Among the bears and moose

So last weekend we were spending among the bears and moose and wolfs in Algonquin Park. But I can confess that unfortunately or maybe fortunately we have seen just a deer and moose in this beautiful park.

If you are going from Toronto by car it would take at least 3,5 hours to get to Algonquin Park.

But this is nice trip. On the way you can see a lot of nice places and landscapes.

Right after the parking lot we have met sign which was saying “Use on your own risk”

And here is picture which might scare you.

After parking lot we had to take a walk about 2'5 kilometres to reach this nice lodge which is called Algonquin Eco-Lodge.

Fortunately the most dangerous animal which we had met on the way was this turtle.

In past this cottage was used by hunters but today it is very cozy place for staying among the wild nature. There is no Internet or 3G or mobile network. So you have to be away from Facebook and email which is very good.

One more interesting fact about this lodge. They use hydropower to get electricity so it is like 100% natural stuff.

They also have a nice and big private lake. It is very peaceful place.

Workers of the Eco-Lodge told us that they have seen bears very close to cottage quite often.

I was boating with hope to see at least one bear but I was not lucky at all.

But in Algonquin Park itself we have seen a young deer and big black moose.

View on the Park from the lookout.

I noticed interesting detail. There is special lists for visitor registration in the beginnings of the trails. They ask you sign your names how may people and where are you from. I assume this would be useful for rangers and police in case if somebody would missing.

There is a lot of small and nice animals which you can easily see.

Well we will return to this places for sure.

Wildness of Algonquin Eco-Lodge

We just came back to home from a quite wild place where we were spending a couple of days without Internet and cellphones services but with mooses, beavers, wolfs and bears around us... and a lots of mosquitos of course. I can highly recommend Algonquin Eco-Lodge.

Details later. Stay tuned.

Trip to Algonquin Park

Tomorrow we are going to Algonquin Park. It should be a couple of days without Internet, cell phones and other modern stuff. Have a great weekend everyone!

Danger on the route from Montreal to Toronto

I would like to share with you top secret information about danger on the 401 Macdonald-Cartier Freeway between Montreal and Toronto.

We hear a lot about Upper Canada Village and we would like to see what it is about. On our way from Montreal to Toronto we have decided to have a break and we turned on exit 770 for County Road 14 to Upper Canada Village.

It was wrong decision cause we got stuck in there...

...and we were being forced to work hard.

We are lucky that we were being rescued.

There a lot of people who stuck there for more than 10 years

It is joke for sure. Upper Canada Village is such a beautiful place when you can see a lot of things from old times and learn. I will tell you more about it little bit later. 

Stay tuned!

Short review from the best city of Canada

I really love Quebec city. For me it is the best city in Canada so far.

Montmorency Falls

Montreal is a European capital of North America

Today we are going from Montreal to Quebec city. This is short photo review from the European capital of North America.

Ottawa is the capital of Canada

We are in a trip now. Our way is going from Toronto to Quebec city. We were in Ottawa yesterday and today we are staying in Montreal. Tomorrow we will go to Quebec city.

Just a couple of photos for now.

Stay tuned

Explore Canada: Camping in the Pinery Provincial Park on Lake Huron

Our newborn daughter was just month and half when our friends asked us to join them in camping. At first we were afraid that that kind of experience would not be quite good for baby. But friends was assured us that there is nothing to afraid of. And after short discussion with my wife we have decided to go. It should be our first camping experience in Canada and for sure first camping for our daughter. 

If your are going from Toronto to Pinery park by car it would take around three hours depends on traffic, speed and numbers of stops. As always in North America real country opened to you when you are turning away from highways and are going by small roads. Small cute farms, airports for just a couple of planes and helicopters, beautiful lands, horses, sheep and cows. Wonderful. 

When we arrived to Pinery park it was afternoon already. We had booked one place but staff of this park said that for that numbers of people which we were, we need one more site. Fortunately they had one more site left, exactly next by ours. So we paid about 40 dollars and went to find our sites. 

As I heard in some parks exist the sites with electricity. Pinery has no electricity on sites but they has toilets with shower and hot water.

Lake Huron was really beautiful and peaceful in those days. 

The Pinery Provincial Park is really nice place for getaway and camping. There is a lot of trails for biking and hiking. Also you can take there a canoe. 

So we had a lot of fun there. We were swimming, hiking, preparing and eating food. After dark we were talking a lot. Bonfire and marshmallow. I was thinking about indians whom lived in forest like this without any of modern technology such a 3G Internet, cell phones, BBQs and so on. I recalled Fenimore Cooper's novels about Chingachgook. It was really nice. 

I can say that we had not to be worry about our baby at all. She was sleeping almost all the time and for sure she felt comfortable in our tent. 

It was really awesome time and surely we will do it again soon.

New Brooks Brothers store in Toronto has been opened

New Brooks Brothers store at Bayview village in Toronto has been opened today. They've got good amount of great stuff for men and women. Enjoy!