There is an interesting creek between Loucks Lake and Cox Lake in the Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park. This creek is always changing under the watchful eye of some very busy beavers. Water levels up, water levels down…. In my opinion, this creek is one of the prettiest paddles in the Kawartha Highlands; short, but so . . . Read More about Cox Lake
Archives for June 2016
Fruit
Back-country camping doesn’t mean putting yourself at risk of getting Scurvy. OK no one is at risk of that, but fresh fruit on a canoe trip is such a treat. On short trips apples, oranges and grapefruit travel well. On long trips fresh fruit isn’t really an option because it’s heavy, it takes up a . . . Read More about Fruit
Rhubarb, Strawberry Fruit Leather
We had a lot of rhubarb in the garden this year and I was trying to come up with ways to use it when I decided to try Rhubarb/Strawberry Fruit Leather. I experimented and came up with a very delicious leather – which I am actually eating as I type. It is not very sweet, . . . Read More about Rhubarb, Strawberry Fruit Leather