in the bush for Pride Week!
hahaha, I kill me with my silly double entendres... but that's because I'm up stupid-late prepping for our canoe trip and am now loopy as all fuck.
Yes, optimystik and I are taking the Smallest out for a 4+ hour drive to Killarney tomorrow, camping overnight, and then a 4+hour canoe trek into the bush until Friday.
It's been about a decade since I've been backpacking. I miss it like I miss clean air (there's a prime example of my crazy gift for eloquence and wit, right there! ah, sleep, how I've missed you!).
I think we're crazy for doing this with a toddler who's still in diapers, but what the hey, right? Not gettin' any younger, and I can put him in faster drying training pants, right? right. sure. ok.
hope I've packed enough food for all of us.
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we went to N's parents' place last night to pick up their car (they drove us out there). today, we went for a ride in their canoe (they live on an inlet of lake Ontario). First time the Smallest has been in a canoe since last summer, so he didn't remember any of it. And this time, he loved it! Also, as a Father's Day bonus, we saw a family of swans: mama papa and two cygnets, and THEN! we saw a family of loons: mama, papa, and baby. N LOVES loons and now, I do too.
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wish us luck! no bears, NO BLACK FLIES, no mosquitoes (please let the Druide citronella work!), no injuries, death, or massive meltdowns, LOTS of good happy memories, k? please? yes? YES!!!
ta da! my post is done.
*wanders off to do last minute prep for tomorrow*
mmm... bush
Yes, optimystik and I are taking the Smallest out for a 4+ hour drive to Killarney tomorrow, camping overnight, and then a 4+hour canoe trek into the bush until Friday.
It's been about a decade since I've been backpacking. I miss it like I miss clean air (there's a prime example of my crazy gift for eloquence and wit, right there! ah, sleep, how I've missed you!).
I think we're crazy for doing this with a toddler who's still in diapers, but what the hey, right? Not gettin' any younger, and I can put him in faster drying training pants, right? right. sure. ok.
hope I've packed enough food for all of us.
***
we went to N's parents' place last night to pick up their car (they drove us out there). today, we went for a ride in their canoe (they live on an inlet of lake Ontario). First time the Smallest has been in a canoe since last summer, so he didn't remember any of it. And this time, he loved it! Also, as a Father's Day bonus, we saw a family of swans: mama papa and two cygnets, and THEN! we saw a family of loons: mama, papa, and baby. N LOVES loons and now, I do too.
***
wish us luck! no bears, NO BLACK FLIES, no mosquitoes (please let the Druide citronella work!), no injuries, death, or massive meltdowns, LOTS of good happy memories, k? please? yes? YES!!!
ta da! my post is done.
*wanders off to do last minute prep for tomorrow*
mmm... bush