The thrill of the hill versus the cross-country glide. After a weekend spent at a friend’s cottage in Collingwood I’ve got the goods. Downhill: $: $84.70 (kit rental $28, lift pass $56.70) calories burned: 1680 (4 hours) carbon footprint: on the heavy side (chairlift, artificial snow machines, mountain maintenance and destruction of natural ecosystem, buildup of [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘travel’
October 16, 2007
The Adventure diaries part 3: skywater
“Try a different angle, it’s hard to see,” Alice directed from her tent as I snapped away. I was trying to capture the glistening spiders’ webs in the morning mist. Alice had noticed them as she soon she stepped out of her tent. It’d been an eventful night. A bear tore into her tent, marking her with [...]
September 20, 2007
The Adventure diaries: Part 2 – Masawajo
We awoke to a cold, misty morning on Mattagami River. I squeezed some toothpaste onto my brush and took a glass of cold well water outside to brush my teeth. The others started emerging from their tents and trailers to the cabin after Leonard put on a pot of coffee. The air was thick with [...]
August 28, 2007
The Adventure diaries – Part 1: the road to Gogama
‘OK I’m just coming down Bay, I’ll be there in a few minutes!’ Laurie shouted into my cell. I’d never met her before but already she’d told me she wasn’t good with directions and neither was I. Boy was our eight hour drive to Northern Ontario going to be fun. Twenty minutes later she [...]
July 19, 2007
For the love of vino
My best friend was visiting from Australia last week and her Dad, Gord, offered to take us on a tour of Niagara‘s wineries. Even at 30 it’s never too late to say yes to parents’ footing the bill. I am a proud member of the Boomerang Generation after all. Plus, with Gord as the designated driver, it’d [...]
