2006 Summer Institute for Teachers/ORCA Flatwater Instructor’s Course

WE DID IT

After a long and tedious week of 13-14 hour days, a group of us students completed and successfully passed the ORCA Flatwater Canoe Instructor’s Course at Silent Lake, Ontario.
The pre-course began with the usual organization of campsites, equipment, instructors, car-pooling options, payment, menu, and the course intinary/schedule.
Flatwater ABCD skills were honed to near [...]

"A FEW GOOD HUMANS"

“LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD SOLDIERS“…an ad in the Toronto Star?

As meek and somewhat friendly as the title appears, the subliminal message is very loud and clear: “Uncle Stephen Wants You!”
We can all agree that the American soldier has dominated the press, long since the Vietnam era up to and almost including Afghanistan, however, sadly, [...]

60 = 40

We Are Not Going to AGE

Of course, we are going to fight the aging process with all we have.
The first of the Baby Boomers, the “ole Hippies” of the 60’s, are now reaching the ripe old age of sixty, an age once thought to be VERY OLD, but today that concept is changing.
For instance, take [...]

Canoe the Ausable River, Ontario

Note: Click on all pictures to enlarge…
Driving east from Sarnia, Ontario 56 kilometers, along Lakeshore Road that turns into Hwy 21, you reach the bridge over the Ausable River. Do not go over the bridge. Instead take the first street (Northville Cr.) north and enter the first driveway (less than a stone’s throw from Hwy [...]

Practicing on the Ausable River

Fifty six kilometers east out of Sarnia, along Lakeshore Road takes you right to the put-in spot on the Ausable River. The put-in is directly on the north side of the Hwy 21 bridge.

Cyprus Lake – Bruce National Park

Almost Wilderness Camping

Once again we headed up to the Bruce National Park and camped at Cyprus Lake. If you have never camped at a National Park, you should pencil it in for your next adventure. Why?
Peace and quiet is foremost on the list, however naturalization is side-by-side this and it is the closest you will [...]