Come Walk With Us on the Trans Canada Trail (TCT)

Today Come Walk With Us was named by Feedspot as one of the top Canadian Travel Blogs – (in fact we are rated as #47)!! After just a couple years of trekking on the Great Trail, writing over 500 blog entries, thousands of facebook and instagram posts and with just over 330,000 pictures taken - our goals of promoting diversity and accessibility in the outdoors and inspiring youth to reconnect to nature, from their backyards to the boreal, through birding and Citizen Science is garnering some serious attention! Very exciting! Can't wait to get back out onto the trail to keep on keeping on !    See you on the trail! Remember to follow our entire adventure here : www.comewalkwithus.online

 This article originally appeared on Canadian Geographic online. 'Come Walk With Us' was funded by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society Expedition Program, but is waiting for COVID-19 restrictions to lift before they get started. Here's what they do while they wait.      May 20th, 2021   Dr. Sonya Richmond When ‘Come Walk With Us’ became an RCGS supported expedition in 2021 we were very excited to get the third season of our #Hike4Birds across Canada on the 27,000 kilometre long Great Trail underway. Unfortunately, our departure was delayed by a provincial 'stay-at-home' order in response to escalating COVID-19 cases. While this setback was disappointing, in many ways the waiting is simply a continuation of the challenges every expedition faces. Since suspending our trek we've constantly been working on ways to keep our goals alive and in the moment. We begin our mornings by hiking a 10-20 kilometre loop on our neighbourhood trails to keep fit, a

A new Health Card and within a few days we got the call!  Today was Vaccine day for both us! A HUGE thank you to the awesome pharmacists and staff Shoppers Drug Mart, the Essential Workers across the world, and the Canadian government for making free vaccines available to anyone who wants one.    It feels like there is finally light at the end of the tunnel, and we are so grateful ! One step closer to being able to recreate responsibly and for our #hike4birds to get back on The Great Trail again!!  See you on the trail! Remember to follow our entire adventure here : www.comewalkwithus.online