Greetings from Ontario Canada

Hi and welcome to the forum. I think the most of us are still recovering from the Christmas holidays and are not posting as much as we should. Did you lose your electric during the bad ice storm that hit your area? I hope your pipes did not freeze.
Anyways I hope to seeing more from you. I have several friends who live in your area and some love camping and post on the forum. Start new topics or just post responses to others. It is always fun to learn about the camping experiences of others, the true and fiction, (big fish that got away) lol and funny and embarrassing. Looking forward to seeing your posts on the forum.

 

Hey, I'm glad you like the site! I've been to Algonquin (I think everyone who likes camping in Ontario has) but not those 2 Haliburton parks although I have been in that area at friends' cottages (around Bracebridge/Gravenhurst) and when I used to go to summer camp around the Hunstville area. It is a very nice area so I'm sure the places you camped at were great. Were you on one of the lakes?

There was about 350k people without power right after that storm in my city, some people didn't have power for as long as 3 days! That must have made for an awful Christmas but I was lucky enough to have power back within 24 hours.

 

Glad to hear you did not suffer without electricity for a long period of time. I always think about all the broken water pipes from frozen pipes and people being stuck in their homes with no heat. This coming week we are suppose to get really cold weather like up to -20 degrees below zero. I am not looking forward to that. Hope you are ready too as it is suppose to come down through Canada.

 

That must have been really freaky as one of those limbs or trees could have come down on your tent. If it would have been my dog he would have been so scared, he would have been sitting on my sleeping bag crowding me out. lol When you are winter camping do you have one of those heating/cooking stoves in your tent or is roughing it your style? Do you hunt during your outings or just go for fun?

 

I was really into photography several years back. I loved taking landscape and wild animal shots, as well as, historical buildings. However, now I just do historical places and buildings for postcards. My only problem is that the newer computers do not allow the use of older software, thus I am worried about my ability to do more postcards. It is a picture to watercolor in a few seconds. Without a XP computer I am doomed. Alas, thou I have hundreds of pictures and slides from younger days in Florida.

Is it tricky when using a tent and a stove together, as in fire danger? When I was growing up we had heavy canvas tents, but these light material tents seem to me to be something that might burn easy if given the chance?

Do you mean here on the forum concerning the "trophy point", I think it has to do with the quality of your posts and things you do on the forum. That is a good question for campingforums admin. to answer.

 

While I in my mind would love to get back out and do some camping, as you do, with the tent and stove for keeping warm and cooking, I doubt now that I will ever get the chance. Old age and stiff knees makes walking on un-level ground hard to do not alone trying to climb mountains. Our state is filled with mountains and rivers, valleys and rocky areas where very few can walk through. But I may get out this summer and hike on a dirt road through the forest. lol

 

Sounds like with the right equipment it makes dealing with ground conditions and sleeping comfortably a comfortable setup. I have gone with friends and visited them when they camp locally but found I am unable to enjoy some of the camping restrictions that in my youth seemed only a minor problem. Having to get up in the night and make trips to outhouses set up on hills is a daunting chore and the ability to get my legs and knees working can put a damper on camping excitement. But I enjoy learning the art of doing in case a occasion arises that I find that camping is a real must and at least then I will still know how best to get the job done and be of value in setting up a tent and doing all other camp chores and being a real help having knowledge, instead of being totally clueless.

 

As you say camping with a bit of luxury makes camping that more relaxing and fun. If you ache all over in the morning or your hurt and can't get to help, that can put real dampers on any trip. So if camping is too be for enjoyment then I would say bring on the luxury and make each trip a good memory.

 

Does your family enjoy camping as much as you do? Were you brought up learning these skills or are you entirely self-taught? I wish they had more of the shows around here, but I might as well be in the north woods of Alaska, as everything is far removed from the area in which I live.