About Outdoor Adventurers

Outdoor Adventurers is a resource for people who enjoy the outdoors, and who are seeking outdoor activity ideas and tips, hiking destinations in Ontario and inspiration to spend more time exploring.

Our goal is to help others find the balance they need by spending time in natural settings, celebrating everything beautiful and natural in the world.

Frank Bourne

Editor, Blogger and Outdoor Adventurer

A Burlington boy with a love of the outdoors, camping and hitting the highways for road trips! When not working, Frank loves exploring and adventures on weekends with his wife Margaret, and little boy.

His passion for outdoor living, survival skills, and good food mean he’s always sharing tips on the best places to camp, roads to take in Ontario for breath-taking views, or interesting recipe ideas with locally grown foods.

With Margaret, Frank’s the co-founder of Spruce and Heron – a nature-inspired apparel, home decor and accessories shop.

Contact Frank: oadventurers@gmail.com

Margaret Bourne

Editor, Blogger and Outdoor Adventurer

Margaret is a part-time marketing communications professional and blogger, and stay-at-home mom.  With Frank and their son, she’s always up for a hike, a road trip or just experiencing something different. Her interests include travel, healthy eating, the outdoor lifestyle, parenting and social media.

Visit her blog Suburban Tourist and find interesting things to do in Ontario and beyond, as well as stories about parenting from an older first-time mom’s perspective.

Contact Margaret: suburbantourist@gmail.com

What We Write About

Outdoor Adventurers is a blog about the outdoors – hiking, camping, canoeing and enjoying the cottage life. We live in Southern Ontario, an area full of conservation areas, as well as rural and urban trails. We live within a few hours of great camping sites in provincial and national parks.

Our adventures focus on family-friendly experiences. As well, ones that won’t drive us nuts with a rambunctious kid attempting dangerous things.

As such, we write about:

• Reviews of trails: our experiences and tips on how to best enjoy them
• Conservation areas around Southern Ontario
• Camping adventures
• Day trip ideas
• Product reviews: camping and hiking gear
• Picnic and trail recipe ideas and tips
• Family outdoor activity ideas

Although I’m not a typical Dad blogger, you will read about my experiences as a first-time older dad. And you’ll sometimes see my wife, Margaret, post the occasional story.

Thank you for checking out my blog! Let me know your thoughts