Today is our last day on the Saguenay. As the kayakers say “We’re getting out”. Thank God! It rained all night and the tents are soaking wet. Not to mention our clothes we forgot on the clothesline! A mere 10 kilometres to get to the beach at Tadoussac. But beware of the so ‘western wind, […]

It rained all night and, this morning, the weather can’t seem to make up its mind. No matter, it seems Mother Nature is looking down favourably on us as the rain has stopped when we got up. We take advantage of the dry weather to have breakfast and fold the tents after shaking the water […]

Today is special, no kayaking.  As there is no need to take down the camp, we can choose our activities. In other words: vacation time! At breakfast, Cass takes two servings of everything, as usual and empties every remaining plate. Then we break up in two groups. Cass, Émilie, Hugo, Julia and Paméla go on […]

After five days, breaking camp before breakfast is now routine. Jessie, who at first was a late riser, is up already, her sleeping bag and sleeping mat all rolled up. In a flash, the tents are taken down and folded, we’re “pros” at this now. While Francesca prepares a fresh fruit salad, we carry our […]

D Day! This calls for the Lumberjack Special Breakfast: omelette, bacon and toast. Then, we each carry our three “stay dry” bags: one for the sleeping bag, our warm down jacket and our sleeping pad; one for our dry evening clothes to change into once we get to camp each day, and one for our […]

At 9 a.m. every one was there, at the Montreal offices of Détour Nature. Julia had taken the 6 a.m. flight from Halifax. Mylène and Jordan are not the only ones to have travelled more than 2 hours by road with their families. After all-around introductions, it was group photo time, hugs and kisses and […]