The sun wouldn’t let me go to sleep and now it woke me up! By 8am, it was warm inside the van thanks to the early rising ball of fire. I took the hint and got myself up. I drove out of my secret camp and joined the highway along with everyone else, feeling quite…

I woke up early and didn’t waste time in setting off. After a brekkie perusing the hiking map of the Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, I drove into the park and stopped at the first pay machine to buy my $14.50 day ticket. The man at the campground yesterday had suggested a couple of hikes that…

Staying up later thanks to the late sunsets mean I have been sleeping in. I did so this morning, not getting on the road until just before 10am. Having poked around on Instagram a bit to find a mate of mine riding through the mountains of Revelstoke in B.C., I did feel a sudden sense…

I was woken up a few times in the night, not because of highway traffic noise, but the sound of rain and thunder overhead. It rained persistently all night and continued on into the morning. A few times I’d woken and thought I should probably put my water catching bags up but I was too…

No bears in the night thankfully, just a still meadow to wake up to. I got up and drove straight out of camp. The tall grass and flowers didn’t make for the best sitting outside so I resolved to have brekkie elsewhere. I drove out onto the main park road and turned off at the…

I had a sweet, uninterrupted sleep last night but thanks to the mozzies I woke up to after getting out of the van, I didn’t stick around for breakfast. I kinda like just getting up and going, gives me another excuse to find a nice breakfast spot. Knowing I was going to be at the…

I was up before 6am, just happy that the night was over and it was light. I didn’t want to stick around so didn’t waste any time in getting out of bed and driving away. After last night, I was keen to get the hell out and so I did. The storm clouds from the…

I woke up dry with only a few new bug bites to add to my collection. The rain had cleared and the morning was eerily still, like it was pretending nothing happened the night before. The surface of the Mississippi was glass, reflecting the trees of the opposite bank perfectly. My mud art from the…

When I woke, I had to ask myself, “how much of last night actually happened?” At some point in the night, I’d been woken up by someone walking through the forest shouting “F**k me!” and shining a torch light around. The light shone on me for a few seconds, but it just sounded like a rambling…

Amazingly, I slept the whole way through the night despite the heat and woke quite late (by my standards anyway). Not wanting to linger and wonder if I’d make it up the hill or not, I just packed up and drove out, thinking I’d have breakfast after I’d made way. I walked up the hill…