INDEX/CONTENTS OF ALL BLOGS IN ENGLISH (CANADA, USA, AND CUBA)

A NEW BLOG PROJECT: AUTOGRAPHS, PINS AND MEMORIES

MIKISEW PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO: THREE NIGHTS IN A HEATED TENT, SEPTEMBER 1 – 4, 2025

BON ECHO PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO, JULY/AUGUST, 2025—PART TWO: A SIMPLE DRIVE HOME THAT TURNED INTO A CANADIAN HISTORY ADVENTURE

BON ECHO PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO, JULY/AUGUST, 2025—PART ONE: CAMPING, 34 YEARS OF MEMORIES, A VIOLENT DERECHO STORM AND ROAD TRIPS THROUGH THE AREA

MINNESOTA, AUGUST - SEPTEMBER, 2024: CAMPING, CABIN RETREAT AND THE OPEN ROAD

RESTOULE PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO, JUNE 23 — JULY 2, 2025: CAMPING, CANOEING AND RELAXING

SIX MILE LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK,ONTARIO: CAMPING IN 2024 AND 2025

FRENCH RIVER PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO: CAMPING, CANOEING, FISHING & BLUEBERRY PICKING, JULY 16–29, 2024

MINNESOTA, SPRING 2024: BETWEEN WINTER AND SUMMER 

FLORIDA IN APRIL 2024: SARASOTA, CLEARWATER, AND THE SURROUNDING COAST 

MINNESOTA, USA: CAMPING IN ONTARIO, MICHIGAN & WISCONSIN AND EXPLORING THE PARK RAPIDS AREA. AUGUST 08-OCTOBER 01, 2023

CAMPING IN ARROWHEAD PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO. JULY 20-24, 2023

CAMPING AND CANOEING ON THE FRENCH RIVER IN ONTARIO FROM JUNE 18 TO JULY 5, 2023

LONG POINT PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO, MAY 22-26, 2023

MINNESOTA, USA: CAMPING ROAD TRIP IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA. EXPLORING MINNESOTA AROUND MINNEAPOLIS BY CAR AND BICYCLE. AUGUST 21-SEPTEMBER 30, 2022.

MINNESOTA, USA: CAMPING ROAD TRIP,  AUGUST/SEPTEMBER, 2019

LAKE SAINT PETER PROVINCIAL PARK, ALGONQUIN PARK’S LOGGING MUSEUM AND EGAN CHUTES PROVINCIAL PARK, JULY 28-AUGUST 3, 2022 

SILENT LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO, CANADA. SEPTEMBER, 2021 

 
Arrowhead Provincial Park, Ontario, Campsite #337, August 30-September 4, 2021 

 
GRUNDY LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO: A BEAR ATE MY BREAKFAST! JUNE 27-30, 2022

 
SIX MILE LAKE PARK, SAINTE MARIE AMONG THE HURONS, CANADIAN MARTYRS AND OTHER HISTORICAL PLACES IN ONTARIO, AUGUST 16-23, 2021

 
BON ECHO AND DARLINGTON PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO, JULY/AUGUST, 2021 

CAMPING IN DARLINGTON, SILENT LAKE, ARROWHEAD AND SIX MILE LAKE PROVINCIAL PARKS IN ONTARIO, AUGUST-OCTOBER, 2020 

ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTAIRO-CAMPING AND CANOEING IN SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER, 2007

 
FRENCH RIVER PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO—CANOEING AND CAMPING ON BOOM ISLAND, JULY 28-AUGUST 4, 2020

 
HOTEL CARISOL LOS CORALES AND SANTIAGO DE CUBA, JANUARY 8-22, 2020

 
THE MASSASAUGA PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO—JUNE-JULY, 2019

 
MICHIGAN, INDIANA AND ILLINOIS, USA: CAMPING, BIKING IN INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK, WARREN DUNES STATE PARK AND VISITING CHICAGO, MAY/JUNE, 2019 

 
VARADERO, CUBA: TWO WEEKS IN THE HOTEL ROC BARLOVENTO, TRIPS TO SANTA MARTA AND MATANZAS, NOVEMBER, 2018

 
FRENCH RIVER, ONTARIO—CANOEING, CAMPING AND ESCAPING A FOREST FIRE. GRUNDY LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK, ABANDONED BUILDINGS IN STILL RIVER. JULY, 2018

 
TWO WEEKS IN THE HOTEL CARISOL LOS CORALES AND A DAY TRIP TO SANTIAGO DE CUBA—JANUARY, 2018

 
CAR CAMPING TRIP TO KILLBEAR, KILLARNEY, MASSEY PROVINCIAL PARKS AND PHILIP EDWARD ISLAND, SEPTEMBER 07-27, 2017

 
CAR CAMPING TRIP ACROSS MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN AND ONTARIO, AUGUST/SEPTEMBER, 2017

 
ENJOYING OUR 12TH TRIP TO CUBA AND SECOND TO THE HOTEL COLONIAL IN CAYO COCO. EXPLORING CIEGO DE AVILA. JANUARY 12-26, 2017

 
THE MASSASAUGA PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO. SEPTEMBER 25 - OCTOBER 5, 2016

