Today we are up and away at 9.15 a.m. heading to Rondeau Provincial Park. It's been quite a while since we were there, The weather this morning is really good for a nice drive through the countryside to the park. There were a lot of very tidy colourful farms through Perth county. As we have had a fairly wet summer so far everything looks so clean and bright. The wheat fields show off all their gold, and everything that is green, is a really lush green, and any of the flower beds or plants that are filled with flowers are a blaze of colours. All very impressive to look at.
By the time we reached South Middlesex county the countryside was certainly different looking, It was obvious that the rain here was nothing like we have been having in Wellington or Grey county. The lawns around here looked more like we were used to seeing in mid August, a dry, almost brown straw shade.
Luckily there were quite a few sites to pick from, and we took #29. A good sized site, with both sun and shade.
By the time we had set up and had lunch it was about 2.30 p.m.. Nice sunny and beautifully warm.
We listened to the Blue Jay's game. Then it was Happy Hour!
It seemed a shame to waste such a lovely day sitting around the camp site, but after a month of work around the house and gardens it felt so good to sit back and relax.
My Chef worked wonders with the Salmon Steaks for dinner. Then we got the camp fire going and continued to enjoy a very relaxing evening.
Monday August 14th 2017.
It looks to be another really super day here on the shore of Lake Erie. So today we will get exploring. No more relaxing for hours.
First stop, The Rondeau Bay.
Which was very calm and quiet.
Then on to the Yacht Club.
It was quite busy.
From there we hit the trails. Our goal is to do The Spice Bush Trail. It is a Loop trail. We really enjoy doing loop trails. This one is only a 1.5 km trail, which really isn't too bad, as it is about 3-4 km from our
campsite. So it will be a good mornings work out.
Luckily the weather is co-operating, and it's nice and sunny, but not too humid.
We hope the wild life abide by this sign, and actually use the crossing right here!
It looks to be another really super day here on the shore of Lake Erie. So today we will get exploring. No more relaxing for hours.
First stop, The Rondeau Bay.
Which was very calm and quiet.
It was quite busy.
From there we hit the trails. Our goal is to do The Spice Bush Trail. It is a Loop trail. We really enjoy doing loop trails. This one is only a 1.5 km trail, which really isn't too bad, as it is about 3-4 km from our
campsite. So it will be a good mornings work out.
Luckily the weather is co-operating, and it's nice and sunny, but not too humid.
We hope the wild life abide by this sign, and actually use the crossing right here!
No sign of any wild life at this time.
The trail was edged with many colourful flowers and blooms.
Almost half of the trail was done in sections of board walks and the remaining areas were grass or gravel walkways.
There was a lot of vegetation and a numerous amount of small frogs. So many frogs you had to watch every step you took.
May be it should be renamed "The Frog Trail"
When we completed that trail we decided we would take a different trail back to our campsite. It turned out to be a very good trail and quite interesting. We shared it a number of squirrels, Robins and Blue Jays.
After two hours we made it back to #29. Time to stop for a while, relax and have a late lunch.
"Rondeau Joe's Pub".
Now this is good civilised camping. A nice friendly "local" just outside the park entrance.
Joe had a really nice patio Right on the bay.
It was great to sit there and enjoy the view, sunshine and the brews.
Several boats entered the slipway to the pub area while we were there.
Joe had some interesting things inside the pub.
It was fun spend time and wander around.
However, we did have to get back to our campsite.
It was a really nice evening.
Dinner was great.
The fire was very good
And the Blue Jays won!!
Could be classed as a perfect day.
Tuesday 15th August 2017. 165606
Woke up a bit late this morning. It had been a very strange night,
Have no idea what was going on, but about 4.45 am we heard a large plane or helicopter coming close to the park, not only close to the park, but now extremely low and close. All the lights of the aircraft lit up the whole area, and it was extremely loud.
We looked outside but could not see anything out of order anywhere. Naturally it took a while to get back to sleep. Then at 5,45 am it all started up again. This time the lights were not switched on over the camp ground. Managed to get back to sleep again.
After we woke up and had breakfast there appeared to be nothing strange going on, and everyone was just enjoying a really nice day.
So back to our plans for today. We planned to leave Rondeau and head to Selkirk Provincial park, near Port Dover. After the plane incident maybe it's a good thing to be leaving - who knows. Will have to check internet when we go home, if we do not hear what was going on.
All packed an on the road by 11.15 am. It's about 21/2 hour trip, so not too bad.
There were about 10 raindrops when we were packing up, but nothing came of it, and the sun came out and chased the clouds away;
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