by Jeremy | Aug 28, 2014 | Backpacking, Trips
Our last day at Assiniboine (Day 5) started as the smokiest day since we had arrived three days before. Since it had not rained the previous evening (unlike every other night), the air had not been cleared of smoke. That meant that everything in the morning had a...
by Jeremy | Aug 25, 2014 | Backpacking, Trips
Day four at Assiniboine began after yet another night of rain and thunderstorms,which once again proved why you want a tent that can ride out severe weather. We’re sure that a few other campers at the campsite had a wet night as we saw some rather dodgy set ups...
by Jeremy | Aug 22, 2014 | Backpacking, Trips
After a night of a lot of rain and some serious thunderstorm action, we awoke to a nice, sunny, and almost smokeless morning on our third day. There’s something quite nice about waking up at a campsite and not having to pack your gear up to move along to the...
by Jeremy | Aug 19, 2014 | Backpacking, Trips
Mount Assiniboine in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park is sometimes called the “Matterhorn of the Rockies” and is one of the most spectacular areas in the Canadian Rockies. We chose to make it our longest backpack trip of the summer of 2014. I had been...
by Jeremy | Aug 15, 2014 | Paddling
For a few years, we had talked about getting a canoe and finally in the spring of 2013, we pulled the trigger and made our purchase. We had pretty well settled on the Clipper brand as we know many people who have them and a lot of good things are said about the brand....
