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Plant Life and Mushrooms on Algonquin’s Bat Lake Trail
Rain and a senior dog deterred us from hiking the whole trail during our trip to Algonquin…
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Maya the Nature Dog Memories, 2010 East Coast
Our five week driving trip to the East Coast was an amazing experience for all of us. Maya had a lot of ‘firsts’ during…
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Identifying Wildflowers: Chicory (non-native)
Common Name: Chicory, Blue Daisy, Cornflower Scientific Name: Cichorium intybus Family: Asteraceae Origins: Europe (non-native) Flowering Time: June to October Habitat: Fields, waste areas and roadsides. Range: Found throughout most…
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Maya the Nature Dog At Windy Lake
Windy Lake Provincial Park was a great spot for a dog that loves to swim. The park…
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Windy Lake Wildflowers and Plants
During our travels of central Ontario, which feels like northern Ontario to us, we saw similar plant…
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Identifying Wildflowers: Birdsfoot Trefoil (non-native)
Common Name: Birdsfoot Trefoil, Horned Trefoil Scientific Name: Lotus corniculatus Family: Fabaceae (pea) Origins: Eurasia (non-native) Flowering Time: May to October Habitat: Fields, grassy areas and roadsides. Range: Found throughout…
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Maya The Nature Dog Check’s Out Algonquin’s Bat Lake Trail
In between the rain drops of a stormy section of our 2016 camping trip to Algonquin, we…
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Summer Deluge Forces Us To Cut Our Bat Lake Hike Short
Bat Lake Trail is a 5 kilometer trail that loops through Algonquin landscapes including mixed forests, a…
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Hiking A Famous Meteorite Crater At High Falls
1.85 billion years ago scientists believe that a gigantic meteorite struck the area in Ontario now known as Sudbury. Onaping Falls is located in…
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