{"id":17393,"date":"2016-07-12T16:13:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T20:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=17393"},"modified":"2016-07-14T08:39:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T12:39:43","slug":"get-outside-with-these-fun-activities-on-healthy-parks-healthy-people-day-july-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/get-outside-with-these-fun-activities-on-healthy-parks-healthy-people-day-july-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Get outside with these fun activities on Healthy Parks, Healthy People day (July 15)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AO-BikePacking-Guide\"<\/a>Algonquin Outfitters wants you to get outside. July 15 is Healthy Parks, Healthy People day and in addition to free day admission to Ontario Parks, Algonquin Outfitters has some fun activities in Algonquin Park that you can participate in. (See the full list of activities below.)<\/p>\n

Have you ever heard of bikepacking? Think long-distance backpacking, but with a bike. Bikepacker and adventure cyclist, Miles Arbour, will be at the Algonquin Outfitters Lake of Two Rivers store<\/a><\/span> from 10-4 to talk about his experiences with bikepacking and how you can plan your own trip. (Read about Miles’s recent bikepacking trip from Algonquin Park to Huntsville here<\/a><\/span>.) There will also be a bike scavenger hunt and obstacle course – fun, family-friendly activities to introduce you to the bike trails in Algonquin Park.<\/p>\n

\"Visit

Visit the Algonquin Outfitters Lake of Two Rivers store during Healthy Parks, Healthy People day on July 15 to learn more about bikepacking and go on a bike scavenger hunt<\/p><\/div>\n

You can see nature in another way with a free Sketching Nature by Design workshop with Janine Marson<\/a><\/span>. Under Janine’s instruction, use a viewfinder to sketch what you see using pencils, pigma micron black ink pens, pencil crayon, and markers – no previous experience required! You’ll amaze yourself with what you can create and it’s a great opportunity to develop ideas for AO’s Paddle Art Contest<\/a><\/span>. For a $25 registration fee you’ll receive a blank paddle to use as a canvas to create something unique in celebration of AO’s 55th anniversary (1961-2016) and the 100th anniversary of Tom Thomson\u2019s death in Algonquin Park (1917-2017). The Sketching Nature by Design workshops run from 10-12 and 1-3 – arrive 10 minutes early to prepare for the water taxi.<\/p>\n\n\t\t