On Saturday the 12th of July all our guests had arrived and we were all excited to leave Toronto for a week with an RV. When we packed our Jeep, to pick up the RV later, it was quite a challenge to have everything and everybody on board. The car was soooo packed including roof top that there wasn't space left at all. When I came back from my last walk upstairs a slightly panicked Kai (;)) came towards me and told me, that he couldn't find the keys for the car anymore....oh oh! All of us searched for it...I went upstairs again...While I did that Kai only saw one possibility which was the garbage on the 3rd floor parking garage...and...he found it!!! WOW!
Okay after clarified that we drove up to the north of Toronto to pick up our RV Chateau Sport! Which was fantastic. We were all impressed even it didn' t really feel like a sport edition...
When we left the RV park Kai and myself suddenly could remember how our last trip felt with a RV on the road...noisy...anywhere in the cabin things were shaking ...but after a few hours, it felt like waves of the ocean ;)
Our first stop was a grocery store where we bought everything we needed (or not?) for the next days...afterwards the cupboards were full and we had everything for everyone on board, ...just in case ;)
Then we drove up to Tobermory, to stay there the first night. We had our first BBQ and our first camp fire. The kids were busy to adventure the campground while we had a glass of wine.
Later on we had marshmallows and Kai was telling a story...(wasn't that the first EDWARD night?!?)
We went to bed early. Next day we organized ourself the ticket for the ferry which brought us up to Manitoulin Island. The ferry should leave in the early evening. So we decided to have our first hike along the Bruce trail in the Bruce Peninsula National Park ( a renowned 535 mile footpath that spans the Niagara Escarpment from Tobermory to Niagara. Some of the most spectacular scenery along the Bruce Trail is found in the park. The sculpted cliffs of the escarpment enable robust hikers to enjoy glorious views of Georgian Bay.)
The sun came out and we had a beautiful day! In the afternoon we had a late lunch on a patio in Tobermory and afterwards we went on the ferry. Everyone of us was happy and a bit tired and we all enjoyed the beautiful sunset and the wind, which was pretty cold a bit later and so we went inside playing a round of "Mensch aergere Dich nicht".
When we arrived at Manitoulin Island an approx. 10 pm we had to find our camp ground for the next two nights. In the meantime we had to call the owner twice and a nice lady stopped by to help us out because we were lost! (Not sure if that would have happened in Germany?!!!) Finally we made it at approx. 1 am and we only had to put the kids up to their bed. Couldn't see anything outside.
But therefore the next morning was a nice surprise! Awesome campground, directly at the lake!
We all enjoyed two days and nights there...we rent a small motor boat to explore the lake and the surroundings, had a "kids-portion" (;)) of ice cream were lying in the sun, went swimming....totally relaxing!!! And we were developing our EDWARD Good night stories while sitting around the fire! We were all so creative...it was real fun! We were all a bit sad, when we left the camp ground and the Island to drive up more to the north in direction to Lake Superior Provincial Park, Pancake bay, via Sault St. Marie (lunch).
Pancake bay was our favourite spot last time when Kai and I where on our trip 2 years ago.
It is still beautiful...even if the Indian summer was more nice. It is located directly at the lake superior with a nice white sandy beach, forest around and less than 200 m from the highway...
Unfortunately the weather wasn' t sooo good anymore, it was raining and the humidity after the rain was a paradise for mosquitos! :((( After two days and a couple of hikes in the park we all hated mosquitos, even if the hikes were stunning..., there was always the negative part..!
We had funny nights in the RV, we played games again, where reading, talking...listen to "3???" and made the best out of the cloudy or sometimes rainy hours...
Our last night we spent at the Killarney Provincial Park, this time without any electricity. It was so dark, I was happy to have Leon with a lighter with me on my way to the washrooms, which was 5 minutes away from our place on the camp ground.
While we were sitting around the fire again a Racoon was our guest...the kids were excited and at least we had seen some wildlife. :) After a cozy night in the forest (in our RV) we were able to have breakfast outside...we drove into town, where was more or less nothing but a beautiful small harbour and while we were walking enjoying the last hour of sun, suddenly there were a lot of black small and huge snakes around us...aaaaaah! I can't really handle snakes...(Britt and Jule were also not amused...) Leon was cool and wanted to have a closer look....
I was happy when we went back to the RV...because of the following rain we decided to drive back to Toronto that evening.
We picked up our Jeep at the RV park...unpacked the RV (which took us an hour) to finally be home at approx. 10 pm.
It was a great trip and a new experience with kids! And here are some pictures of our trip...
