Linda’s Happy Days: Recent Episodes
Linda Wilson
A beautiful day paddling on George Lake in Killarney Provincial Park, with my daughter, her partner, her kids and my son.
4 on the seadoo, sun, swimming, wilderness, not a soul in sight, wild rocks, bent pine, the painting paradise for The Group of Seven. A day to remember.
Join me as I take you on a journey with me and my son on our SeaDoo up and up the French River into the wilderness accessed only by braving many sets of wild rapids. We felt like the modern Voyageurs of today!
There was an amazing heat wave in the middle of May and we swam and jumped off the dock. Such joy!
Wonderful snowmobile adventures with my son and grandson in Muskoka and Haliburton melt into canoeing weeks later on a glass calm Lake Muskoka. Enjoy!
1) Swimming in a pool surrounded by snow. 2) Snowmobiling to watch the sunset from an island.
6 hours through 3 lakes, followed by trails and a picnic on a frozen lake. Home by the light of a full moon, past the lighthouse on Rosseau with -20c.
Flying through snowy woods and across vast expanses of frozen lake with joy, friendship, love and happiness abounding!
My son Matthew takes me on a wonderful snowmobile adventure across three big frozen lakes and one little lake to a tiny island on Lake Joe. It’s favourite summer spot, so visiting in the deep, cold, stillness of winter is very special. Enjoy!
Eleven of us all together for Christmas at Rodzart with a sleigh ride, polar dips and so much fun and cheer.
Go to YouTube and search Linda and Matt French River October 2021 for awesome visuals of the first part of this podcast. Both days were wonderful, joyous, adventurous and fulfilling!
My son Matthew captained our trusty Seadoo with myself and our friend Selim as passengers out the Key River at the North eastern tip of the Georgian Bay 40 kms to the Bad River Rapids aka the mouth of the French River!
My Granddaughter Emily and her boyfriend Ryan recently spent 10 days having the most amazing adventures in Iceland. It’s a longer episode but we’ll worth the listen and, yes, they did hike to the live volcano…
Matt, Alex Jones and I ventured 33kms up the Upper French River through wild rapids to a beautiful lagoon. We spent a wonderful day there, and on the way back, a surprise…
A gorgeous bluebird day finds a bunch of fam and friends boating up the lakes to picnic on a small island on Lake Joe. Tune in for more…
2 weeks in Africa, staying with an American family. Experiences I’ve never had before nor will again; monkeys, giraffes, birds, baboons, lions and so much more…listen and discover #africa #lions #outofafrica
Three joyful canoes full of happy adventurers voyage out into the wild islands of the Georgian Bay...
Matt, his friend Ian, and I embarked on a radical sailing adventure with gusts up to 80km/h. We hung on for dear life, and shouted, whooped and hollered. DON’T MISS IT!!!
On the first warm day of Spring I ventured with a friend to Port Perry on Lake Scugog and then to the Bluffs on Lake Ontario. Lovely :)
I was so grateful to be able to explore the wild, wonderful frozen snowy North with my son Matt by snowmobile. Walking on the frozen lake, bonfire on the ice under a full moon, adventuring up the lakes across the ice, dancing on the snow...
Tenting, climbing, and swimming, surrounded by the beauty of the wilderness and God’s creatures on land, water, and in the air. In the heart of Mother Nature...
Our happy gang of friends and fam venture into the wilderness of a remote lake dotted with islands and surrounded by white quartzite hills reached by a few hours of paddling and a mile long portage...
Five days skiing in Revelstoke staying at a youth hostel and exploring a vast mountain environment in the Rockies. Such fun, joyful, happy time!
What a wonderful wild winter adventure through the giant hills and forests of Algoma. Spent two nights at a hunting camp 50kms from anywhere, and the waters of Lake Superior (Gitchee Gumee) sparkled to the horizon at Wawa...
Matthew, Rufus, and I, had, for me, the wilderness adventure of a lifetime! We sailed and camped from Waubaushene in the south eastern corner of the Georgian Bay all the way to Killarney in the North. Listen and enjoy!
My thought to take a quick swim changed into a heavenly waterski on a calm lake in late September. But for Matt’s joyful spontaneity it wouldn’t have happened !!❤️😃
Wind, rain, SeaDoo, sailboat, barefoot hike, ski goggles, speed, ice cream cones, fun, laughter, and friendship. So special!
A long forgotten acquaintance called me one day, using an assumed accent, and left me a voicemail which made me smile and laugh. Hope you smile and laugh too in this happy day!
A solo night in my tent on the island with the owls and the loons in the moonlight, waking to beams of sunlight filtering through the pines and a morning swim.
After a long period of being in the city, an opportunity arose to venture into the frozen North. Departing Toronto was pure joy, followed by an exhilarating ride across the ice covered lake to a remote island. Bonfire under the moon and 2am snacks back at the cottage....
A sad day long ago becomes a very happy day and time disappears in the joy and excitement of a dream fulfilled.
Joy and laughter abound as I work to encourage my puppy Rufus to rejoice in the act of jumping in the lake. My son Matthew and I had really hoped to have a doggy that would love to jump in the water. And the dream came true!
I skippered an ocean worthy trimaran sailing on a windy sun-filled day on a northern Ontario lake - “a happy day”!