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This har's a bunch of them thar pichures we done did take last year
- sorta lets yer kno wher an when we wuz on the kampin trail!

2001
Trip 1 Fitzroy Ont - week of May 14 2001, first use for new camper!
Fitzroy - May 14 wk 2001
First time camping!!
great park, clean facilities, good trails, great conservation area nearby, never a wait for showers!
mid-May, warm days but
heater on at night!
Sandbanks, the best there is, large sites, paved roads great for biking!!
Sandbanks - a great park!
miles of paved roads.
Celebrating 'Bannockburn' Quebec's national holiday, June 24 at Sandbanks!
week of June 24 2001
clean beaches, warm water
added bug tent but still no bugs - none all summer!
bug tent and carpet added to
entourage but no bugs yet!
lots of shade - good to beat the heat!
32 in Ottawa but only 24
here near the lake - perfect!!
Craigleith - near Collingwood (Wasaga Beach)!
Craigleith, wk July 15 2001
near Wasaga Beach
fossil-riddled shale flats, warm water
shale flats, good for sunning
and evening bonfires.
the 'missus' - at Craigleith shale beach
here's my better half
another sunny day camping!
Craigleith, facing west, great sunsets.
we were really lucky...
many wonderful sunsets!
everyone builds Inuit 'inuksuks' here.. this one's mine!
Craigleith stones make for
many Inuit-style Inuksuks
Rideau campground, near Kemptville, private sites
Rideau, wk July 29 2001!
big sites, great trails
'someone' looking for a walk!
early morning sunrise
someone wants a 'walk'!
resting on the banks of the Rideau, clean parks
'LilBit got her walk!!
resting in the river park
getting ready for breakfast - yours truly, head cook!
getting ready for breakfast
guess who is still snoozing!
surprisingly quiet area for last week in July, cool near water
nice quiet and roomy sites
private, near river
back to Fitzroy, 'GREAT' park, less than an hour away!
Back to Fitzroy Aug 12-18
Trailer evolving into a 'City'!
... should have bought shares in tarpaulin makers!!
buying stocks in tarp Co's
may have been a good idea!
Siesta time in the late day shade!
Taking a well deserved nap
in the afternoon shade!
The 'Tent-a-Drome' dining area, seats 8 plus squirrels!
The 'Tent-A-Drome"
gourmet dining area
LilBit, our 'ferocious watchdog' guarding supper.. probably doesn't know it's there!
LilBit, ferocious watchdog
guarding our supper!
now what a nerve...., one of our 'adopted' pets!
.. as we play cards,
a 'nervy' visitor arrives!
... suicidal squirrel, or what, Hmmm.. fricaseed squirrel?? Hmmm!!
.. thank your lucky stars
this isn't the Ozarks, squirrel!!
dusk at the Sandbanks, marshmellows, vino and visiting neighbours!
Sandbanks again Sept 9-17
'Fire Ban' finally lifted!!
really 'roughing it' - - did I plug in the microwave, fridge, tv and satellite receiver??
Camping means roughing it?
You've gotta be kidding!
now lots of TV and online internet - no more CBC *whew*!
added this in late July
Internet and no more CBC
After a full day at the beach - relax with some vino and a game of cribbage
Time to relax in the shade and
try another "29" in cribbage.
another sandbanks sunset - evening swims in warm clean water & no sharks
Another September sunset
at Sandbanks near Picton
not so crowded now,  but water still warm & 'T' shirt weather too!
smaller beach crowds now
but still swimming in Sept
almost raccoon time, three adopted 'pets' will appear soon!
getting ready for the feral
cats and local raccoons
Alfred Hitchcok's 'Birds' or what Hmmm... there's an idea for a movie!!
Jackie chasing the birds
or birds chasing Jackie??
there's no beach like Sandbanks, clean sand & water, warm breezes..
Still catching rays in Sept.
- takes a bit longer though!


2002 Campin Pics

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Perlitikal statemen & satire korner!


IT'S NICE TO HAVE HEROS!
THIS IS AN ICE SCULPTURE CREATED FOR
THIS YEAR'S WINTER CARNIVAL, BY A WOMAN
IN TIMMINS, ONTARIO. SHE CREATES ONE
EVERY YEAR AND WINS, DO YOU WONDER WHY?
REMEMBER 9/11




page revised June 26 2002