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Tag Archives: canoeing

Tales from the Trail: A Love Letter to my Tent

love letter to my tent

The history of my relationship with my tent, in five parts:

Posted byKate MonahanSeptember 23, 2018Posted inOutdoorsTags:backcountry, British Columbia, camping, Canada, canoe trip, canoeing, car camping, hike, hiking, love letter, MEC's TGV 2 tent, Ontario, TGV, winter camping4 Comments on Tales from the Trail: A Love Letter to my Tent

Wordless Wednesdays: Golden Hour

backcountry paddling during the golden hour
Posted byKate MonahanOctober 4, 2017Posted inOutdoorsTags:canoe trip, canoeing, northern Ontario, Olive Lake, Ontario. Canada, Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, Wordless WednesdaysLeave a comment on Wordless Wednesdays: Golden Hour

Trail Clearing in Woodland Caribou PP

trail clearing in WCPP

What started off as a conversation over dinner after a trade show, led to me clearing trails in northwestern Ontario six weeks later.

Posted byKate MonahanAugust 21, 2017Posted inOutdoorsTags:canoe, canoe trip, canoeing, ice out, trail clearing, Woodland Caribou Provincial ParkLeave a comment on Trail Clearing in Woodland Caribou PP

Ice Ice Baby (Canoeing)

ice out

In the haste to get trails cleared in time for one outfitter’s season opening trip, we pushed the limits of ice out in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park.

Posted byKate MonahanAugust 14, 2017Posted inOutdoorsTags:canoe, canoe trip, canoeing, ice out, trail clearing, Woodland Caribou Provincial ParkLeave a comment on Ice Ice Baby (Canoeing)

Scouting a New Route

Carlyle Campsite

Jenny and I said good-bye to our clients, consolidated gear, repacked her tripping canoe and headed out to paddle Carlyle Lake for a short scouting mission.

Posted byKate MonahanJuly 28, 2017Posted inOutdoorsTags:canoe, canoe trip, canoeing, outdoor adventure, trip report, Wild Women ExpeditionsLeave a comment on Scouting a New Route

Recap: 4th Annual Women on Water Paddling Festival

4th Annual Women on Water group shot

If you run in the same social media circles that I do, you’ve likely seen the header to this post floating around.

Posted byKate MonahanJune 15, 2017Posted inOutdoorsTags:Camp Tapawingo, Canada, canoe, canoeing, kayak, kayaking, Ontario, Ontario Sea Kayak Centre, Parry Sound, stand-up paddleboarding, SUP, Wild Women Expeditions, Women on Water, yogaLeave a comment on Recap: 4th Annual Women on Water Paddling Festival

Wordless Wednesdays: Summer Dreaming

Summer Dreaming
Posted byKate MonahanMarch 8, 2017Posted inOutdoorsTags:camping, canoe trip, canoeing, outdoor adventure, Outdoors, summer, Wild Women Expeditions, Wordless Wednesdays

On Portaging

on portaging

The canoe yoke jostles for position on my shoulders, hitting a vertebra every time it slides up my neck. My shoulders ache with the effort to support my canoe pack and steady the canoe, an unwieldy seventeen-foot, forty-five pound Kevlar seesaw on a sixty-four inch base.

Posted byKate MonahanOctober 20, 2016Posted inOutdoorsTags:backcountry, canoe, canoe trip, canoeing, outdoor adventure, portage, portaging, Wild Women Expeditions

August 14th: Back to the Lodge

back to the lodge

Date: Sunday, August 14, 2016 Weather: 23 degrees Celsius, partly cloudy Distance: ~8 kms back to the lodge

Posted byKate MonahanAugust 19, 2016Posted inOutdoorsTags:camping, canoe, canoe trip, canoeing, outdoor adventure, Temagami, trip report, Wild Women Expeditions

Abbreviated Trip Report: Temagami Canoe Trip

Donald Lake Temagami

My third canoe trip with Wild Women Expeditions for the 2016 season.

Posted byKate MonahanAugust 15, 2016Posted inOutdoorsTags:camping, canoe, canoe trip, canoeing, outdoor adventure, trip report, Wild Women Expeditions

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