Showing posts with label camping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label camping. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Camping in Algonquin
We spent the weekend camping in Algonquin Park. It was a bit buggy to be truly comfortable. I think an in-city camp experience would've been more pleasant. But the weather was nice, the beach was nice and the campground was beautiful. The kids really liked playing on the beach. Winnie unfortunately returned very bug-bitten but the rest of us were not so bad.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, August 8, 2010
More Camping (with pictures)
We went camping this weekend, just the 3 of us. This time, we had our camera.
Monday, August 2, 2010
August Long Weekend Camping
This weekend, we decided to go camping with our friends, the Dolans, and two foster children, 7 and 9, who have been staying with us since Thursday.
Our plan was to pick up the Scout canoes, paddles and PFDs Friday night then head out Saturday morning and come back Sunday morning. We went to Pontoon Lake and to the Scout cabin. The weather was quite warm for most of Saturday, 25 C or so, but it called for a 60% chance of rain in the evening.
We took two canoes out across the 1.5 km stretch to the cabin. We had dried meat and chips for lunch. We picked raspberries and reserved about a cup for the babies. Winnie loved to sit beside a raspberry bush and eat them right off the bush. We went swimming off of the rocks, which were slimy but the water was nice and we had fun. Me and Byron also took the kids fishing and we managed to catch a small jackfish before heading in. With four people in the boat, I am glad we did not catch a big one. It was easy to unhook the small one without bringing him into the boat.
Just after dinner it started to rain and we headed inside for hot chocolate. The moms tried to put the babies to bed and Caleb took a while, but finally went down. The older kids went to bed and the adults played Gin and Rummy for an hour or so, before we all went to bed. Caleb didn't sleep very well so Jenn and Byron had to get up at 6 AM and head back to town prematurely.
The rest of us woke up later, had eggs and bacon for breakfast, then headed back to Yellowknife at around noon. The kids and I had to take two trips in the canoe to bring all of our gear back, and then bring Nikki and Winnie back, but it was fun and the weather on Sunday was very nice again.
Unfortunately, there were no pictures taken, but it is for that reason that you are able to enjoy my sonorous prose.
Our plan was to pick up the Scout canoes, paddles and PFDs Friday night then head out Saturday morning and come back Sunday morning. We went to Pontoon Lake and to the Scout cabin. The weather was quite warm for most of Saturday, 25 C or so, but it called for a 60% chance of rain in the evening.
We took two canoes out across the 1.5 km stretch to the cabin. We had dried meat and chips for lunch. We picked raspberries and reserved about a cup for the babies. Winnie loved to sit beside a raspberry bush and eat them right off the bush. We went swimming off of the rocks, which were slimy but the water was nice and we had fun. Me and Byron also took the kids fishing and we managed to catch a small jackfish before heading in. With four people in the boat, I am glad we did not catch a big one. It was easy to unhook the small one without bringing him into the boat.
Just after dinner it started to rain and we headed inside for hot chocolate. The moms tried to put the babies to bed and Caleb took a while, but finally went down. The older kids went to bed and the adults played Gin and Rummy for an hour or so, before we all went to bed. Caleb didn't sleep very well so Jenn and Byron had to get up at 6 AM and head back to town prematurely.
The rest of us woke up later, had eggs and bacon for breakfast, then headed back to Yellowknife at around noon. The kids and I had to take two trips in the canoe to bring all of our gear back, and then bring Nikki and Winnie back, but it was fun and the weather on Sunday was very nice again.
Unfortunately, there were no pictures taken, but it is for that reason that you are able to enjoy my sonorous prose.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Camping at Vee Lake
On a whim, we went camping on Saturday night. The campgrounds around town were all full, so rather than drive far and pay, we just went out to a lake not far from town and set up our tent. Our friends, Jenn and Byron, came with us for the bonfire and me and Nikki stayed for the night. The mosquitoes were quite bad and we were kept busy protecting our young ones but once the fire started going strong, the insects left us alone.
Nikki and Winnie in front of the fire
Our insect-repelling fire
The aluminum-foil-covered object is a banana, split open and stuff with marshmallows and chocolate, a Banana Boat
Our tent, a MEC Lightfield 4 season, which I highly recommend
Inside the tent with the Winster
Her first camp-out
Nikki and Winnie in front of the fire
Our insect-repelling fire
The aluminum-foil-covered object is a banana, split open and stuff with marshmallows and chocolate, a Banana Boat
Our tent, a MEC Lightfield 4 season, which I highly recommend
Inside the tent with the Winster
Her first camp-out
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