Tag: ontarioparks

The image above, I took this on a river just outside of the Park, another beautiful area.

We like to hike and there are endless trails to walk. Some of the trails are pretty rough, one of them is my favourite but it’s not easy in spots. I always carry a walking stick and of course I have Clint to help me.

We normally don’t do the “published” trails but we did two this year. Whiskey Rapids and Peck Lake Trail. Whiskey Rapids trail is one I like as the trail follows a river, except for a bit at the beginning and at the end. Lots of roots and rocks on the trail so care is needed when hiking.

We hiked one day down to Pinetree Lake, about 4.5 kms round trip. We like to stop at the end and sit by the lake and this time someone special went with us in my backpack.

Another trail I like is hiking down to Little Rock Lake which is only about 3 kms total. This trail is quite difficult due to lots of rocks, water, roots etc. The end is really nice though, we like to sit down there by the water. It’s a beautiful spot in the Fall and it’s also where I almost lost Trum last year! He fell out of my backpack, trying to escape I guess, but Clint saw him and rescued him.

We have a couple of other spots that are nameless, because they are not trails and have no names, but they are places/areas we found to hike that we go to regularly. We have never seen another person in these nameless places in all the years we have hiked them. The first photo is a nice easy walk. The second two photos are of a trail we like and it’s a bit challenging, lots of trees to go over and under as well as hopping over some water areas and avoiding the deep sucking mud areas. It’s great fun though lol

Last but not least is my favourite trail. You have to walk or bike down the bike trail about 3.5 kms; we always bike down and then lock our bikes up. From there, you head up the trail and if you keep going straight, it takes you to Provoking Lake, maybe 1.5 kms. They day we did this we did approximately 6.7 kms on our bikes and we walked about 5.5 kms. And I remember it was October 4th and the day was beautiful, it was 25 Celsius and the sun was shining.

About halfway to Provoking Lake is a trail that heads off to the right, part of the Highland Backpacking Trail. We hike that trail and there are one or two sketchy spots, one in particular. But I always manage it without hurting myself so that’s a good thing. All in all, it’s a great trail. After you take the turn to the right, you get to a ridge and you can continue on the Highland Backpacking Trail or head down a slope to the right and then back up to overlook Starling Lake.

I love hiking and we did quite a bit, almost every day if we weren’t canoeing or biking or touring outside the park. We were outside every day from morning to evening and the fresh air always makes you feel better and sleep better. I can’t wait for next year’s trip.

But that’s it for Algonquin park. Now I have to work on my photos/blogs from our trip to Europe in the spring and our trip Labrador this summer.

See you soon…