Journals

Pâques 2018

Les Randonnées du Pèlerin (i.e. Pilgrim Hikes) is a Quebec Christian organization that offer spiritual pilgrimages/retreats through an outdoor activity. We recently got to know the founders of the organization, and thought what they are doing is pretty ...
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  • Parc régional de la Forêt Ouareau
  • Snowshoeing
In March and April 2018 we are leaving the Montana snow behind to travel through Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and Mexico. Follow our adventures here and at www.travelingmel.com.

Family Expeditions

Only slightly overstating, because anything with kids is an expedition. This is the place where I journal our family activities in the outdoors. Could be anything between cuty to epic, anywhere between the backcountry and the city, any ...

Maine Cabin Trip 2018

My parents @karentogo & @hammerhead, who live in Nova Scotia, join @toesalad & @celine and I at a Maine cabin for an work/ski-cation. Leaving Montreal after our regular work day, we arrived in Stratton Wed. night just as ...
In Nova Scotia, Canada, we get snow. Where we live on the South Shore, close to the Atlantic, the snow is usually heavy with moisture. The “dump” is often followed by rain, which turns into ice when the ...
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  • Blomidon Provincial Park, NS, Cda. Overlooking New Minas Basin
  • Snowshoeing
A weekend escape from Bangkok life, this place provides limestone for climbing and rappelling, a river for swimming and kayaking, and offers great Thai food at very affordable prices. We try to head here a couple times a ...
Deciding to do this hike was a matter of opening a 'Trails of Halifax Regional Municipality' guidebook and flipping through the pages until I found something interesting that was at least 10K. This Admiral Lake Loop was 'bang ...
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  • Hiking
Floridian Flip-Flops Appalachian Trail
In March of 2018, I plan to load up myself and our 4 kids ages 17, 15, 12, and 10 and head out to an adventure of a lifetime attempting a thru hike of the Appalachian Trail.

City Skiing 2018

Montreal is a city of many parks and a decent amount of snow. @toesalad and I are attempting to take advantage of both with cross-country skiing in the city.