Six Star Magazine Six Star Magazine Winter 2009/2010 Legacy | Page 25

FEATURE

YUKON

ALGONQUIN LOG CABIN
ALGONQUIN PARK, ON
YUKON

Fox Point Beach to sink a tree and decorate it under water with
biodegradeable ornaments. Now that’s a tradition even the Grinch
would appreciate.
Don’t just think of winter as a time to huddle indoors. Consider
all the fantastic adventures you can get yourself into outside. Take
an Algonquin three-night Eco Adventure and celebrate winter
in Ontario’s beautiful Algonquin Park (www.ontariooutdoor.com).
Spend your days playing in the white stuff, dogsledding,
snowshoeing, and backcountry skiing, and your nights satisfying
your green side, snuggled up in a solar-powered cottage. Or, how
about seeing green, all across the night sky with a taste of Aurora
Borealis. For an adventure you will remember your entire life, head
to the Yukon (www.travelyukon.com) and check out the captivating
dancing Northern Lights by night and then get down to the notso-serious business of dog mushing or ice-fishing by day. If you
are more inclined to like your adventure in smaller doses, head out
for a day of cross-country skiing in many provincial or city parks or
conservation areas all across Canada.
One of the very best ways to get active and enjoy the outdoors
is to simply wake up in the morning, look at the beautiful weather
outside and commit to making the most of your day. The decision
of “what to do” or “where to go” is made easy with the recent
launch of Subaru Canada’s www.subaru.ca/getoutmore. This
interactive forum is designed to help spark ideas for spontaneous

outdoor adventure – in a fun, informative and convenient way.
Visitors can browse through activities, unique destinations and
road trips all around the country (as well as in their own backyard).
Visitors are also able to review special features and articles, share
and post their own experiences, and try out as many of other
people’s recommended adventures as they can. In this online
community, you’ll likely come across many real-life outdoor
adventures posted by other Subaru owners just like you. Our goal
is to bring like-minded people to one location where they can
swap stories and raise the outdoor adventure spirit even higher
throughout Canada.
Anne Dimon, the editor of Travel to Wellness
magazine, once said that getting away from
it all is like “pulling off the road of life to
admire a sunset when you’re stuck in a
traffic jam.” When your only moving
violation is going a bit too fast on
your bike, and the only traffic
sounds you hear are your own
footsteps crunching in the
snow, you know you are doing
something that is great for
your body and great for your
mind. Maybe it’s time we
all got out more.

PHOTOS: West Coast Trail © Parks Canada/W. Lynch/10.104.03.34(23), Signal Hill © Parks Canada/J.F. Bergeron/ENVIROFOTO/H.01.14.02.03(22),
Radisson Hecla Resort courtesy of Travel Manitoba, Sugarloaf Bike Park © Rob Cocquyt, Mount Assiniboine Lodge © Barb Renner,
Mont-Sainte-Anne © Marc Tremblay/Canyoning-Québec, Algonquin Log Cabin courtesy of Voyageur Quest.

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