over the...

We don’t need a motor, we don’t need a sail. We don’t need no fins or gills, and we don’t need a tail. Let’s just keep it simple, we’ll each get an oar. Paddle out to no man’s lake and float till we can’t no more. Can you canoe on a little boat built for two? Can you canoe? I’ll be your captain...