Hiking for beginners: Pro tips for buying your first pair of hiking boots

If you make one investment in your entire camping/hiking/outdoor life, let it be hiking boots! If your feet aren’t comfortable walking even 5 km in your boots, you’ll never want to try a longer distances or multi-day hiking.  Here is a short and sweet post offering you my best advice for buying the best hiking …

The outdoor gear that is (and is not) worth investing in

You would think the outdoors would be the most accessible activity around, right? All you need to be outside is to be outside, right? Unfortunately, that isn’t the case. While getting outside can be expensive, gear companies try to make people think they need to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on outdoor clothing and …

Where to hike, camp and paddle in Central Ontario

Written by: Mikaela Ferguson Everyone loves to hate Ontario, or as it's often referred to, On-terrible. Whether it's our lack of mountains and coastal lifestyle, or how the entire province is equated with Toronto, it's not a great reputation. I have spent my much of life in Ontario though, and if you get out of …