Another few good days ahead of us, according to the weather forecast, so we are on our way to MacGregor Point again. Always fun and not far to travel. Not that it matters how far we travel.
Really nice bright sunny day and ready to leave home about 9.45 am.
Quiet, easy drive to the park.
We didn't go directly to our site after checking in, we headed straight to the Tower Trail. This trail is 5 km from our site, so we often walk this one either when we arrive or when we are leaving. That way we drive to the trail and don't have to walk an extra 10 km on top of the 4 km trail.
Apparently snakes are really liked here. We have already seen one, but it was swimming around the pond.
The weather was just right for walking. and we always enjoy this trail, which, once again consists of...........
Boardwalk...........
And grass.
Then there is the view from the tower.
We did see a few species of ducks and could hear a few different bird calls. But today there wasn't that much to actually see at the tower. However, it is always interesting.
So on our way again along the trail where we saw a few more ducks, a solitary frog and the usual Blue Jays and Robins.
It was a great walk and a good way to start this little trip.
Now time to set up home for the next few days, and time for lunch after a nice walk in the sunshine.
Lucky enough to get a room with a view!
As you can see we are right on the bank of the Turtle Pond.
Almost a shame to go for a walk. it is so pretty, so we just relaxed there for a while.
About 3.30 pm we decided it was time to explore the Turtle Pond from the other side of the pond, which is our usual walk around here on the boardwalk. There were several turtles still sunning themselves. This guy was the closest and had the log to itself.
Today there was no sign of any Chick A Dees
or Squirrels.
From the boardwalk we could just see
El Campista in the trees across from the boardwalk.
Could not believe what we saw next - a huge ice jam still on Lake Huron. To us that seems very late in the season to see the ice. But - maybe, or maybe not.
The lake was very cold, very clean and clear.
Back onto the Huron Trail to see if there still as many frogs there.
There were not so many, but those that were there were enjoying the sunshine, just as we were.
Then time to head back to our site.
We did get a visit from the friendly, hungry chipmunk, and a squirrel, who was chased away very quickly by the chipmunk.
It was still very nice outside for late afternoon, so that was where we stayed until my Chef got to work.
I was just looking around the area when "I Spied" something I thought Mike should try to guess on.
I am sure you all remember playing "I Spy" when you were kids.
Well I told Mike "I Spy something beginning with B H". After several guesses and some time past he gave up.
As you can now see, there was a lovely Bird House in the tree right next to out Fire Pit.
We have never had a site with it's own Bird House. I am hoping Mike can make a similar one for our yard when he gets home.
I did manage to get a picture of the sun setting. This time taken from the bank of the Turtle Pond.
Although we come to this park quite often, so far this has been one of the best trips, thanks to the great site.
Can't wait to see what we find tomorrow.
Night, night.
Thursday May 7th 2015.
The day is looking very good. Brilliant sunshine and just a slight breeze.
We had visitors hanging around for breakfast today, squirrels, chipmunks, robins, chickadees blue jays and a pair of white throated sparrows.
However, not everyone wanted their picture taken.
This is part of the board walk that goes around the turtle pond, taken from our site.
Time for a walk.
Today we decided we would take The Deer Run Bike Trail, minus the bikes!
Due to all the snow and ice this past winter and the few heavy rain storms we have encountered since then, some of the trail was still quite soft and muddy. However, there were not any parts of the trail completely washed out, as there were on April 15th, when we were here.
We didn't see any deer. In fact we didn't see any animals, just a few Blue Jays and Robins.
Got back to our camp site about an hour and half later. So probably done about 5km walk. The weather still great, sunny and slight breeze.
After lunch I caught up on some reading while relaxing in the sunshine.
About 4 p.m. we decided we had been relaxing and lazy for too long, so we wandered the trails towards sunset point. Where I am pleased to inform you that the ice was no longer visible on this part of Lake Huron. However, the breeze off the lake was still very cool.
Headed to Huron Fringe Trail next to see if there were any frogs there today. Yes! The frogs were visible and loud.
Still several frogs lazing in the sunshine.
It was not at all bothered by us on the boardwalk. It just stayed there snoozing in the sunshine. Probably a good thing!
From there we made our way around the turtle pond. This time there were not any squirrels, turtles, chickadees or frogs. So we went back to our site.
There we were greeted by this friendly little squirrel, who was waiting for a few treats.
No to be done out of any treats, our friendly chipmunk joined in the party.
It had been a very nice warm sunny day, and lucky for us the evening remained fairly warm too.
The fire was excellent again.
And the sun set, once again, over the lake and pond, followed by the end of another fabulous day at MacGregor Point.
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Still sunny and warm, however the forecast is for storms to roll in later this afternoon. We are hoping it will be late afternoon for the storms, as today we are heading home. With such good weather we were in no hurry to pack up. We just relaxed and took our time.
Left Port Elgin about 12.45 pm and stopped along the Saugeen Rive near Paisley for lunch.
It really was a very pleasant area to stop for a while.
Arrived back in Durham about 2.15 pm.
This has been a really enjoyable break, and we are now looking forward to the next one.
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