I do these trips on my own or with friends, and I do them as part of an outdoor club I volunteer for (I also volunteer with a 'Friends' group for my favourite provincial park and I maintain a section of the Bruce Trail, which is a 800k trail here in Ontario). This trip was actually a club event but I was not the volunteer leading it.
The next trip I'm doing is with a friend (another volunteer from the club, actually) - we're doing the trail in a park up north in 2 days, which will be the record for a dog (Luc, who came on the trip this weekend).
On our way back home we'll stop at a government dock along a river surrounded by Crown Land - he and I are going to be building our own backcountry/wilderness trail there and while I know the area from canoeing, and we're working on the general direction of the trail, we are going to scout out some places to cross the river that is at the start (what the government docks are on) that hopefully won't be too far from the government dock parking area (can leave cars parked there for free). There's a couple of dams but it's been a while since I've been there and I can't remember if they're suitable for crossing. I've been eyeing axes online as we'll need a proper one (or two) and saw the most gorgeous one for $350 - a whole new range of gear for me to get into! I'm still not paying $350 for an axe though, no matter how well it fells and clears trees.
I posted some pics of the trip on Picasa:
http://picasaweb.google.ca/...GarySSurvivalSeries#
The next trip I'm doing is with a friend (another volunteer from the club, actually) - we're doing the trail in a park up north in 2 days, which will be the record for a dog (Luc, who came on the trip this weekend).
On our way back home we'll stop at a government dock along a river surrounded by Crown Land - he and I are going to be building our own backcountry/wilderness trail there and while I know the area from canoeing, and we're working on the general direction of the trail, we are going to scout out some places to cross the river that is at the start (what the government docks are on) that hopefully won't be too far from the government dock parking area (can leave cars parked there for free). There's a couple of dams but it's been a while since I've been there and I can't remember if they're suitable for crossing. I've been eyeing axes online as we'll need a proper one (or two) and saw the most gorgeous one for $350 - a whole new range of gear for me to get into! I'm still not paying $350 for an axe though, no matter how well it fells and clears trees.
I posted some pics of the trip on Picasa:
http://picasaweb.google.ca/...GarySSurvivalSeries#