Kids can be finicky creatures. Sometimes they are excited to go hiking, sometimes they are adamantly opposed to the idea, and sometimes they just don’t care one way or the other. Which kid is going to choose which attitude is always changing. The one thing I’ve learned in all my year’s of taking kids hiking
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The Magic of the Maliseet Trail
I started thinking about it last year at the Grand Canyon. I couldn’t quantify the level of difference between my expectations and the experience. I thought I had seen enough pictures and movies about the Grand Canyon to know what to expect. I knew it would be pretty cool, but I didn’t expect that it
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Oasapegal Heritage Park
Some trails are rich in history. Sometimes the history is many centuries old. The Oasapegal Heritage Park in Pabineau First Nation is a small park near the mouth of Pabineau River where it flows into the Nepsiquit. Historically Pabineau River was called Oasapegal which means “flowing brightly” in Mi’gmag. The site of the park has
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Exploring Edmundston Trails
Tightrope walking on a snowshoe trail is a good way to describe hiking on the trails at Le Prospecteur Park in Edmundston last week. There was still two feet of snow left in the woods around Edmundston with another 6 inches of wet snow on top from the night before. I didn’t bring my snowshoes
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