Fri 07 Nov 2008 Tom Wilson Cape Breton Island / Hike the Highlands / Hiking / Hiking Cape Breton / Hiking Festival / Victoria County Hiking Trails Comments Off on Red Island Hiking Trail – Loses a Great Volunteer, Leader & Friend / /

Red Island Hiking Trail – Loses a Great Volunteer, Leader & Friend

Red Island Hiking Trail lost one of its great volunteers, leader and friend recently, John Graham MacInnes, who died at the age of 61.  John Graham was a tireless volunteer in the community, a municipal councillor for 23 years who held the positions of Deputy Warden and Warden for the...Read more

Fri 07 Nov 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on ParticipACTION – Time to Move / / / /

ParticipACTION – Time to Move

One of the greater promoters of hiking in Canada is ParticipACTION, a national organization with a vision to have a Canadian Society the most physical active on Earth. They are advocacy agency for physical activity that work with partners to communication and create action.   Each month they...Read more

Wed 05 Nov 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 – A new program for Organizing and Editing your photos / / / / / / / / / / / /

Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 – A new program for Organizing and Editing your photos

One of the new products just out is the Adobe Photoshop Elements 7, a program that helps you organize, edit, create and share photos. The program is retailing at Future shop right now at $99.99 and makes a create addition to your digital camera and computer. The program has a number of new...Read more

Wed 05 Nov 2008 Tom Wilson Cape Breton Highlands National Park / Cape Breton Island / CBHNP / Hike the Highlands / Hiking / Hiking Cape Breton / Hiking Festival / Victoria County Hiking Trails Comments Off on 2008 Hike the Highlands Festival Photo Contest Winners / / / / / / /

2008 Hike the Highlands Festival Photo Contest Winners

The judges have reviewed all the great photo entries and have made their decisions on the winning photos of the 2008 Hike the Highlands Photo Contest. There are five categories – Fauna, Flora, Humour, People and Scenery. The 1st place winners will receive a free 2009 Hike the Highlands Pass...Read more

Sun 26 Oct 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Red Island Hike – Oct 26th / / / / / / /

Red Island Hike – Oct 26th

One of my favorite things to do in the late fall is hike the Red Island Hiking Trail located at Indian Brook along the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island.  Today I was using a Nikon D60 Camera with 18 mm-135mm lens and my pics came out nice. I didn’t use any filters but the […]Read more

Fri 24 Oct 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on “How to do everything – 121 essential outdoor skills ” – Backpacker Magazine / / / / /

“How to do everything – 121 essential outdoor skills ” – Backpacker Magazine

The November 2008 issue of Backpacker magazine caught my eye on the cover with this headline – “How to  do everything -121 essential outdoor skills. This amazing article written by Annette McGivney, looks at navigation, packing and planning, camping, set up the perfect camp, master...Read more

Thu 16 Oct 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Polarizing Lens – Bring out the Great Fall Colours / / / / / / / /

Polarizing Lens – Bring out the Great Fall Colours

Outdoor Photography Canada magazine has two great articles in their fall/winter edition 2008. The first one was is Darwin Wiggett’s Secret to Eye-Popping Colour where he gives you five techniques you can use.  The second article is on the Cape Breton Highlands – “A cornucopia of...Read more

Thu 16 Oct 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Franey Hike – Thanksgiving Weekend / / / / /

Franey Hike – Thanksgiving Weekend

It has long been a tradition for my wife, Heather,  and I to hike Franey Hiking trail in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park on Thanksgiving weekend. This year we were treated to great weather and were joined by our nephew Brad and his girlfriend Laura and our friend Gerard from Ferryland,...Read more

Fri 03 Oct 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Backpacker – Get Un-Lost with GPS Video & Gear Chick Column / / / / /

Backpacker – Get Un-Lost with GPS Video & Gear Chick Column

Backpacker magazine website has a great video on getting un-lost with GPS. Hike the Highlands Festival is hoping to offer a workshop next year on GPS and hopefully geocaching. Did you know there is a Atlantic Canada Geocaching Association as well a Maritime Geocaching Association ? There is...Read more

Tue 30 Sep 2008 Tom Wilson Uncategorized Comments Off on Some Tips for Taking Great Photos of Fall Scenery & Leaves / / / / / / / / / /

Some Tips for Taking Great Photos of Fall Scenery & Leaves

Here are ten articles for you I found while searching on google that provide tips for taking great photos of Fall scenery and leaves. Enjoy. 1) Five Tips for Taking Great Fall Photos – Webshots Blog 2) Digital Landscape Shooting Tips – Asheville Tourism Site 3) Tips for photographing...Read more