Today was our first of six “office days,” where we hole up in some ridiculously beautiful place and work really hard on things my friend Zorah calls “typing work” — hovering around computers getting it done. Hours of video and photo editing, fingers clacking madly working on various writings, sound recording, script writing, trip logistics, route planning, finances, groceries, laundry, hanging out with local tourism friends and uploading like crazy. Our office today was at Sid Turcotte Park, in a grassy open campsite right next to the Mattawa River between two ponds where the cacaphony of frog is amazing and deafening.
We were so busy working on awesome stuff for the blog today we had to bail on visiting the stunning Eau Claire Gorge with Mattawa-Bonfield go-to tourism guy Jeff McGirr. But we’ll be passing through Mattawa again at the end of July and will definitely take a rain check. As the sun started to set, we managed to make time to build a big fire and grill up some bourbon-soaked steaks and campfire baked potatoes.
Tomorrow we’re back on the road, visiting local artist Clermont Duval in Mattawa before heading deep into Northeastern Ontario on the Temiskaming Loop Tour.
Photo by Alexandra Sawicki
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