*COVID-19 TRAVEL ALERT – I am writing and providing you information on Watkins Glen Gorge Trail. I am not encouraging you to travel there right now * Where am I happiest? Outside of course. Take me on a trail and I’ll love you forever and ever and ever. Take me to Watkins Glen Gorge…
Ontario is a mecca for outdoor activities. I have always been an avid hiker, camper and nature lover, making me well-positioned living in Southern Ontario. And as my children have gotten older, we’ve been out more and more and more. And I am constantly searching out the best hiking trails for families in Southern Ontario….
When it comes to Mother’s Day hikes with kids, Mono Cliffs Provincial Park is top of my mind for a great spot close to Toronto. Located just outside of Orangeville, Ontario, it’s part of the Ontario Parks system. Worth noting, Mono Cliffs is also part of the Bruce Trail Conservancy of which I have been…
It took me 6 whole days into the year of 2019, but I finally got out for my first hike! Said like a hiking junkie, but really it’s been a mere ten days since my one hour jaunt at Sager Conservation Area and before that was an embarrassingly long couple month stretch. It got cold…
I think I have found the shortest and easiest hike to take the kids on in the winter. And bonus for me – it is just up the highway from my parent’s house. It’s Sager Conservation Area Trail in Quinte West. Lengthwise, it’s only half a kilometre hike in and out. For the kids, it’s…
The Bruce Trail is a hiking trail in southern and central Ontario, stretching 890 kilometres. The Bruce extends from the Niagara River in the south, to the tip of Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula in the north. As far as epic hikes with kids, the entire Bruce Trail is great. But, there are parts here…
When it comes to epic hikes with kids, the Barron Canyon Trail in Algonquin Provincial Park is the second amazingly epic hike my kids experienced in 2018. Located on the east end of Algonquin Provincial Park, in Ontario, close to Petawawa, it’s most convenient to access from the Sand Lake Gates. We took advantage of…