Welcome to For the Love of Camping, the three-part series journeying from my family’s stance against camping to my desire to get everyone camping, so they can enjoy it as much as we do. In Part One of the series, I explained how camping didn’t fit growing up Black and suburban in the ’80s and… Continue reading For the Love of Camping, Part Two
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For the Love of Camping, Part One
You only need to travel a few hours outside of the city to remember that very little of Canada is like Toronto. For last summer’s annual #PalmersGoWild camping trip, we hit up Port Burwell, Ontario, a small community of just over a thousand people and home to a lighthouse; the Simply Scoops ice cream parlour,… Continue reading For the Love of Camping, Part One
Quaker | So Long and Thanks for the Sandbanks
Growing up, the most my family dealt with the outdoors was around our Mississauga neighbourhood with bike rides by the Credit River, or horsing around with our friends at the nearby park when we weren’t too busy with cartoons or video games. Some reasons for this were obvious — even as a Black family without… Continue reading Quaker | So Long and Thanks for the Sandbanks
Camping | Earl Rowe Provincial Park
Nature’s out to get us. It’s questionable as to whether reconnecting with nature is actually good for us. There are some things that I know to be true about nature without question: Nature can kick your ass without hesitation Since nature can obliterate us in a blink, we should respect it at all times Many… Continue reading Camping | Earl Rowe Provincial Park