Photos from camping trip number II

>> Friday, July 27, 2007

We enjoyed camping so much, we went on a second trip the weekend of July 13-15. Well, to be honest, the second trip had been planned before we even went on the first, but regardless, we did enjoy ourselves.

This time, we went to Presqu'ile Provincial Park, near Cobourg, Ont. (on Lake Ontario) It was much warmer this time around, although we were all still more comfortable in pants than shorts on the Saturday. And unfortunately, Saturday afternoon was spent hiding from the rain. Although, at least we were just wet, not cold and wet like Canada Day. And Austin definitely enjoyed playing in the mud puddles that came courtesy of the rain.

Here are a few pictures, enjoy.


mmmmm, watermelon

The remenants of the Fudgeo!


On the Sunday (when the sun was shining brightly) we went to visit the lighthouse.

And then it was off to the beach. It was really windy though,
so we opted not to put our bathings suits on.
Although Austin did end up pretty wet!

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Canada Day camping weekend

>> Friday, July 06, 2007

Camping over Canada Day weekend was a whole new experience for Austin – and to a certain extend for mommy as well, who had never really done anything like this before.

The three and a half day trip was at Arrowhead Provincial Park – about three hours north of Toronto (near Huntsville) – and was spent with three other families. In total we were 8 adults and 5 kids between the ages of 13 months and 7 years.

To sum it up, the trip consisted of sleepless nights (because the youngest member of the family takes up the most amount of bed space), cold days (because I doubt the temperature peaked above 20C all weekend), even colder nights (because it was a whopping 7C or 8C overnight), a lot of dirt, fantastic food (who says camping means only hot dogs and hamburgers?) and good company.

And we did have fun, even if Austin had trouble sleeping in his crib and ended up sleeping between us each night. For the record though, at least one of the nights, he woke up screaming because he was cold – and it was freezing that night. And even though it was too cold to go swimming and we all became experts at huddling under the shade tent for rain protection every time a shower passed through, we all really enjoyed ourselves. I think Austin especially loved being outside for pretty much three days straight. And by the end of it -- he was, shall we say, just a little bit dirty!

On the Sunday, Ryan and I strapped Austin to one of our backs and went for a hike to Stubbs Falls. It was a pretty easy trail for a total of about 4-5 km of walking, which is a good thing, because even though we bought a good carry pack, it’s still heavy to carry 27-pounds of Austin around on your back!

The rest of the time was spent doing pretty much nothing except watch Austin, Lilo, Isabelle, Andrew and Ian play on the campsites. And once the kids went to bed, the adults spent the evening by the fire.

Enjoy the pictures. There were some group shots taken, but they’re not on my camera – when I get them e-mailed to me, I’ll share them as well.


Coming back from the hike


Testing the water temperature in Stubbs Falls

Austin loved pulling this little wagon all over the campsites, so much so that he even tried to pull it when Isabelle was sitting in it.

Three of the kids (Austin, Ian and Lilo) hiding from the rain and watching the Backyardigans on the portable DVD player.

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