Toronto Mike

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Pull Start Fire 🔥

Out of the blue one day in the spring, I got an email about Pull Start Fire. Pull Start Fire is THE must-have for your outdoor fire pit or indoor fireplace! No matches, lighters, kindling, or lighter fluid required! And no more awkwardly trying to light a fire while your
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Getting the Hang of Power Outages

Friday evening, that little thunder storm knocked out our power for almost five hours.  That was less than two weeks removed from the storm that knocked out our power for almost 24-hours.  I'm starting to get the hang of these power outages. Friday, for example, wasn't inconvenient at all.  In
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Just What I Needed

So... what did I miss?  I unplugged for a few days, went camping with the kids.  It was just what I needed. The Ford Fiesta I planned to drive to The Pinery was suddenly unavailable, but the good folks at Ford let me keep the Taurus SHO an extra week.
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Father - Daughter Time

I've got a son and a daughter.  My son, who's the oldest of the two, loves playing baseball and hockey and doing "guy things".  He likes to do this stuff with his dad, so I spend a lot of time with him at baseball diamonds, at hockey rinks and messing
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White People Like Camping

Stuff White People Like has done it again.  Just like they did with The Wire, they've nailed camping. If you find yourself trapped in the middle of the woods without  electricity, running water, or a car you would likely describe that  situation as a “nightmare” or “a worse case scenario
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First Camping Trip of the Year

The first camping trip of 2009 is planned for this weekend.  My son and I are heading to the local Beaveree tonight where we'll pitch a tent and spend a couple of nights under the stars and away from the laptop. Typically, I don't schedule camping trips for May, because
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Awesome Hikers

I'm raising a couple of awesome hikers.  James is just 6 and Michelle is not yet 4 but when we hit the trails we go whole hog.  They don't tire, they don't back down and they actually prefer to lead. The official trails at Pinery aren't intense enough, so we
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Tavistock Mike

Pinery Provincial Park, where I've been camping the past few days, is right by Grand Bend, Ontario on Lake Huron.  To get there, I take the 401 West to about Kitchener and then Highway 8 toward Stratford. I like to stop in on one of the many small towns on
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Unplugged

Toronto Mike has unplugged for a few days. This is a good time to visit the archives and catch up on what you've missed these past 5.5 years. If something breaks between now and Saturday, like a big trade involving a Toronto-based franchise, a significant death or World War
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Woodland Trails Scout Camp

Camp Woodland Trails has 19 campsites which are spread out over 275 acres of breathtaking landscaping.  This weekend, my son and I stayed at Hickory Hills with his Beavers troop. I remember these trips from when I was a Cub Scout, and it was as fun as I recall.  The
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