In Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada the weather forecast is as far as you can see over the horizon from where the direction where the weather is coming in. With no access to the internet or weather radio, you are completely at the whim of the elements while canoeing. The weather can change quickly. [...]
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Travel Photo Roulette: Serendipity in Quetico Provincial Park
Quetico Provincial Park in Canada is a place I can find serendipity, or it finds me, at some point during a week fishing and canoeing. In fact, there is usually a moment every day where something happens like a double rainbow with a bald eagle flying through them, swimming in a pool in the middle [...]
Canoeing Lake Kawnipi in Quetico in search of the fresh fish
While having Thanksgiving dinner at my Dad’s, he shared with me some pictures he had of our trip to Quetico Provincial Park in Canada. Traveling solo most of the time, I don’t have a lot of in action photos of myself in the wilderness, so I was glad to get this picture from my the [...]
Five outdoor adventure travel debacles, disasters, and misadventures
Last weekend I wrote about a little misadventure in Wisconsin when I could not find a campground with an open site. It got me to thinking about outdoor adventure travel debacles and the ones I have experienced over the years. Not finding a camp spot two hours from home would probably not even make the [...]
Louisa Falls in Agnes Lake a delightful place to beat the heat in Quetico
Growing up, I had seen hundreds of pictures of my parents and friends frolicking in Louisa Falls in Agnes Lake in Quetico Provincial Park. Unfortunately, all I had seen were pictures because it had been a place that had eluded my canoe and paddle. I had been to the Boundary Waters and Quetico many times, [...]
Capturing the color of my world
Twice in one day I was tagged by two awesome travel bloggers for the Travel Supermarket.com capture the color contest. A big thank you goes out to Leigh, from Hike Bike Travel, and Leah, from Leah’s travels for the nominations. Being from Chicago, when I first heard the capture the color contest, I immediately thought [...]
Time to hit the fishing hole in Quetico Provincial Park
Is there anything more of an adventure than hitting the fishing hole. In this picture, we are canoeing to the narrows in Lake Kawnipi in Quetico Provincial Park in Canada for some walleye, northern pike, and smallmouth bass fishing. It is always exciting getting into the boat creeping along to soon be in a position [...]
Moonlight falls on Agnes Lake in Quetico Provincial Park
Today is Canada Day, so the best way to honor the neighbors to the north is post pictures of their beautiful wilderness. This photo depicts moonlight reflecting off Agnes Lake in Quetico Provincial Park. Agnes Lake is a 21 mile long lake leading into the majestic Lake Kawnipi. Stay tuned, TT The goal of Traveling Ted [...]
Regenerated south Lake Kawnipi in Quetico Provincial Park gives hope
Lake Kawnipi in Quetico Provincial Park is one of my favorite places in the world to adventure travel, and has an honored spot on my bucket list killers. Kawnipi is a giant lake with many bays and places to explore. It is probably over ten miles long. There are two distinct parts to the lake. [...]
My five bucket list killers
Bucket lists are the rave in the adventure travel world these days. Everyone wants to make a list of where they want to go before they die and then tell everyone else whether they want to know or not. I am not exception as I have done the obligatory post. I have also examined the [...]
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