201) Tea Lake & 7 Day Hikes (2 nights of front-country camping with company)

On Friday, May 10th, 2024, myself, a friend and his sweet dog drove to Algonquin Park for two nights a front country camping on Tea Lake. Our goal was to hike as many of the 15 day hikes found along Algonquins’s Highway 60 Corridor as possible. We hiked seven: Track and Tower, Hardwood Lookout, Centennial Ridges, Hemlock Bluff, Bat Lake, Peck Lake and Whiskey Rapids. This made a total of 31.6 KMS of the total 59.4 KMS of trail (or 53%). As well, of course, I brought along my Alpacka pack raft and enjoyed a glorious Saturday morning paddle at the crack of dawn, among many other fun moments.
Come along for adventure number seven of eight as I count down to my big summer adventures in Europe. That’s right… not just one but TWO big adventures over the pond this summer! 🥰🥾🥾✌🏼
The recipe for the chickpea hash that I make in this video can be found here:
Chickpea Breakfast Hash with Summer Veggies - Fresh Off The Grid

[@robertdeboer815]

Lots of nice trail choices this weekend. Early morning mist on the water, followed by the beautiful sunrise, is great way to start the day. Thanks for filming it.

[@Womaninthewoods13]

Filming it is what I do! Thanks for watching and commenting, Robert. Much appreciated. 😊🙏🏼

[@dan393]

Hey Miss Christina! Beautiful area! That was a huge beaver dam! Thanks for sharing. Take care and god bless!

[@Womaninthewoods13]

Yeah, there were THREE huge beaver dams. Was amazing! Have a wonderful weekend, Dan! 🥰✌🏼

[@soloh5843]

Algonquin Park is on a whole other level! What a beautiful place.

[@Womaninthewoods13]

It is! I am so thankful to have it within driving distance of my big city life here in Toronto. I can’t wait to spend more time there over the next few weekends before leaving for my two big summer adventures in Europe. I hope you’ll stay tuned for all of it! Thanks for watching and have a wonderful weekend! 🥰🙏🏼✌🏼

[@soloh5843]

@@Womaninthewoods13 wouldn't miss an episode!! Thank you for taking us along.

[@Womaninthewoods13]

@@soloh5843 Awwww! That’s a sweet thing to say! My pleasure! Happy Friday! 🥰✌🏼

[@lindaandrews1892]

Great campsite and hikes. I can see why this park is one of your favorites.

[@Womaninthewoods13]

Right!? And there is never-ending discovery to be done here. Although I’m quite familiar now with the three backpacking trails available in Algonquin Park, the paddle-in sights offer a whole new world of new land and new sites for me. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, as always, Linda. Have yourself a fantastic weekend! 🥰🙏🏼✌🏼

[@20657parks]

Wow! You got a lot of good activity in just over one little ole weekend, good for you!

[@Womaninthewoods13]

Beth! Helllllooooo! Yes, we did a fair bit of hiking, and I would have liked to have done even more. And more paddling. Oh, well! Thanks for all your support, my friend. Have a wonderful weekend! 🥰🙏🏼✌🏼

[@garagebrewer]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1776">29:36</a> oooh good more cliffs, and controlled children, yay... 😂

[@Womaninthewoods13]

Hahaha, I’m glad someone caught that little quip! Nice to hear from you, Phil! 😁😁😁

[@Moe-ge6vv]

Hey lady. Just wanted to let you know that I completed my first solo camping trip this week (inspired by you and some others)!!! It was amazeballs. I stayed at criagleith, not my favourite provincial park, but it’s close to the blue mountain section of the BT which I was hiking. Anyway, just wanted to thank you for the inspiration. 🙌🏻💕

[@Womaninthewoods13]

Wow, that is amazing news! Good for you! You have absolutely made my day! Thank you so much for sharing. How did you enjoy it? I love the silence and the bird song and the solitude of being out in the woods alone, even for a front country camp in a provincial park such as Craigleith, where I have also camped before. Did you enjoy it? Do you think you’ll do it again? I read somewhere recently someone saying that it’s kind of funny that we call it roughing it when it’s actually the thing that smooths out all the friction and frenetic energy from a week in the city. Bravo, woman! Thank you for sharing and I hope you continue to share in the future. Have a great weekend! 🥰👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻✌🏼

[@genevaeasson8725]

Did a few of those hikes last year. So beautiful!

