By the pond

 

while the gus were seeding oats

with a fetilizer spreader from Corinne's parents

Corinne was cutting lawn

and the kids jumped in the water

they've become stronger swimmers

warming up by the fire

Corinne was delayed by a little lamb

but she made it to the fire, bringing smores

It was a fun time

Canisbay

 

Canisbay lake is a good sized lake

we went swimming several times (in May)

a loon, love the sound thye make

this was our first campfire

the tent in the background

is our games tent, nice for the kids

one day we had off and on rain, so we put a tarp

over our screen tent

with Olga's poles, works well

our BBQ didn't work anymore

so we used the cast iron pans

evening sunset at the beach required a bug net

taking down stuff, before going home

Moose

 

The first Moose was announced by lots of people 

parked on the side of the road

we would have never seen it otherwise

It was hiding pretty good

the next day, we were first on the scene

this moose ran in front of the vann

it seemed young and not sure where to go or what to do

the third moose we saw was again seen because of 

other people parked on the highway

this one was more in the open

he was just calmly eating

we saw one more moose while leaving the park

a full grown male, no picture, no one was parked nearby

so we weren't prepared, and pulling the camper couldn't stop

Algonquin visitor centre and Logging Museum

 

at the visitor centre we could talk to a naturalist

some cool exhibists 

foxes are small

I took this picture in case we didn't see any moose

but we saw 4

the view from the visitor centre

On a guided tour of the logging museum

a fire was started to show how cooking was done

square logging

how a log was squared

there was quite a large group on the tour

climbing on the boat, the aligator

water in the lumber shute

attempt to take a family picture

It's a fun museum

Hiking in Algonquin Park

 

We hiked Big Pines

stop at every post

circle one of the big pines

listen to Olga read

holding hands with siblings

Young Green

not much left from a logger camp at this post

family pic

father / son

we hiked Hemlock bluff

we asked someone to take a picture

Family time

so nice and green

it was a bit damp and the hike not as dry as Big Pines