Summer is slowly winding down, which means that it’s the ideal time to explore with one last vacation or a quick day trip outside the city before the hustle of back-to-school season begins.

Living in southern Ontario, there are so many quaint towns and rugged landscapes worth visiting, but with a jam-packed schedule, I’m often more inclined to microadventures – a term coined by British author and adventurer Alastair Humphreys in his book of the same name.

Humphreys describes a microadventure as “an adventure that is short, simple, local, cheap – yet still fun, exciting, challenging, refreshing and rewarding.” The New York Times also described them as “ perspective-shifting bursts of travel closer to home,” which can be taken to mean anything from a backyard campsite to an

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