LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Canoe-Sex Education
I realize that you have two magazines merged into one, however I believe that your maga- zine has a great overall family appeal. I look forward to your magazine to sit down with my kids and dream about our next camping trip. Today I received your summer issue and couldn’t wait for my kids to get home from school. But, OH MY G**. One of your coverlines reads, “CANOE SEX.” Now I can add your magazine to the pile of inappro- priate-for-families magazines that currently includes most of the mags out there. I am so disappointed. I read the article and although I see the intended humour, I’ll have to rip it out before I let my kids read the magazine. I don’t know if it’s worth the effort. Perhaps I’ll just forget about renewing.
Paula Stellato Email
Pierre Berton very eloquently stated in a book about the Klondike that, “A true Cana- dian is one who can make love in a canoe without tipping.” Ever since, trying it has become a point of nationalistic pride for Ca- nadian canoeists, sort of like shooting back an ounce of Screech and kissing a puffin’s arse in Newfoundland. In our minds, Kevin Callan’s story was a lighthearted account of a family man trying to bring a little romance
back into his life. This is something I think many families can relate to and a far cry from top-shelf magazine material. —S.M.
Creek Walking
I loved Scott MacGregor’s piece “Creek Walk- ing” in your summer issue. I’m lucky enough to have just become a grandfather. I didn’t have the time when my children were little, or at least I wasn’t wise enough then to make the time for messing about and catch- ing frogs. Thanks for the reminder about what is really important in life.
Jim Hay Winnipeg, MB Marshmallow Blasted
I can’t believe you’d include such a ludi- crous piece of junk like the Marshmallow Blaster [Toy Box review, Summer 2008]. Not only does this toy glorify the act of war, by reviewing it your are encouraging the shoot- ing of food around a campsite in a wasteful manner, while children in war-torn countries go without. Shame on you.
Emily Sinclair Duluth, MN
C A M P S I G H T S
Wax on, wax off. Wax on, wax off. Amy and Brian Coles of Kitchener, Ontario, at dusk at MacGregor Point Provincial Park, Lake Huron. PHOTO BEN COLES
Sarah Johnstone sets off on her first ever portage, Grundy Lake Provincial Park, Georgian Bay, Ontario. PHOTO EVA JOHNSTONE
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