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Tag Archives: tent
Bon Echo Provincial Park – 3AM!
Bon Echo Provincial Park – 3AM! 3AM – Outside of the tent, it is pouring rain. Raccoons are making the rounds. Everything inside the tent is dry and I have been awakened by the rain and raccoons fighting over an … Continue reading
The North Face Mountain 25 tent review
The North Face Mountain 25 tent The North Face Mountain 25 tent is a four-season tent that is well known for its dependability and durability and commonly used on expeditions where extreme weather is a normal occurrence. I needed to … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About
Tagged 4 season tent, bomb-proof, camping, four season tent, North Face 25 foam piece, review, tent, tent fly, tent footprint, tent ventilation, tent with fly., Tente d'hiver North Face Mountain 25, The North Face Mountain 25 tent, The North Face tents, TNF Mountain 25, yellow tent
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Blue Springs State Park – Manatee Come Back
A severe winter storm had moved though the northern US into Ontario and the Maritime Regions shutting down or disrupting air and road traffic from Chicago to New York City and points in between so we were happy to have … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged Aphelocoma coerulescens, bicycle, blue springs state park, campsite, Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, cycling, Florida, florida manatee, Florida Scrub Jay, Florida Scrub Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens, image, lighting, manatee, mantee, Northern Cardinal, Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis, park staff, photo, photography, pictures, scrub jay, spring waters, staff members, tent, tenting, tents, warm spring
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Cape Canaveral, Florida
We stayed overnight at the Jetty Park Campgrounds. Nice locations for tents but their policy of charging $10 for each additional tent made the location rather pricey considering that we were traveling with one small tent each. One of the … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged bait fish, birds, Black Skimmer, Brown pelican, cape canaveral, cape canaveral florida, Common Loon, egret, Egretta caerulea, fishermen, Florida, Gavia immer, gull, heron, images, jetty park, Little Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), loon, Northern Diver, park campgrounds, Pelecanus occidentalis, pelican, photography, photos, pictures, Royal Tern, Rynchops niger, Sandwich Tern, shorebird, shower buildings, skimmer, Sterna maxima, Sterna sandvicensis, sun bathing, sunshine, tent, tents, winter plumage
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Cycling in Florida- the Everglades
Once we arrived back at our vehicle in Tarpon Springs and looked at the forecast again, we decided to make the long drive further south and east to Everglades National Park, arrived well past midnight, pitched tent and fought off … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged alligator, alligators, Anhinga, anhinga trail, bicycle, bikes, Black Vulture, boardwalks, cycling, Everglades national park, Florida, key biscayne, mosquitoes, photos, sun, tent, warm weather
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Gainesville, Florida
Arrived in Gainsville, Florida about 7AM after continuous driving from Toronto, set up the tent and then cycled for 64 km on the Hawthorne trail.
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged cycling, driving, Florida, fog, Gainesville, Gainesville Florida, Hawthorne, mist, palms, photography, photos, tent, tents, Toronto, Vacation, weather forecast, weather forecasters
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Season’s Greetings
Season’s Greetings Starting up a website. www.megapixeltravel.com, with my son, Graeme, was one of the major milestones for the year. Graeme had been prodding me to think about a blog format for my photo postings for quite some time so … Continue reading
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Battle of the Thousand Islands 250th Anniversary Commemoration – Ogdensburg, NY (Land battle re-enactment)
Plans for rebuilding this historic site are underway as funding permits. To learn more about the organization spearheading this activity, please visit their website at: Fort de la Présentation Ogdensburg Founder’s Day Reenactment 2010 – Battle of the Thousand Islands … Continue reading
Posted in New York State, Ogdensburg, USA
Tagged 27th Inniskilling Grenadiers, 27th Inniskilling Greneadier Company, 27th Light Infantry Company, 55th Light Infantry Comapny, 60th Royal Americans, 78th Fraser's Highlanders, anniversary commemoration, apple pie, battle, black powder, british colonists, british troops, Cooking over an open file, cotton tent, Dutch Oven, enactment, enemies, factions, First Nation, flag, Fort de la Présentation, Founders Day, French and Indian War, french forces, french speakers, gorham, Gorham's Rangers, great britain, images, kilts, Little Italy, native american forces, New York City, New York State, Ogdensburg, ogdensburg new york, Peach Pie, photos, pictures, pie, re-enactment, restaurant, RJHay, Ron Hay, seven years, Seven Years' War, smoke, St. Lawrence River, tent, tents, The War of Conquest, Thousand Islands, travel, uniform, war of conquest, water battle
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Hiking to Marcy Dam
Hiking to Mt. Marcy Dam When I arrived a the trailhead, it wasn’t snowing. After I went inside to register and pay for parking, I came back out and could barely see my car due a very heavy snowfall that … Continue reading
Posted in Adirondacks, New York State, USA
Tagged Adirondacks, ADK LOJ, back pack, customs, flashlight, head lamps, hike, hikers, lean-to, marcy dam, mt marcy, parking lot, skiiers, skiis, snow, snowfall, snowshoes, tent, trail, trailhead, Van Hoevenberg Trail, weather problems, winter weather
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