Tori Baird on Loosing Our Canoe While Camping with Our Kids, & What it Means to Paddle Like a Girl

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Tori Baird Talks About Loosing Our Canoe & What it Means to Paddle Like a Girl - Baird Country Ep.2

Welcome to Baird Country, the podcast where outdoor adventure meets personal stories. In this episode, I sit down with a remarkable adventurer in her own right: my wife, Tori Baird.

Tori is the owner of Paddle Like a Girl, a platform where she offers introductory canoeing and backcountry workshops tailored for women. She's also the force behind the popular Instagram page "Tori Goes Outside," where she shares her outdoor escapades and inspires others to embrace nature.

During our conversation, Tori opens up about her journey, from her inspirations for founding Paddle Like a Girl to the realities of moving to a remote location and raising a young family there. She sheds light on her experiences as a mother, including embarking on remote canoe trips and winter camping adventures with a toddler and her five-year-old son, who has disabilities.

Join us as Tori shares her insights into the challenges and joys of her unconventional lifestyle, offering a unique perspective on the intersection of family life, adventure, and the great outdoors. We also explore what it's like to be married to a professional adventurer and the dynamics of balancing our shared passion for exploration with the responsibilities of everyday life.

So, grab your favorite beverage, settle in, and get ready to be inspired by Tori's incredible experiences and her unwavering passion for the wild. Welcome to episode two of Baird Country.

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Chapters:

0:00 Introducing Tori Baird
1:39 Tori shares what she’s editing - our current Into Alaska adventure series
4:04 As a Mom, what concerns and anxieties does Tori experience during the scarier parts of these trips.
22:25 Tori talks about getting caught in gale force winds while camping with her kids
59:12 What is Paddle Like a Girl?
1:30:33 What’s it like to not be a whitey in the sport?

[barbgilbart]

Tori, you are amazing! What a great team! Love watching your family adventures! The kiddies are so adorable and love watching them grow!

[DimensionalHorse]

Tori will always be my hero!!! 😊 You 2 make a great team!

[TheSherry]

Jim and the boys are blessed to have Tori. She is what makes every episode look effortless. Plus! Beautiful skin. 😎

[petercrawford]

Every couple should have this conversation. Love it!

[deniseseguin]

Torri you and Jim make a great team...but the kids steals the show all the time....love your videos..great interview....love your haircut Jim

[BiteNukr]

Alone brought me here, Tori and the kids keeps me coming back.

[CaroleDechaine]

Charismatic Tori is an outstanding, five star mother & wife. So fun to hear Tori/Jim podcast. We watched every beautiful video you’ve made together and applaud her patience. It’s beautiful cinematography and it soothes & calms us, but with two kids, a dog, and a utube hubby whose DNA has Scottish adventurer, it comes at a cost. That rain episode looked like misery and storm of the century winds and we felt for you & then where H drops the water purifier off canoe on purpose as his rocks, was the moment I’d want to clock him. 😮 Plus, kudos, that’s a-lot of stuff you two haul, set up and portage.

You must have learned how to compartmentalize & you ARE strong and definitely have our respect. Tori breezes thru it all due to her smart, calm thinking abilities. Love the hubby/wife banter. How did you two meet is our big question? Wesley seems like he’s more alert and animated with each passing week and soaking is it all up. ❤ Bravo BAIRD family!

[redcanoe]

First off...Jim, I am your biggest fan. Jim, thanks for facilitating this interview with Tori who is also an awesome and inspirational woman. I left England with my wife and son in 2004 and settled in BC, Canada. My wife and I have been canoeing together for over 25 years. I have been so privileged to have my wife leave her large family and follow me on a whim to Canada. My wife was born in Jamaica and joined her parents there when she was 10. Over the years we have often commented on the fact that we have hardly ever seen a person of my wife's ethnicity camping, hiking or canoeing. We had to stay strong as a couple when we decided to build a log house recently, it is in a forest, 3500 feet altitude. There are bears, cougars, bobcats and occasionaly Wolves up here. We lived in a travel trailer for 3 years using a 'porta potty', melting snow to wash, cook with and drink. It got down below -36 a few times. My wife is 4'11 and very strong, physically and mentally, I am so proud of her. This last summer I suggested it was time to move onto solo paddling and I will buy a solo canoe this spring. My wife, Shirley, looks forward to take the next step to raise her confidence solo paddling. So, Tori, I think what you are doing by and filming your adventures with your lovely boys is a wonderful thing and what you do is of incalculable value to women and moreso women of colour. Like you and Jim, we work side by side on our laptops, together, most days my wife is a businesswoman and I am VP of the company. Shirley, in her spare time, is a motivational speaker, student pianist and aspiring writer. I wish you both a lifetime of great adventures, beautiful family memories and good health🛶🍻

[wendyshick]

Tori you are awesome 👍 I've really been enjoying this family adventure 😊🐺🔥

[vl]

Love you two! Keep adventuring and sharing!

[kccox]

This was Amazing!!! Thank you Jim for having Tori on your podcast and Tori YOU are Amazing! Thank you for sharing with us your Journey and you Both for setting such a fine example of True Love and Support for each other. My Heart is So Full of Happy Happy ❤❤❤

[iancompton]

Tori is a beast - and i mean that in the best way - strong of body and soul and and love your kids and all the adventures

[BeckiandChris]

Yall are incredible!! When Tori was talking about the comparison between your faces in the canoe, her being stressed and Jim being absolutely happy sounds a lot like our dynamic on our heli trips 😂😂 Chris is having the time of his life and I’m just stressed the entire time. Type 2 fun for sure!

[Frugalinthewoods]

Tori you are an amazing Mamna, wife and role model for your two little boys!

We never miss an episode on your you tube channel and now we are thrilled to be able to watch the new podcast channel…

My husband and I live in the area where Wesley goes to school. And GUESS WHAT?
We met Wesley today!!!
We were at a school event.
What a great honour to meet your son. He has SO much to teach us all. He’s such a bright light of happiness …. Bravo to you both for taking your sons on so many incredible adventures!
Your family is blessed beyond 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[Bobbymany]

Tori is a beauty and a beast! You guys are amazing

[NancyS-qxez]

You two are amazing! Love the videos that include the entire family! Keep up the great work!

[rosemountfarms]

Love Tori! We watch all your videos of Jim Baird Adventures and any your Family Adventures❤️and especially your TV series on Natgeo You deserve a huge reward from your husband Jim hmm hint hint 🎉🎂💕🍻🍷🌹🌹💐

[amyburl]

Jim’s beaming with so much love towards Tori. He’s so proud and happy to be with her. 😊 I appreciate Tori‘s honesty. I always wondered how she remained so calm. She just hides it well. lol

[marygordon]

I just love the positivity and the love for those beautiful kids. Tori you’re awesome! 👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯

[cherylsibson]

Tori and Jim show what it takes to communicate and actually LISTEN with each other.