I finally got some pictures taken during our camping trip this past summer.
We started out with 4 nights at Kinsmen Prince Edward Park near Corner Brook. My Sister, her Husband and two kids joined us along with their friends and their kids. We had a full service site which had everything including sewer hookups on each site. Unfortunately the site was small and not very nice. We also discovered a lot of Earwigs in the area. We didn’t like that much. We spent four nights here and we actually had to use the furnace quite frequently. It was a cold week in August. We did manage to go on a nice hike up to a waterfall and we met some crazy people who were diving into a pool right at the top of the falls. After that we headed down to the Humber River and rented a couple of Kayaks for an hour.
From there we moved on to Kona Beach Campground. This place was beautiful! I was a little disappointed with the lack of privacy but it didn’t seem too bad. I had to hunt for water for our camper for about 20 minutes. While everyone was back at the sites enjoying their time and Sio was braggin about my driving abilities with the camper in tow. I then proceeded back to the sites and backed the camper into my brother-in-law’s truck. Once we got past that issue I finished setting up the camper and had a well deserved Labatt Lite. The first evening we were there the water was as smooth as ice. Me and Sio pulled a couple of our chairs out onto the beach and enjoyed the serenity of it. It wasn’t long after the sun sat that we started shivering though. Back to the campfire and some warm clothing. At around 5am the first night, after comsuming a number a beverages and being asleep for a few hours the wind decided it would start. Not a big deal normally except we had our awning out. I swear if we had an awning on the otherside of the camper I would of had to start calling Max Toto. So here I am, not in the best of conditions to get up, having to get out of the camper to put the awning up. It’s a lot easier on a big machine like our new camper then it was on our old Viking luckily. So out I go, almost blowing away myself, and start trying to put the awning up… Oh, how nice, I had used the awning for a clothesline support. No problem, just pull on the end and away comes the slipknot… not! I just drew the know tight. Maybe I should have put on my glasses. About 5 minutes later I finally get back into bed, Sio lets out a little grunt and rolls over. I start to laugh to myself.
The whole three nights at Kona beach were cold. The days were mostly nice and warm though. We visited a few towns and another waterfall (Little Rapids) and introduced my nephew and niece to geocaching.
From there we said goodbye to our camping companions and we went to Beothuk Park near Grand Falls-Windsor. We invited one of my other sisters and her two kids along for the night. This place had beautiful sites! The serviced sites were actually private and much like the more rustic unserviced sited you would find elsewhere. The weather turned around and it was warm all night. I was able to keep my shorts on after dark for the first time this entire trip. The kids played in the nearby playground and I BBQed some chicken wings. We later sparked up a campfire and chatted ’til around midnight.
We had to get up the next morning to pack up and head home. Back to work for us.
Hope you enjoyed the reading. We enjoyed our trip and I can honestly say
having a shower on your campsite is a nice thing. 🙂
Pictures are here!!!.
Rene
