Presqu’ile Provincial Park, Ontario

We were happy to leave Niagara Falls, Ontario. The Falls were beautiful, but staying in a private KOA campground is not our cup of tea. It’s true, you do get full hookups (water, electricity, and sewer) but you also get neighbors right next to you. We much prefer large sites in the trees with either babbling brooks (just like Oregon) or a lake or stream. So the Canadian Provincial Parks have our name on them. So on Tuesday the 15^th, we drove from Niagara Falls, through Toronto and settled on a Provincial Park outside a small town called Brighton. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Ontario just east of Toronto. We liked the area so much that we stayed 3 days. We had a large campsite in Presquile Provincial Park. The Provincial Parks are well maintained, have large sites that are spaced far apart, and well kept facilities-including some campsites with electricity. In fact, we have found that many of the state and national parks, even in the U.S., have electricity, and some with full hookups. Guess not everyone can have weather like California. It has been strange for us to see tents and tent trailers hooked up to electricity and using fans, TVs, toaster ovens, etc.

The park had lake swimming, many hiking and biking trails and lots of bird watching.

Brighton has been a wonderfully friendly town of about 9,000 people. The groceries have proven to be more expensive than in the states and also the gas. We figure we are spending about $4 a gal for gas. John has found that Crown Royal is cheaper than his beloved Jack. Finally, we are seeing Farmer’s Markets and locally grown produce. The corn is absolutely wonderful. This is also apple growing region.

We’re learning about banking (it pays to call Bank of America before you leave the country or otherwise your cards don’t work) and Verizon charges 70 cents a minute AND has to be notified. So we are learning about calling cards.

The weather has been beautiful. It’s been in the 21-27 degree range (Celcius, of course)-70’s - 80’s and cool at night.