Yesterday we got all packed up ready to leave at a reasonable time today. Well we thought 9.30 a.m. sounded reasonable. It was a cloudy morning but not cold. This time we are heading south towards Windsor area, Wheatley Provincial Park. Once again a new park for us.
The drive was an easy one. The only traffic we met up with was through the City of London. We did stop in London for some gas,as it was cheaper than it was at home, and it seemed a smart thing to do. Most of the drive was through farmland. I am pleased to tell you Perth County did not have "manure day" this trip.
A little ways past London we ran along Lake Erie shore line, which was very pretty. And from the look of the magnificent properties, just a little expensive.
We pulled into Wheatley about
1.30 p.m. Took site number 90. Which was ideal for us, trees all around.
Lunch followed our set up, then we relaxed for a while before studying the park map for an exploratory walk. We do not usually drive four hours to a park, so it felt good to relax for a while.
Not far from our site was the footbridge over Boosey Creek.
Which was more like a lake of it's own, rather than a creek.
To the North East was Boosey Creek, then to the south was Two Creeks - both like small lakes, not creeks. To the North was Sugar Creek, equally as big.
All these creek were well used by kayaks.
However, may be this one "was up the creek without a paddle"!
So far the weather remained good. It was quite breezy along the shore, but not cold. In fact it did remain breezy all evening.
Made it back to our camp in time or Happy Hour.
And I am sure you all know how the remainder of the evening went. Yes- the fire was great. Along with the stories, the fireflies and a lot of very loud frogs.
However this time there was no indication of wild life roaming around. Except for a few other human campers, and they proved to be no problem at all.
So, although a longer drive to get here, it appears it was well worth it.
TUESDAY AUGUST 25TH 2015
It was a cloudy, late start to the day. A lot cooler this morning too. Hopefully it will warm up soon.
There are not so many walking trails here so we may become beach combers today.
Some where around 11.15 a.m. we started off to find the Loop Trail, which does eventually meet up with the beach.
To get to the trail we had to cross the footbridge again.
Then the trail headed off to the right. It was a very narrow trail, but did get very interesting.
This is where the trail appeared to turn into the South Carolinian Forest Area of this part of the countryside.
There were a lot of tall tropical looking grasses growing, and a lot of very swampy areas. If we had been back in Louisiana we would not have been surprised to see alligators here.
Luckily we didn't, but we did hear a lot of very loud frogs again.
The trail did end up running into the shore line. The sun had appeared when we reached the beach, and once again it felt like August not September
There were very few people walking the beach.
However, someone, who was very artistic, had managed to build a very interesting building out of the drift wood.
We wandered the beach area for sometime. It was very peaceful, relaxing and now the sun was out, it was comfortably warm.
From the beach we crossed the footbridge again and back to our camp site. It had been a very enjoyable couple of hours walking.
We sat relaxing in the sunshine for a while before lunch.
After lunch the wind got up and it cooled right down again, then the clouds blew in over the lake, making it quite overcast.
There were a few raindrops early evening, but it didn't last - thankfully.
Once again the frogs were in good chorus.
We spent the rest of the evening recalling some of our trips when we were on the road with our Truck.
A great way to end the day!
WEDNESDAY 26TH AUGUST.
Still a cool, breezy and cloudy morning. We are hoping to find another hiking trail similar to the one we found yesterday, as this is really good walking weather. Set of about 10.15 .m. the same way as we started yesterday. After crossing the footbridge we turned left towards Boosey Creek Camp Ground instead of going towards the beach.
It was here we found another footbridge built over an even bigger swamp area.
Although it looked like grass, and flowers were thriving as if it was grass, it was actually swamp ground. It was still very pretty to look at.
There was a fair amount of very different types of vegetation. All quite different to what we have been used to seeing.
From the bridge we made our way to the cliff edge of Lake Erie.
Today the lake was quite calm, and I am pleased to say it is getting a lot warmer than when we started out.
There were several Red Headed Woodpeckers along this part of the trail.
Also many butterflies, who did not want their picture taken.
It was quite a step cliff down to the beach and we had to walk a fair way to be able to descend on to the beach.
This end of the beach had a lot of drift wood to climb over.
Quite a lot of the drift wood looked like whole trees.
Mike enjoyed some of these trees.
We wandered the beach for an hour of so, until we came to the entrance of the trail we found yesterday.
There was a small river leading to the creeks along the trail.
Once on the trail we could hear some squirrels chasing around, but none of them wished to pose for pictures. It was a good trail through the forest area.
Then back across the bridge.
We did manage to find a rabbit enjoying the peace and quiet, and it was not at all bothered by us.
After a couple of hours we made it back to #90.
A very enjoyable walk - now time for a "cuppa"
It cooled down again after lunch, but we did manage to have our washer toss game.
I hate to tell you, but I really had a good win. Me 30 - Mike 10! For some reason Mike quickly put the game away.
It cooled off again quickly through the afternoon, so the fire was, once again, lit early. The cool weather did not deter the noisy frogs through the evening. Nor did it prevent the fireflies from dancing through the bush.
So the end to another fun filled day.
THURSDAY AUGUST 27TH 2015. 152927
Today we woke to brilliant sunshine, not a cloud in the sky. Go figure, we are heading home today. Still a cool morning though.
When we left the park we headed into Kingsville to try to find Don and Helen. It was to be a surprise visit, so who knows if they will be home or not. Unfortunately Don and Helen were not home. Oh well - next time. We did enjoy our visit to Kingsville though. A very nice town.
From Kingsville we made our way towards home. There were so many detours we were not sure which way we were going.
So back the way we came where the road we needed was closed. Our GPS Lady could not find a way to get us out of this. So Mike called upon his MRP (that's Moi!). Map Reading Person. it turned out to be quite simple once the map book was open.
While all this was going on I made a corporate
decision, to go to Kincardine for dinner, at the Erie Belle. Good job I was in control of the route home!
Arrived at The Erie Belle about 5.30 p.m. Sat in the bar area and caught the end of the Blue Jays Game.
Shame - they lost to Texas.
Regardless dinner was excellent.
Then the inevitable - the last leg of our journey home. Once again an easy ride.
Arrived home about 7.30 p.m. Everything all put away by 8.15 p.m. Sitting at our bar relaxing, when Natalie and Elijah stopped in for a visit.
A great way to end a good few days. 153376.
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