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Thousand Islands – A Land Before Time

Posted in Canada, Hiking, Thousand Islands on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Bordered to the north by Ontario Canada, and the the south by NY State, the Thousand Islands are a wonder of nature. Click here to read about this “Land Before Time.”

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Backpacking the Bruce Trail

Posted in Backpacking, Canada, Hiking, tagged , , , on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Click here to read Norm Kern’s experience hiking a portion of the Bruce Trail.
We appreciate that Norm referenced our travel narrative “Bruce Trail – An Adventure Along the Niagara Escarpment.”

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Hamilton Waterfall Books are Now Available on Amazon.com

Posted in Canada, Waterfalls, tagged , , , , , , on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Just across the border from Niagara Falls, you’ll find Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It’s a short trip from NY State & a wonderful place for waterfall lovers. Rich & I discovered some of it’s many gorgeous waterfalls as we thru-hiked the Bruce Trail (which we wrote about in “Bruce Trail – An Adventure Along the Niagara [...]

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Wolfmaan Hits the Bruce Trail for a Barefoot Adventure

Posted in Backpacking, Canada, Hiking, tagged , on June 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Rich & I received an email recently, thanking us for inspiration. The Wolfmaan had read our travel narrative “Bruce Tail – An Adventure Along the Niagara Escarpment” and was inspired to take his own journey – in his own way. He left recently on a 2-month thru-hike … barefoot!  As the long distance hiker saying [...]

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Bike Out – Train Back (or visa versa)

Posted in Biking, Canada, Western NY, tagged , , , , on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Ontario, Canada started the Bike Train concept started two years ago connecting Toronto and Niagara Falls. Via introduced rail cars with bike racks on select trains, allowing cyclists to stay overnight and explore a region on two wheels.

As a result of the initial popularity, the service was expanded in 2008 and Bike [...]

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New York State is Well Connected for Hikers

Posted in Appalachian Trail, Backpacking, Canada, Catskills, Finger Lakes Trail, Florida, Florida Trail, Hiking, Long Path, Long-distance Hiking, Trail, tagged , , , , , on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Did you know that by hiking the Finger Lakes Trail you can connect to many other trails that head far outside New York State?
- The western end extends all the way to North Dakota on the North Country National Scenic Trail.
- From the FLT branch called the Conservation Trail you can connect to the Bruce [...]

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Head North Eh?

Posted in Biking, Canada, Canoeing, Hiking, Kayaking on September 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Thinking of expanding your horizons? Consider heading northwest into Ontario Canada for some outdoor fun. Here’s a web site that can wet your whistle and give you some ideas:
www.journeysontario.ca

 
Of course, just across the border you’ll find the Bruce Trail.

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