by Steven Gottlieb | Jul 19, 2018 | Blog
Dear Boundless Families: Defining moments of a group can never be scripted. The English class had one 3 days ago at Blueberry campsite on the Madawaska. The plan was to tent a couple of nights alongside gentle rapids, summoning the Henry David Thoreau inside each one...
by Steven Gottlieb | Jul 16, 2018 | Blog
Dear Boundless families: We had a pathetic excuse for a rain shower two nights ago, but other than that, it’s a kiln up here. There is no rain forecast for the foreseeable forever. Light the wrong match, and the forest will get nasty. So, your kids won’t be enjoying...
by Steven Gottlieb | Jul 9, 2018 | Blog
Dear Boundless Families: On Friday, when the heat wave released its grip, and a cool Norwester blew relief into our deer-fly bitten bodies, I encountered the Goonies at their Lac Robinson campsite on the Dumoine River. They don’t really use the identity of Goonies any...
by Steven Gottlieb | Jul 5, 2018 | Blog
Dear Boundless Families: The poets Woodsworth and Emmerson couldn’t begin to describe how gorgeous it is up here, this Thursday morning. Like your teenagers, the Canadian Shield and the Boreal Forest are in their splendour and oozing with potency. The combined...
by Steven Gottlieb | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog
Dear Boundless Families: All 61 kids are in varying states of frolic and exhaustion. Some are contemplative. A bunch are huddled together, amazingly calm as they try to complete their written assignments on time. But everyone is home. A relief to this old man. Both...
