Category Archives: Ontario

The short 2 hour drive today took us through the beautiful fertile farmland of Southern Ontario. In August, most of the wheat has been harvested, the corn ‘is as high as an elephants eye’ (words to that song were written about a mile from where we live in PA), along with soy beans and potatoes.Continue reading “August 3, Stratford ON”

Port Severn Port Severn on Georgian Bay hosts lock number 45 on the Trent-Severn Waterway. We love watching boats going through locks so we stopped here for a bit. Our daughter has a cottage near one of the locks in the Kawartha Lakes region of this waterway and a trip to the locks while thereContinue reading “2 August, to Dundalk, ON”

We didn’t leave camp today until almost noon. We certainly don’t have far to go to our next one. Six Mile Lake. This is a holiday weekend here in Ontario and campsites were hard to find. In order to find places, we had to move every night. Not a lot to report today. We didn’tContinue reading “1 August, Six Mile Lake PP”

Today was an in camp day although we had to change campsites in the afternoon. It was a lazy day, but also a relatively productive one. After a breakfast of homemade corn bread and sausage patties, we went for a nice long walk. The weather has cooled off a bit, down into the high 70sContinue reading “30 July, Grundy Provincial Park”

We needed to time our exit from Manitoulin Island to avoid the 15 minute hourly closure for boat traffic at the swing bridge, the only bridge off the island. We slept in a bit… finally… and didn’t want to rush as we don’t have far to go today. We went for a walk after breakfastContinue reading “29 July, Manitoulin Island to Grundy Lake Provincial Park”

The back end of our van faces due east over the water. It was hot last night and I left the back doors open and the privacy canvas slightly open at the top for air circulation. The sun broke the horizon at around 6:15  this morning. I got a quick glimpse and then went backContinue reading “28 July, Sheguiandah, Manitoulin Island”

Having packed everything up last night, it only took us 30 minutes to be out of camp. We have a 8:45 am sailing on the Ferry Chi-Cheemaun to South Baymouth on Manitoulin Island which means arriving much earlier. Coffee and breakfast (muffins and cheese) are in the ferry dock parking lot. As you can seeContinue reading “27 July, from Tobermory to Manitoulin Island”

Today is an in camp day, no driving, a few chores like hand laundry, reading, walking, relaxing. We enjoyed a lazy late morning breakfast of pancakes, bacon and fresh Ontario peaches grown in the micro climate created by the Niagara escarpment. I have mentioned the Niagara Escarpment several times. It was an important geological featureContinue reading “July 26, Lands End, Tobermory”

Today is an in camp day, no driving, a few chores like hand laundry, reading, walking, relaxing. We enjoyed a lazy late morning breakfast of pancakes, bacon and fresh Ontario peaches grown in the micro climate created by the Niagara escarpment. I have mentioned the Niagara Escarpment several times. It was an important geological featureContinue reading “July 26, Lands End, Tobermory”

Another beautiful morning. Short trip today into Tobermory and our nearby campground. We stopped in at Lions Head for a bit of nostalgia for my husband. Lions Head was named for the lion shaped Head on the escarpment, now fallen into the Bay. The Bruce Trail is Canada’s oldest and longest marked footpath, stretching approximatelyContinue reading “JULY 24 to Tobermory”