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The drive was only 60km to this park. Arrived about 13:00. It is a nice little park nestled on Sturgeon Bay (part of Georgian Bay). The park is old, so the roads a very narrow. We had a little bit of a challenge negotiating turns and backing into our site. The site was large enough though. The recent rains has made the area quite muddy in some places. The day has been cool but sunny, a high of 14, with some wind off Georgian Bay. We set up camp, then walked the entire site.

Day 2, Cloudy and cool again today. We decided to go for a drive to see what “is around the area” Well there wasn’t much, but there was beautiful scenery. We were able to find one geocache in the area. We also came across Pointe-au-Baril-Station, and The Archipelago, two small villages in the area. We purchased some homemade bread for dinner. While in Pointe-au-Baril-Station, we saw the strangest thing. They were using an outboard motor to push water from a ditch through a culvert. I guess to drain the ditch?

Day 3, It’s sunny and warmer today. A high of 18c, 21 with the humidex. This is the way fall camping should be. We just hung around the campfire, reading, puzzling and puttering. Tomorrow we head to Marten River Provincial Park.

SUN FINALLY! It’s been awhile since we have seen that. It actually hit 17c today! The XXXkm drive went without a hitch. We arrived 12:00. Why pick a place so close to the last? The KOA was the only site around that had availability for the weekend. The other Provincial Parks around were fully booked. The sites in our area were spaced out nicely and rather level. The staff were great, and the entire place was clean. Although we did not take advantage of it, the pool was opened and heated.

Day 2, we took quick tour of Parry Sound. I thought it was a lot bigger than it was. We did a couple of geocaches, then headed back to the site. We managed to stay in-between the major rain storms and only got some sprinkles.

Day 3, September 13, Stephanie’s birthday! Pancakes and sausage for the birthday breakfast. Cloudy, cool with a chance of rain….AGAIN….Back into Parry Sound for lunch at the Trestle Brewing Company. In this COVID world, all their seating was outdoors. We had the cheese platter and Dirty Bird sandwich. Did some additional touring around the waterfront area and returned to the campsite for a campfire and some reading. I baked some chocolate turtle brownies for Stephanie’s “birthday cake”

September 9-10 Arrowhead Provincial Park Site 485

More clouds and a bit of rain on our way to Arrowhead. At least it stopped along the way. Only being 75km from our last stop, we arrived around 12:30. Ventured into Huntsville to pick up some provisions at the local Wal Mart, and Independent. 

Day 2, still cloudy and very cool. We went back to Huntsville to tour the main street and check out the store. We came out with only a jacket for me, incase our trip continues like this. We came across a same deli just southwest of Huntsville. It served brisket and poutine. Yes we did stop. We shared a maple brisket sandwich and a small poutine. We also took some time to do the Stubbs Falls trail, and visit other areas of the park to see if I could recognize the area we stayed in while we camped here as a family.

September 7-8 Canisby Campground – Algonquin Park

The drive to Canisby was not ideal. No worries but the it rained hard in a lot of places and the wind was rocking the trailer around quite a bit. We arrived around 14:00, so we took advantage of the daylight and the break in the rain and visited the Algonquin Park Logging Museum, Visitor’s Centre, Opeongo Launch area, and the Lake of Two Rivers Store. The weather started to cool down so as soon as it got dark we headed inside….and started to watch the Downton Abbey series…..

Day two. The rain had stopped but it was still cool and cloudy. We spent most of the day in front of the campfire reading our books. While I went to the front gate to take a picture, I came across a moose. Unfortunately Stephanie was not with. That is our first large animal sighting.

We left Kemptville around noon and headed toward Wesley Clover Park in the west end of Ottawa. We have camped there once before. Stephanie booked the same site we had last time.  B3-10. Set up went well and the rain had not started yet.

We went into Barrhaven for our massage therapy appoints and to pick up some last minute items, including a San Marinos pizza for dinner. By the time we returned it was pouring rain. After dinner we joined Phylis, Tony, Brad, and Riley in the Pilla trailer. It was nice to see them again.

Nicer weather Thursday, and a visitor dropped in to say hello. Ginette came for lunch and hung around the campfire while I cooked a spice cake for the campfire dessert. We had a hotdog dinner with the Bevan’s and Brad, then enjoyed the nightly campfire.

Friday brought some radicand relaxing. Dinner with The Pilla’s and Bevans. It was Lynn’s birthday. Phyllis cook a beautiful lasagna, and of course cake. We sat up for a campfire and s’mores.

Saturday my mother joined us for lunch, grilled cheese over the fire. Afterwards we one to the Tanger mall. Mom had never been there before and was curious. Stephanie and I didn’t mind at all, because we do enjoy our window shopping. After dinner we had a campfire with our friends.

Sunday, our last day. The weather was not bad. It was kind of a book reading day. Dinner, then a campfire with our friends. Monday is a move day to Canisby Campground in Algonquin Park.

The August long weekend! A chance to try out Wesley Clover Park in the west end of Ottawa. We will be joining our friends from Brockville and Prescott. The weather was good for most of the weekend. We had a couple of good campfires with Phylis, Tony, Brad and Lynne, and of course Riley! Sunday was a bit of a washout with some good storms rolling through the area. Wesley Clover is a nice place to stay., especially if your are touring the city.

Part one of a week of camping. All our trips to Higley Flow have been cancelled so far. What a shame. It looks like we probably won’t be gong there at all this year. The weather looked good, so we booked the last campsite at Murphy’s Point Provincial. We cooked over the campfire, went hiking and did a little bit of kayaking. Next time we will spend more time at the hike in beach. It was great, but sorry no pictures….we forgot the camera. Stephanie was lucky enough to see one of the big rat snakes that are in the park and also a juvenile bear!

It was a good day. Oatmeal raisin cookies and ice cream cake with my Godson Owen, and a kayak/dinner with Stephanie.

Well It’s Canada Day and I’m not working! It’s the first time in over 18 years. Here I am in 2014, thanks to Ben Ripley

Wow….. who would have thought that I would be posting on Canadas 153rd birthday.

Our first weekend of camping for the 2020 season! Damn Covid19! Rideau Acres Campground, located in Kingston was the only one open during this time period. The Provincial Parks are still not open and either is the border between Canada and the States. We were originally supposed to head out on Friday, but we could not wait. We rebooked for Thursday and arrived around 12:00. We asked for site E9, but ended up on E8. E9 was located at the end of the aisle, but since our last stay, it was closed “due to sewer problems”. Every now and agin we would get a small wiff of something bad.

This was not only our first trip of the season, but it was also Tony and Phylis’, and Brad and Lynn’s first trip of the season. We all agreed, that while this campground was not too bad, it was not Higley Flow.

The weather for the entire weekend was very good. Not too hot. The beach had a little too much goose poop to go swimming. And Ben was his typical self….i like camping, I don’t like camping, I like camping, I don’t like camping………

We decided we will stay here again if it’s the only choice, but we really miss Higley Flow.