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The most delicious food you’ll ever eat
is when you’re exhausted, starving and cooking over a crackling campfire --
especially after a long paddle. If you ask me, a canoeing and camping trip in
Algonquin Park is an amazing experience. The sights are breathtaking, the
adventure is fun and exciting and it is an experience that is truly
unforgettable. This is what makes it is such a worthwhile trip.
The
first reason I would recommend canoe tripping is simply for the animals,
plants, and vistas you will see. The animals themselves are quite fascinating
so you wouldn’t want to forget your camera. As you’re paddling on a creek or hiking
through a portage you’re bound to see wildlife. It could be a moose or a deer
gazing warily in your direction, or a frog hopping through the weeds. There is
nothing as beautiful as paddling through a field of pastel water lilies and
nothing as majestic as the golden sun shining through a tree canopy of variant
greens. Algonquin Park is nature’s playground. The rocky cliffs tower over us,
hard and immovable, on a paddle through the Barron Canyon. Throughout the
park’s many lakes the water changes from delicate ripples to rolling waves and from
brilliant blue to inky grey. The sun shines its glowing warmth upon it all.
Canoe tripping is a great way to discover the beauty of nature.
If
you aren’t convinced to go on a canoeing and camping trip to see nature’s
beauty then do it for the adventure! The food is out of the ordinary but always
delicious. Whether you are eating hot dogs or trail mix it always tastes like a
five star meal. Sometimes when you wake up in the morning some of your food has
disappeared; taken by raccoons or rained on and sodden but even those are interesting,
if disgruntling, experiences. These activities are a chance to explore the uninhabited,
untamed yet peaceful wilderness. You will find it to be very quiet and a
welcome change from our modern society. There are no cell phones, computers,
cars or electricity while in a canoe. To some nature is a foreign world that
we’re losing touch with, but nature is always waiting- ready to be explored.
What are you waiting for?
Every
canoe and camping trip is sure to be a learning experience. Wilderness trips
strengthen your relationships. You learn teamwork, trust and cooperation and
you become very close to the people you are travelling with. You learn the
important things about them like their work habits, personality and whether
they’ll be there for you through your successes and struggles. A canoe trip
also makes you physically stronger. Nature will throw headwinds, 5 kilometer
portages, waves, storms and any obstacles it can think of at you and you must
overcome them. Facing these hardships, you learn to paddle harder, move quicker
and lift longer. Canoe tripping builds mental strength as well. You quickly
learn that determination, humor and positive thinking are indispensible tools.
Without them your trials are unconquerable foes but with these essential skills
you are the master of your own fate. When my canoemates and I were paddling
against terrible headwinds it seemed like for every stroke of our paddles we
were pushed back just as far. Our weapon of choice was our imagination. We all
took turns describing the most amazing meals we could think of and laughing at
what we came up with. We all had fun and eventually made it across the water,
conquering the wind. Canoe tripping is a truly amazing experience because it
teaches you what you’re actually capable of.
Anyone
who has been on a canoe trip knows that like life, it has its trials and
tribulations but they are what make the triumphs sweet. Camping and canoeing in
Algonquin Park is a beautiful and empowering experience that I highly
recommend. Happy paddles.
Vanessa
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