Camping, Paddling, Hiking

Yes, I still don't care to camp, but I did it for a week.

I was really keeping a positive attitude during this trip, was hoping that I'd regain the love for camping that I had as a kid and for the first decade or so that DW and I were together. We used to camp all the time and I loved it.

I lost my love for it in 2014 (or perhaps a couple of years before then) and just haven't renewed that love.

DW assured me that the money that we saved on accommodation and food in the first part of our vacation would mean that we could splurge on accommodation and food in the latter part of our trip. Even though it meant seven nights in a tent and only three nights in a proper bed.

And in truth (don't ever tell her I said this), it wasn't too bad. We were close to a comfort station that had facilities to wash dishes with hot water, we had a huge tent for the two of us, in which we could stand, and the site was always quiet at night.

And the settings were pretty awesome, with five nights in Parc National de la Jacques-Cartier and two nights in the Saguenay Fjord. Our sites even had an electrical hookup, and we ran an extension cord into our tent so that we could charge our phones and batteries for our recording gear.

I took a lot of video footage over the 10 days that we were in the Laurentians and I've created a video of the first part of our trip, which is now available on my YouTube channel. The video covers the first three days of our trip, with the drive and camp setup, two kayaking outings, and a couple of hikes.

Have a watch.

This video is a bit different from recent videos. There's no voiceover. I don't try to promote Insta360 cameras (though there are links in the Description section), and I don't have my usual signoff. There's just a title at the end that reads To be continued... .

I'm currently working on Part 2, which will cover our 20-kilometre paddle down the Jacques Cartier River, including riding some Class I to Class III rapids. It was nerve-wracking to take our 14-foot kayaks in water for which they weren't designed.

Stay tuned.

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Happy Monday!