July 18

July 18, 2004

DAY 31

 

 

Ahhhhh ... the sound of loons calling to each other across Dogtooth Lake, as we sit by our campfire. Rushing River Provincial Park !

This morning we walked to the campground office to pay for another night at Blue Lake Provincial Park. The attendant told us that our campsite was rented for that night, and so we would have to move to another site if we wanted to stay another night. Joanne decided that if we had to do all the work of retracting the slides, disconnecting from power, etc., to move over a few sites, we might as well just leave Blue Lake and go to Rushing River Provincial Park, my all time favourite. So ... off we went.

First, I spent a couple of hours doing some maintenance work on the trailer, replacing the plumbing roof vent that broke off yesterday, and removing the cell phone antenna and wiring installed by the trailer's previous owner. We refilled the water tank, and set off for Rushing River Provincial Park about 100 km. west on Hwy.17 towards Kenora.. We stopped about halfway there, at a lakeside picnic / rest area, to have lunch, and fish for about an hour.

Rushing River Provincial Park has expanded somewhat since we were last here, 17 or so years ago. The site we were assigned, no.263, at the far end of the newer side of the campground, was quite difficult to get the trailer into. Aren't they all ? ! ? At least the site had plenty of blueberries to pick, as well as a few very sweet wild strawberries. Oh, boy. Blueberries in my Frosted Flakes tomorrow morning. I was trying to remember when was the first time I was here. I remember walking with my baby brother Russell in the rapids of Rushing River, and he lost his little baby shoe, so it must have been the summer he would have turned 2 years old. 1963 ! 41 years ago !

DSK