[@Womaninthewoods13]

Indeed! 🥰✌🏼

[@bigcat880]

Beautiful park!

[@Womaninthewoods13]

Algonquin is the bestest, I love it. So thankful to have it within driving distance. Nice to hear from you, Monsieur Grand Chat. Have a fantastic weekend! 😊🫶🏻✌🏼

[@kelleyursu8610]

Nice. I prefer doing the back country thing but the day trails are fun to hike too. Centennial Ridges is my favourite hike in the park actually, those views are just incredible. That is impressive doing those three trails a day, Track & Tower and Centennial Ridges are both pretty stiff hikes😮

[@Womaninthewoods13]

I agree that Centennial Ridges is the best of the 15 day hikes along the Highway 60 Corridor. However… have you ever done the Barron Canyon Trail in the eastern section of Algonkin Park? It’s only 1.5 km but the views are stunning. I had made a video of it a couple of years ago and accidentally deleted it before publishing it. I was crushed! Anyhoo, thanks for commenting, Kelley, and have a fantastic weekend! 🥰🙏🏼✌🏼

[@kelleyursu8610]

@@Womaninthewoods13 No haven’t hiked Barron. Don’t really get into the eastern part of the park very often. I’ve heard that it’s a nice hike and the pics I’ve seen from there look great. I’ll have to check it out some time 🙂✌🏻

[@shannonm2689]

Awesome video as always

[@Womaninthewoods13]

You watched the whole thing already?

[@Richans]

DAM, SON! :)

[@Womaninthewoods13]

Hahahaha. I’m glad you appreciate my sense of humour! 😁😁😁

[@Richans]

@@Womaninthewoods13 Yeah, I guess Joe would lol too! :)

[@Womaninthewoods13]

@@Richans Joe? Joe who?

[@Richans]

@@Womaninthewoods13 Joe Robinet, the Bam Son hero! :)

[@Womaninthewoods13]

@@Richans Ah, a fellow Canadian and I do know of his channel but I didn’t know he says that, haha. Maybe it’s a Canadian thing!

[@farmerjoe4970]

It use to be beautiful but now I swear people just love to ruin pristine places just to party like rock stars for one night n trash the camp for no good reason.

[@Womaninthewoods13]

Hiya, Farmer Joe! Yes, there will always be a few bad apples in the bushel. However, we found next-to-zero garbage on our site and on our hikes. I spend almost every weekend in Algonquin Park and finding next-to-no garbage is the norm there. I think the kind of behaviour you’re talking about happens more on Crown Land where there are no witnesses to such shameful behavior. Algonquin Park is still beautiful, sir. Worry not. Have a wonderful weekend.🥰✌🏼

[@farmerjoe4970]

Absolutely always on crown land But seen a few times when I say trashed I mean anything left behind to me is sickening. But yes algonquin is one of our nicest parks 👌👌 you also have a wonderful weekend I'm heading camping with my nefu

[@darrellkaczynski7531]

Thanks for awesome adventure video. Got you a special folding saw. Engraved . Till then be safe. 👍

[@Womaninthewoods13]

The photos you shared of the saw have made me very excited to receive it! I can’t wait! You are a kind and generous friend to me, Darrell. I really want to come out and visit! This time by airplane, though, haha! And I want that pizza we had again! That was THE BEST!

[@darrellkaczynski7531]

@@Womaninthewoods13 pizza and coffee your on. 😀

[@Womaninthewoods13]

@@darrellkaczynski7531 I’ll text you but I’d like to pick a date for me to come visit!