 
HALIBURTON HIGHLANDS-HERB LAKE, ONTARIO. AUGUST 21-SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

 
THE MASSASAGA PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO—CAMPING AND CANOEING, JUNE 26-JULY 09, 2016

 
CAMPING IN LONG POINT PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO—MAY, 2016

 
PLAYA ANCON, CUBA—HOTEL ANCON AND TRINIDAD—JANUARY 10-18, 2016

 
CAYO COCO, CUBA—TWO WEEKS AT THE HOTEL COLONIAL AND THREE DAYS IN MORÓN, NOVEMBER 09-23, 2015

 
Camping with black bears and canoeing on the French River, Ontario, Campsite #609, July 27-August 3, 2015

Canoeing and camping on Franklin Island, Ontario, June, 2015

Camping in Long Point Provincial Park and driving/bike riding in nearby areas, Ontario, May 18-23, 2015

One week at the Club Amigo, Guardalavaca, Cuba and a trip to Banes—January, 2015

Trips to Santa Lucia, Cuba: two weeks at the hotel Club Amigo, trip to La Boca and three days in Camagüey, October/November, 2014

The Massasauga Provincial Park, Ontario: canoeing trip and an encounter with the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake, September, 2014

 
Temagami, Ontario: Camping in Finlayson Point Provincial Park and Canoeing on Lady Evelyn Lake-August, 2014

 
Camping on a River, Next to a Bear Crossing-Bayfield Inlet, Ontario-July/August, 2014

 
Camping on and Canoeing Around Franklin Island, Ontario, July 13-19, 2014

 
Killarney Provincial Park, Ontario—Canoeing and Camping on Carlyle and Terry Lake, June 26-July 03, 2014

 
Port Burwell Provincial Park, Ontario, May, 2014

 
Cayo Largo, Cuba—One Week at the Hotel Pelicano, January, 2014

 
Camagüey, Cuba: At the Hotel Club Amigo Caracol in Santa Lucia, Villages of Tararaco and La Boca and a Trip to the City of Camagüey, November 22-December 06, 2013

 
WHITE PINE SHORES RESORT AND CAMPING IN HALIBURTON FOREST IN ONTARIO, OCTOBER, 2013

 
CANOEING AND CAMPING IN RESTOULE PROVINCIAL PARK IN ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER, 2013

 
CANOEING IN CHARLESTON LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK AND CAMPING ‘UNDER THE BRIDGE’ IN IVY LEA PARK, SEPTEMBER, 2013

 
FRENCH RIVER—CANOEING ON WOLSELEY BAY AND CAMPING ON BOOMERANG ISLAND, AUGUST, 2013

 
The Massasauga Park, Ontario: Camping and Canoeing at Blackstone Harbour and Wreck Island. August, 2013

 
Canoeing and camping at Chutes, Matinenda, Missisagi and Oasster Lake Provincial Parks and Manitoulin Island, Ontario.  July 15-25, 2013

 
Canoeing and Camping in Killarney Provincial Park, Ontario, on Carlyle Lake--June 25-July 02, 2013

 
Algonquin Provincial Park—Bartlett Lake, May 2013.  Defeated By Black Flies! 

 
One week in Guardalavaca, Cuba, January, 2013

 
Canoeing on Georgian Bay, South of Philip Edward Island, Ontario--August, 2012

 
Canoeing on the Key River and Georgian Bay, Ontario, August, 2012

 
Canoeing on Anima Nipissing Lake and Lake Temagami, Camping in Finlayson Point Provincial Park, Ontario—July, 2012

 
Canoeing in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park and Camping in Silent Lake Provincial Park, Ontario—June, 2012

 
Cienfuegos, Cuba, January 2012

 
Bon Echo and Algonquin Parks. Radio Observatory. Black Bear Visit on Our Campsite. Ontario, October 04-11, 2011

 
Restoule Provincial Park, Ontario, September 15-21, 2011

 
Emily Provincial Park and Kawathra Lakes, Ontario, September 2011

 
Canoeing on the French River (Wolseley Bay) and in Killarney Park, Ontario, August 21-29, 2011

 
Canoeing south of Philip Edward Island and the Foxes, July 31-August 6, 2011

 
Canoeing in the Massasauga Park, Ontario, July 15-22, 2011

 
Canoeing on the French River, Ontario, south of Lake Nipissing, July 03-08, 2011

 
Camping in Six Mile Lake Provincial Park and Canoeing on Various Lakes in Muskoka, Ontario, June 18-24, 2011

 
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, CARISOL/CORALES RESORT AND BACONAO, OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 7, 2010

 
Canoeing around Philip Edward Island, Ontario, August 11-20, 2010

 
Canoeing on the Pickerel River in Ontario, July 28-August 03, 2010

 
Killarney Provincial Park, Ontario--Carlyle Lake.  June, 25-July, 02, 2013

 
Canoeing on the French River, Ontario, south of Lake Nipissing, around Okikendawt Island (Dokis Indian Reserve), July 14-22, 2010

 
The Massasauga Provincial Park, June-July, 2010

 
Pickerel River, September, 2009

 
Canoeing in the Massasauga Park and Sharing it with Black Bears, July 07-14, 2009 and September 25-28, 2009

 
Canoeing in Killarney Provincial Park, August 12-16, 2009

 
French River Trip, September 4-9, 2008

 
French River Canoeing Trip, Ontario, Canada, August 19-22, 2008