Journal Entries

So far this trail is reminding me al lot of the Maine woods. That is a good thing in my books.

The first 9km of trail are in a park called Foret de Ouareau, a regional park just 1.5 hours north of Montreal. This is the same park where Brienne and I did our snowshoe trip earlier this spring. This part of the trail definitely has some of the best views so far.

At the trail head, bright-eyed and bushy tailed. The forecast the weekend is not too hot with a slight chance of rain. Perfect conditions for backpacking.

In preparation for this summers backpacking plans, I purchased two new pieces of gear today.

I got a pair of Black Diamond Distance Carbon FLZ poles to replace my very aged Black Diamond Carbon Cork poles. I really wanted a pair of Gossamer Gear poles, but could not justify the ridiculous expenses after the exchange rate, shipping costs, and duty fees.

The other purchase was a new GSI Pinnacle stove. These stoves are actually made by Kovea from Korea, who sponsored us on our AT thru-hike in 2014. We loved this stove, but sadly due to a bum canister last summer, both of our Kovea stoves got plugged (Never again Coleman!).