Mike and I went camping to Long Point Provincial Park from Thursday until today. My little mother was kind enough to lend us her car, as it has much more room than Mike’s or mine. She named it The Dude:
I stopped in at Mike’s, we loaded The Dude up and hit the road. Less than two hours later, we arrived in Long Point.
First thing first, set up the main sleeping tent and dining shelter:
Our site was probably one of the best in the whole camp ground. We were at the far end of the park with only one other site next to us and no one across from us. The lake was about a fifteen second walk away and the bathroom only a couple minutes.
We took quite a few long walks along the beach:
Donkay joined us:
Clearly he missed my cat, Mya.
I did something I couldn’t believe – I’m quite arachnophobic but mustered up the courage to touch this yucky fella:
Also touched a daddy long legs – I hate those things! Some of the other critters we met along the way were this cute and interesting looking caterpillar:
Another cute caterpillar, who I rescued from the beach by the water and moved him up to a tree:
An adorable baby snapping turtle:
And the ultimate – a huge praying mantis on the beach. Mike looked at me a little funny when I started poking at it. You can imagine his expression when I said “I’m going to hang it off my head!”
I thought it made a lovely hair accessory!
On Friday, Mike and I went into the nearby town, Port Rowan. Kinda ironic since his new niece is named Rowan.
We wanted to stop somewhere for lunch and passed by the Sunrise Cafe:
I had a BBQ chicken sandwich, Mike had a burger and we split an order of poutine:
We were blown away at the yumminess of the food. Mike’s burger was super juicy, my sandwich was delicious and the gravy on the fries was out of this world. We couldn’t believe it. We decided then and there that we would be going here again before we left for home (we did so on Sunday!) They also had amazing desserts. We ended up getting six, including nanaimo bars, brownies and butter tarts. The owner boxed them up for us and asked if we had a big family. “Nope, they’re for us!” Oink, oink! They were happily eaten over the next two days.
The weather was horrible on Saturday – non-stop rain and high winds. Unfortunately during the night, the dining shelter was hit hard and three poles broke. We’re now on the hunt for replacement poles:
We spent the entire day in the main tent. I wasn’t feeling well, so the storm happened on a good day.
Sunday was much better weather-wise so Mike and I went for another long walk on the beach. For some reason, I decided to do a little planking:
I nicked my hand on a rusty bit of metal on the fence wire during this one. Was quite glad my tetanus shot is up to date!
Of course, I had to plank The Dude:
My mother is proud to have such a normal daughter.
Sunday night, we started up a fire and I introduced Mike to “piggies”:
What a perfect night for a fire, as it was getting quite chilly, dropping down to 8 degrees overnight:
It was a bit of a downer getting up today, knowing we were going back home. We had such a great time and are already planning on going back next year. We want the same site and will probably go around the first week of September. Can’t wait!
It was quite nice to see my kittahs when I got home. I really missed them. I’m so grateful for my little mother looking after them while I was gone. Thanks again, Janski!
Today’s symptoms: Needless to say I’m very tired today. Totally worth it though. One thing I was experiencing quite a bit over the weekend was spasms during the night. Felt bad for Mike cause I think I woke him up a few times. Either just a limb would go into a spasm and sometimes it was my whole body. I’ll certainly be bringing this up to my neurologist when I go to see him in a couple weeks.
Lizzy McFly 