ECHO MEMORY

Take the challenge, and climb the rocks. I remember during my first voyage in my canoe on the Mazinaw. The Alpine club reaching for the sky. Spectacular views, every minute being a very special moment. No high rises, and no cranes...just rock.

SETTING YOUR SOUL FREE

You have to believe it to achieve.
Currently away, but you can smell the lakes and the pines.
I have been set free from the constant ropes and ties.
I always thought that life shouldn't be this way.
Carefully over the years I have set myself free. I was that child that had no control,
and certainly not for the worst.
I adored the art and the music, it is such a beautiful thing to be surrounded by it.
It may be true that a new born that becomes a young child is given the fruit of his or her
own personality.
The worst thing is to get in it's way.
Most certainly, guidance is very much necessary. I planted a pine in my yard, a care for it as I
see the growth. But one day, I have to set it free.
Letting it sway into the wind, and nature punishing it with rain and snow... heat and cold.

I was not free, but today I have cut through the ropes.

A little of creativity at Bon Echo.
I photographed this setting in the early morning. I know longer had felt abandoned at a place where silence is ever so strong, and you can hear the loonies echoing. The lake had been calm, and never feels ever so dangerous. I love the detail and the environment here, always invites me where I can focus on my photographs and writings.

THE SPIRIT SLEEPS

The spirit sleeps along the shore at Bon Echo. Walking along the 41 I can feel the ghostly whispers going through my body. I was invited to this place through a dream. I discovered the land, animals and the beautiful sunset of Bon Echo. Truly this place has set a much better picture of the life that is ahead. At peace where we all want to be. I racked up more than 25000.00 km on my Matrix..but all worth the travel. The city sounds can't be heard from this place... it does not exist. No sirens, or bright lights that turn night into day. It has been two and half years, and the nature of this land all protected.

SPIRIT IN THE WIND BON ECHO

I lay nervously on my lazy sun summer chair. Little did I know I was at Bon Echo. The sky slowly changed it's colour to gold. Here I am staring at the sky during the early evening hours. I had felt the wind breeze, delightfully calm, even though my mind had been damaged by my past, I felt the peace burst into me. So here I am staring at the pine trees, swaying into the wind, like many things nature has taught me that everything will blow over. I slept peacefully outdoors, and not even the bugs interfered with me, I was taken to a place in my dreams, where everything was yet so still. I have not slept in calm for sometime. But at Bon Echo I always do. My babe staring at me as I awakened, and there I was, quickly noticing that the ones that cared for me most had been right beside me. So many great things have happened here, and yes there is much history too. I continue to investigate the land here, perhaps one day I will become a part of the great rock of Bon Echo. June 31st, 2012

CONSERVING BON ECHO

 There are plenty of blogs surfacing the net today,and I'm not so sure how many are out there. I don't own a valid license in regards to social and political science. For sure I am not a practising psychologist, and I don't intend to be. But I sure can tell you plenty about Nature and Travel. My eye's and my camera have been my tools for a vast majority of my life. Taking a stroll in the woods armed with a back pack, a camera and bug spray is not what most people want out of life. But these are the places where creativity invents itself into real lively events. You can hear your footsteps crackle onto the dead timber branches on the ground, but knowing the branches are not dead, but alive. So I thought a beaver can really use that timber, or it would become the ideal compost for the forest ground. This is what I believe, begin by looking towards yourself. Changes can be made, and if you take on these tasks onto yourself you will be half way there. I have read books in which have given me inspiration and motivation, and for sure I'm no writer either. That I'm still trying to figure out. I have hundreds of pages of my writings scattered all over the place, I know my organization skills are a bit disorganised. I can still recall the very first time I stepped my way into the woods. A friend of mine at that time figured it would be very much entertaining to visit the so called "Feared Black Bears" at the garbage dump. Late at night, I make my way out of the Ford 250 and jump onto it's hood. My friend only thought I was insane, but at that moment I knew the Bears did not even care of my presence, they were too occupied at tearing up the plastic garbage food waste with there sharp claws. So this is when I discovered, that men, women and children may live with the wild. I was 15 years of age, and I knew my time and place had been delivered to me. I had discovered the bear, and soon began to realise there was so much more to observe and study.

TRAVEL AND MORE

Living and working in the urban planet today has become more difficult. We are facing a time when concrete and traffic congestion has surrounded us. Our green space and environmental has been a heated topic of discussion now for the past decade. Politically motivated by corporations, certain times the public is misinformed in regards to the true agendas. But Bon Echo Travels is not about Politics, or matter of opinions. Although the title Bon Echo Travels may sound to you as being one place, it's not. Nature adapts to change, and as nature unfolds a harsh winter we know in the spring the flowers, the tree's and the animals in the forest come to life. As this all unfolds so can the human being. Nature has it's way of cleansing itself, the unfortunate part of this discussion is that we don't pay attention to most of it. When I canoe my way through the Mazinaw I take it all in, I see the tree's, cliff's and feel the wind blowing across the lake. I've traveled and have been other places in the world, but the feeling is different upon moving through the open water. Nature is like a relationship, you have to put up with the bugs, weather, and any surprising events that may follow. so we adapt and learn to what life really should be. It shouldn't be a television reality show. Funny how people fascinate that in the wild, everything is wild, let's think about this. It is more likely your experience with the true wild won't even be in the forest, but in the city.

BON ECHO FAMILY CAMPGROUND

Many people have asked me if the Bon Echo Park is full during the course of the summer what other destination would offer the very same camping experience. My answer to that is very simple- Bon Echo Family Campground is exactly it's definition. This is not a campground in which you will be permitted to host parties and noise pollution etc. Let me tell you personally the only reason I fell in love with Bon Echo is purely for what it offers. For may information for booking BON ECHO FAMILY CAMPGROUND exciting information and details are listed on there web site.

Simpsons: Flora MacDonald Denison

Flora MacDonald Denison made Bon Echo all happen.
Enjoy the video

BON ECHO est 1965

Please enjoy this short video of Bon Echo
Thank You Flora Macdonald

SPIRIT OF THE TREES

I have learned so much from the native people. The one thing they taught me is how to respect the nature that is around us. For sure we can discuss the environement and many other issues. Spirit of the trees is a 6 part documentary series weaving together Native Voices. Please follow this SPIRIT OF THE TREES a film in which may be viewed trailer National Film Board Of Canada.

CANOEING

One of many, our ventures into the delightful Mazinaw. If you don't own one you can always rent which is extremely affordable at the Bon Echo Provincial Park. The amazing part is you can stop where you please for the much needed break from paddling. My advise is to be extremely careful when docking, the rocks are extremely sharp and slippery. Proceed with caution, and I can assure you that your canoe experience will be pleasurable and safe. Follow Canoeing for information about routes and rentals.

PINES

You can taste the pines within the woods.
Silence is everywhere with the exception of a few wood peckers when I snapped this photograph.
Bon Echo Provincial Park officially established in 1965.

NANABOZHO

I have travelled many destinations in my life, and what had started as a short visit a few years back has developed into a retreat in which is entirely a soul cleansing. The good thing it's home. I actually fell in love with the bugs, raccoons, deers, and yes even the bears. But I have yet to see one. Although I cannot sum this destination all in a few paragraphs, most certainly it's not a place liquified with luxury. The campgrounds are superb, the history will take you back. Nanabozho a word used often First Nations.NANABUSH 
I've learned everything about Nanabozho during a very exhausting canoe trip, but every drop of sweat, aches and pains had been well worth it. You can follow this link to learn more about BON ECHO

MY BON ECHO

My  Bon Echo