This year the Canadian federal government gave out free national parks passes in celebration of Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation. The passes expire at the end of December, and we have hardly had a chance to use it yet. Today we decided to do a day hike at a national park half-way between Montreal and Quebec City called Park national de la Mauricie. It is a park that has a lot of lakes and hiking/ski trails (sadly nothing suitable for backpacking). Apparently they allow winter backcountry tent camping, so perhaps Renee and I will have to find some winter sleeping bags to take advantage this opportunity, not too far from home.
See the map for this journal for a GPS track of our route.