Welcome to Steemit, @emlyp, from a fellow Canadian who also loves adventure, food, and ... distilleries / cocktails / anything booze related (as long as its quality booze. :-0 )
Below are a few points of advice re posting on Steemit.
- Longer posts are more lucrative than short posts. If you make a post of 20–30 paragraphs, it's more likely to earn rewards.
- Include some photos, images or graphs, to complement the text.
- Make sure the text and photos are formatted properly, so that your post looks attractive and appealing.
As you can see, your posts fills most of those ideals, but from my experience, it's rather too brief to attract any serious rewards.
Hope this helps for now. Good luck, and Full Steem Ahead!