Camping on the West Coast..

of Ontario, that is.



We finally got bikes! So last weekend we broke them in and camped again at MacGregor Point. We hadn't made reservations, but we arrived early and Jeff, with his boyish good looks and charm, convinced the park lady to give us a nice site. Today, Jeff biked to work for the first time. We’re very pleased with our new investment: for health and quality time.




This past weekend, we met up my old roommate from Bible school, Kathryne, and her husband, Paul. We camped at Presqu’ile which was lovely, though chilly, and about halfway between here and Ottawa, where they live. I don’t think we’ll make a habit of camping on the other side of Toronto, however. It took us double the time to drive home because of traffic. (But I already wrote a blog about the 401…) Yet it was worth it to spend time with them.

Jenny, Kathryne and Paul skipping rocks on Lake Ontario


Heating up some yummy chili on the beach

The Day-to-Day

Just so our blog doesn’t convey the message that all we do is vacation: The other day at the grocery store, I experienced a moral dilemma… There were huge lineups at all the checkouts, except the 1-8 Items Express Checkout. I had around a dozen items in my cart. But everyone else had mile-high shopping carts stocked up for the long weekend. So I quickly wheeled it to the Express Checkout. I even offered to let the older gentleman who arrived after me go first, since he only has a couple of items in his arms, though he declined. No dirty looks. Phew.

Then I spent this weekend in the kitchen, making soup, chili, coffee cake, bread, beans and I can’t remember what else. Now that I will be working (I have a full-time teaching job at a small Christian School starting this fall), I’m trying to organize our meals in advance. Jeff went to the office to work on an extra design job this afternoon and I’m going to rev up the sewing machine to do some mending and hemming.

So we do have a regular life after all.

Return to Lake Huron

Our latest camping trip truly felt like a vacation even though we were only gone for 2 nights. The beach at MacGregor Point, our campground, was a little rocky and busy for our liking but we heard about a beautiful stretch of beach just down the road in Port Elgin, on Lake Huron. It was quite windy one day, so we had a blast frolicking in the ocean-like waves without worries of sea life nibbling on our toes. (Yes, Jeff frolicked, too!) Of interest is the fact that I forgot to pack the pump for our air mattress bed and, since our air compressor for the van tires didn’t fit, Jeff blew himself to dizziness - all in the name of a good night’s sleep!

Jeff happily blowing up our air mattress bed


Juicy steak grilled to perfection over an open flame


Jenny's always happier on a full stomach


Jeff got up close and personal for this shot






Would you believe it's actually a lake?