September/October 2005










Special Package: Take a Hike Why Don’tcha?

Bushwacking 101

By Michelle Kelly

If you can’t see a trail for the trees at your cottage, cut a private path.

How Not to Lose It

By Hap Wilson

Your way, that is. Use these tips and your wits to stay on course. Read this article online - click here.

Get in the Geocaching Game

By Rachel Evans

There are secret stashes all over cottage country, waiting to be found.

You Are Here

By Allan Britnell

GPS units have a sense of direction, even if you don’t.

Kidding Around on the Trail

By Hap Wilson

Make a walk in the woods fun for little hikers.

Play It Again

By John Bentley Mays

Who better than your brother-cum-architect to build a modern Muskoka cottage that echoes the best of summers past.

Just a Little Batty

By Tom Carpenter

Meet Robbie Goulden, inventive genius, master storyteller, and zany creator of The Bat Shack on Georgian Bay.

Different Stokes

By Ray Ford

Not your grandpa’s potbelly, the new woodstoves are sleeker, cleaner, and more efficient.

Door With A View

By Karen Matsui

Pretty and practical, there’s a screen door fit for every cottage entrance.

Aw, Shucks

By Jane Rodmell

You’re smiling, aren’t you? It’s time again for the nostalgic fun of a traditional corn roast, the season’s favourite feast.

Puttering

Real Tools: Can’t do without a cant hook Job Jar: Stop rooftop moss Revival: Old grill resurfaces as a table Bright Idea: Tankless hot-water heater Great Inventions: Teeter-totter plotter; lattice tire grip

Also in this issue:

On the Waterfront
Cottage Q&A
Cottage Finds
Solutions
Cottage Watch
Photo Journal
Nature Scrapbook
Weekender