La Nina, daydreaming and snowboarding
I’ve been daydreaming about snow a lot recently and how I wish I had the funds to go boarding in this epic winter season we seem to by having. Oh to snowboard during the current state of La Nina. Last time I went boarding was in Fernie, BC during the 2004/05 El Niño which led to such mild temperatures the snow was washed away by rain.
Algonquin backcountry paddling trip summer 2009
Our Algonquin Trip report
In the spring of 2008 I went on a Hen do, long story for another time, where I got talking to a friend who told me of an amazing trip he’d been on the summer before to a place called Algonquin. What a weird name I thought. After talking about their trip some more it realised it was exactly what I had been looking for. Since Hannah and I had been going out she had always talked about doing some kind of paddling trip. As this was a sport I had no real experience of I always banked the idea and moved on. This sounded like the perfect time to withdraw the idea and win some serious brownie points!
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Serious Fun Road Trip Video
I’ve been reminiscing a little recently, looking through old photos, and decided I wanted to make a little reminder of our 2004-05 serious fun road trip adventure. I had so many photos sitting on our hard drive I just decided to stitch them all together in chronological order to create a little video of our 9 month trip in 6.30 minutes.
Algonquin Park Photomotion Video
It has taken a while but here is our photo & video trip log from Algonquin Park Canada. The footage is a combination of photographs and video. All taken using a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3. Music is Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim.
Paddling in Algonquin Park Canada – 2009
17 days in the Canadian backcountry within Algonquin Park. It was our first ever canoe trip but we’ve already started discussing the possibility of buying our own canoe…but surely then we would also need a van to help us transport it and us around. We better get saving. Here are a selection of our photos illustrating the ups and the downs. A fantastic trip!
Algonquin…the plan.
The back story….An upcoming wedding, a hen party with a difference and a walk across fields towards a good pint led to a conversation about trips we had been on and trips we wanted to do. A canoe trip was mentioned which peaked my attention. A story of flat water canoeing, camping and lots of Canadian wildlife. It sounds perfect I thought, H has always mentioned she wanted to do some sort of canoe trip. Not being that way inclined during my adult life I was a little sceptical if open to suggestion or certainly persuasion.
Serious Fun! A 9 month road trip – 2004/05
We had been together for nearly two years living, loving, climbing, surfing and boarding. Summer 2003 was spent slack lining in the loacl park, this gave us a taste for the stress free lifestyle, a plan was hatched, to bunk off work for 9 months (or as long as lasted). The plan, 1. spend the snow season in Fernie relishing the powder days 2. stock up for a trip down the Baja Peninsular surfing, 3. surviving Baja we aimed to tackle the best climbing America had to offer.
