Journal Entries

Out for our now yearly tradition of hiking along the Nova Scotia coast with @karentogo and @hammerhead at Easter. In this photo, @mypictograph, @brienne, and @celine are looking mighty fine!

@reneetougas demonstrates the snowpack. Despite the lack of snow in the city, it would appear that snow will be sticking around for quite some time yet in the Laurentians.

A beautiful day for a hike around Saint-Donat, working up an appetite for our first ever “Cabane a Sucre” experience. In this photo: @celine and @karentogo

Boys on boards. Unfortunately, my backpack was stolen tonight from the lodge. The beautiful ski pack that Damien gave me for my birthday. So sad.

Skiing with the family tonight, taking some runs with @brienne and @celine. All five of us on the slopes together always feel so precious.

And look who’s back - Brienne is back after a wrist injury and ton of doctor’s appointments and x-rays to figure out if she had a fracture. She doesn’t. Yay!

After an almost two week stint of no sliding on the snow (most of us were sick) and feeling cooped-up in the city, @reneetougas and I finally got out for a day of cross-country skiing. A nice 15km loop with some good downhill sections, and a fantastic amount of snow.

Skiing a loop in saint Donat. - La donatienne to sentier 1 to sentier 6. 15.3 km longest ski this season.

Skiing in the Val des Lacs region of Lantier.

A quick lunch stop.

After a couple of weeks with no nature time, @reneetougas and I were able to steal away for a few hours of fantastic cross-country skiing in the Laurentiens. A new region this time, known as Val-des-Lacs.