August 2014 Camping (part 1)

Part 1 of camping photos from the end of this summer, as promised a couple of weeks ago!
Part 2 to come next week.

Happy Wednesday!

Yellow.

A few weeks ago I went to G’s new apartment for a couple of days to help paint her room (a bright yellow!). We also squeezed in a quick visit to G’s cottage with her adorable dog Henry. It was such a beautiful day and Henry is so much fun to play with! It’s been such a strange summer here in terms of weather that I really loved when it was sunny and warm… hopefully a chillier summer isn’t a sign of things to come for this winter. Was this summer colder than usual for all of you as well?

Presqu’ile 2014

We’re back from our family camping trip- tired, sunburnt, bug-bitten, but excited to be going back later in the summer! We spent 4 days at Presqu’ile Provincial Park. We got a bit of rain on Monday and Tuesday but managed to keep most of our stuff dry… most of the rain kindly waited until Tuesday evening when we were already home. Highlights this year included seeing baby snowy owls, hiking the Marsh Boardwalk trail and the Jobe’s Woods trail, and the variety of animal visits to our campsite (some interesting- a snapping turtle and a very friendly chipmunk, some troublesome- a skunk and a tenacious racoon).

I hope you all had a lovely weekend!

Presqu’ile

I just wanted to pop in today to share a few photos with you from a recent trip.

I spent part of this week camping with my family at Presqu’ile Provincial Park. We had planned to go to Sandbanks (like we did last year, twice) but it was easier to get a good campsite when we wanted it at Presqu’ile. The verdict? We loved it. We might even choose Presqu’ile over Sandbanks next year. It’s quieter and there are some really nice hiking trails. The beach is smaller, but much less crowded than Sandbanks.

We went to the beach a few times (I went swimming once and it was freezing… we were having the coolest temperatures we’d had in weeks!). We also did the Newcastle Trail, which was the perfect length for everyone in our group. Overall, a prefect few days.

I’ll be back tomorrow with knitting-related things! I hope you have all had an excellent weekend.