3 days of adventures in Mauricie

I went to La Mauricie National Park on the long weekend with friends. The park has more than 150 lakes, a good variety of wildlife and flora, fabulous views of course and many activities to choose from.

It was actually my third visit in this park. The first time, I went with my mom to do the longest trail called "Deux-Criques", but we got confused and did another trail instead. The second time, it was with my mom again and we went there for the same reason, but the park entrance was closed so we lost a lot of time to drive to the other entrance and we didn't have enough time to do the long trail. I definitely need to go back to hike that trail soon.

This time, there was a bunch of us who had nothing to do on the long weekend and didn't want to do the typical eating and shopping trip to Toronto, so we decided to spend some time in nature. We could only fit two people per car because we had so much unnecessary stuff and way too much food. The camping site itself doesn't have any views but it is very clean and with good privacy, which is perfect to be cozy with each other.

We had the chance to do a short and easy hike, go fishing but got no fish, and go on a kayak excursion to see the Waber Waterfalls without making it. We had a great time, even if we did everything halfway :)

Tête-à-tête with Jackie: Authenticity

"Sometimes, when I look at myself in the mirror, I think about him."

"What do you mean?"

"Just my face...it reminds me of him."

"Hmm...I wonder why."

"I think it's because when you like someone, you subconsciously, or even consciously, want to look like them. You want to be passionate about what they are passionate about, you want to spend time doing what they are doing, you like their favorite color, you like driving at sunset because they used to like it too, you spend time outdoors because you want to see what they see...you become them in a way...that's why it reminds you of them to look at yourself in the mirror."

"Waw, so well said! Can you write it down? I'll quote you."

"...I don't mean only people you loved, but I believe every single person who passes through your life leaves a part of themselves ingrained in you. In other words, you're the result of everybody you've met...Authenticity is sometimes very ironic."