September | 2021 | Explorations

Welcome to our first episode of Amateur Hour where we discuss things with a bit more knowledge than the general person, but not as professionals. Our common denominator is back country paddling and what about the ruggedness of the back country caught our love for adventure. In this episode, we discuss why we camp, how we got into it all our adventuring and what we’ve learned through our years. More than that, we discuss our gear, stoves, food packing, water purification and a lot of other topics.

It’s a jammed pack topic that we love to discuss and have so much more to say! Over the years of knowing each other (at least 2 decades and counting…), and having some amazing trips together as 3 besties, we have a lot to share on tips and tricks! We all started off differently in where we gained our camping experiences. Using camping as a starting point to discuss and introduce our passion for other outdoor adventures seem only natural. As camping is the basis of most activities that we do and the knowledge base in which have transferable skill sets (ie reading the weather), it’s easy to apply it to other activities. Gear is a big part, but also knowledge base, and personal comfort level are crucial to enjoying the back country as well.

Follow us as we also learn more skill sets and set out to complete more adventure projects. We have a lot of ideas of what we want to do in the future and places to explore, discuss, recommend! It’ll be super fun to share it with you!

Enjoy learning more about us, from us, and our perspective on adventure on back country paddling, and of course, why we camp!

If you’re curious to learn more about us, visit our about page here!

Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival always comes up when I think of Moon River. But, au contraire, Moon River can be anything but bad times. Moon River paddling is an easy paddle for novices to get introduced to portaging and enjoying the outdoors with relative closeness to civilization.

Ian has gone there in the past and had a great blast, for the actual camping part. He went over a long weekend and with ill-mannered cottagers and campers at the put in and along the portage. It left Ian with a bad taste in going back. There was a weird paid parking encounter incident with a very angry man… Yes, the post started off with Moon River can be anything but bad times.

Enter, Rob’s adventure to Moon River! His experience was very different and phenomenal. Rob went on a separate time without Ian over a weekend. With an easy portage you’ll be able to check out some waterfalls, the beautiful river, dotted with your classic Canadian rocky shorelines. Just North of Toronto, it would be a fun little get away for a weekend paddle trip.

While still an easy area to navigate and portage, it’s still recommended to go with someone with some experience in the back country. Things can turn really quickly and it is still pretty rugged terrain, out near the Georgian Bay Coast.

Check out Rob’s Moon River Paddling video below!