Greetings from Ontario Canada

Yummy, fried fish. Thanks for your reply. By the way are there any poisonous snakes in this area where you camp and also where you live? I have added a few posts about poisonous snakes, but nothing about Canada.

 

Sounds interesting.
But isn't the artificial sweetner in the river another big problem as well. I remember a time when we were told to just dump left-over medications in the toilet. Now our rivers are polluted with a mixture of all kinds of medications. But to think that artificial sweetner could do that as well. Well that is news to me and I am sure lots of others as well.

 

A lot of the trouble is we are all trained to believe what we are told and not think and reason with our own minds. It never even dawns on most people the simple things that we do can cause such wide destruction, but then again it is something that takes the actions of many people not just one. Like recycling instead of dumping everything in the landfills. O'well, live and learn, then try to do better. But sometimes we are much too late in changing bad habits.

 

I agree completely with carrying out what you carry in. It is always sad to find trash on the trails and at camp sites.

Have you ever had any serious accidents happen when your out, or with your group on the river areas or hiking?

By the way, I looked up the Haliburton Forest Wildlife Reserve, and it looks like what they call the base camp is all in one area. Is that the way it is set up for you or is your base camp out in the woods away from the main area?

 

The dog sledding sounds interesting, not sure I myself could do it, but watching a team in action would be worthwhile. Have you ever done it yourself, run a team of dogs?
One of my favorite books is written by a man who loved dogs and trained huskies and mixed breeds, to run the Iditarod, in Alaska. He ran many times before his health forced him to retire from the sport.
The book is humorous beyond belief and every time I read it I laugh so hard in places of the book, tears run down my face. I often wonder how he lived through both the training and the races.
The book is Winterdance by Gary Paulsen.

 

I don't think I could stand it either, but one has to think of the bravery and courage, it takes to even have the nerve to attempt those races. Have read stories of those who have endured frost bite and terrible falls of cliffs and moose attacks, just to run those races. But I would not even want to try such activities in my old age. Better left to the experts and the young and foolish.

Seems like a interesting area both in summer and winter. Thanks for sharing this info, i enjoyed looking over the website.

 

What times of the year are best for camping there, meaning do you have trouble with those black flies, like other parts of the north woods do?

 

You take really nice photo's. Sounds wonderful, but alas, i am a full time caregiver for my mother and my life and freedom, to go and do fun things is very limited right now.
But I can read all about this great camping spot and maybe someday I will get to see it. How soon do you usually get your troop groups started? Do you do a lot of hiking or just paddling down the river and camping at different locations along the way?

 

I have a lot of really hard days between mom not knowing me or just being mad, to her asking for her sister or mother, who both died years ago. But the good days are when she is in a good mood and knows me, and is willing to enjoy time away from the house. We then go to the library or for a car ride or out to lunch. It is hard now but as time goes on it will be a lot worse. However, I take it as one day at a time, and enjoy the moments I have with her.

By the way I checked out the Haliburton Forest Wildlife Reserve, Facebook page. All those wolf pictures are beautiful.

 

She has dementia, but may be Alzheimer's as well. the doctors lump everything together these days. It is the switching back and forth that is the hardest, fine one minute and 5 minutes later totally confused. I don't mind you asking.