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Posted by Kath on January 17, 2008, at 15:40:45
Here's a link with photos of Killbear Provincial Park, where I go by myself for a week & a half or so each June (before school's out & when there are not many people there).
http://www.mindhat.com/ontario-parks/killbear-summer-2002-1.htm
The only place that I don't really go to is the very first picture of the flat sandy beach. I prefer the rugged rocky. The area where I camp also has a little rocky cove area with a nice sandy beach.
It's a pretty huge park with lots of different "feels" to it.
kath
Posted by zenhussy on January 17, 2008, at 16:02:05
In reply to Booking for my June Kath's week away - pictures, posted by Kath on January 17, 2008, at 15:40:45
Posted by Kath on January 17, 2008, at 16:29:08
In reply to Gorgeous! lucky you to camp there = ) thx for link (nm) » Kath, posted by zenhussy on January 17, 2008, at 16:02:05
Just phoned & the particular camping area that I like isn't open to camping until June 20th, so I have to wait until Jan 20th to book. (You can't book prior to 5 months ahead). I had hoped to be there from June 18th & there are a couple of other campgrouds (camping areas) open earlier, but I really like the one I go to, so I'll have to have a slightly shorter time. (I like to leave before 'school is out', as it gets CRAZY busy then)
Glad you liked the pictures. It's a truly gorgeous park.
:-) KathPS - I really appreciate that I can go camping there.
Posted by Phillipa on January 18, 2008, at 12:30:08
In reply to Re: Gorgeous! lucky you to camp there = ) thx for link » zenhussy, posted by Kath on January 17, 2008, at 16:29:08
Kath so hard to believe so much time has gone by. Time for Kath's vacation already a lovely place thanks for the pics. Love Phillipa
Posted by Kath on January 18, 2008, at 14:20:39
In reply to Re: Gorgeous! lucky you to camp there = ) thx for link » Kath, posted by Phillipa on January 18, 2008, at 12:30:08
Yeah - but it's still 5 months away. I always find it a bit jarring to have to book that early. On the other hand, being in the grips of winter, it's nice to know that in 5 months it really WILL be warmer!
xoxo Kath
Posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on January 20, 2008, at 16:23:45
In reply to Booking for my June Kath's week away - pictures, posted by Kath on January 17, 2008, at 15:40:45
Kath...
Always loved the place, but scared to camp there because of my silly irrational fear of.......yep.....snakes..lol. The Massasauga Rattler, and the poor thing is an endangered species because of silly fears like mine!..lol. But, I just figure, I won't bother it...hah. I usually go further East, just not in the Georgian Bay region. I know...my chances of encountering one are next to nothing, but I honestly have a very, very bad anxiety-ridden fear of snakes. (Extreme torture for me would be being forced to watch 'Snakes on a Plane'..lol. And not just because of really bad acting either!!..lol :)
Jay
Posted by Kath on January 20, 2008, at 21:00:32
In reply to Re: Booking for my June Kath's week away - pictures » Kath, posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on January 20, 2008, at 16:23:45
Hi Jay - I'm afraid of rattlesnakes also!! But this is a not-scarey story of a NOT-rattlesnake:
At the shore of the particular area where I camp, there ARE snakes. For some years there was a beautiful Fox Snake. There is an area along the shore where there are a lot of rocks about the size of large watermelons (obviously different sizes). I love to walk along the shore & in places like that just step carefully from rock to rock.
The first year that I saw "Goldie", as I personally called it, I was doing the walking; arms out balancing-thing. Suddenly I saw Goldie curled up among the rocks. Didn't know what kind it was, but then saw tail & knew it wasn't the SCAREY kind! Later that day I was way down the shore from there & saw a long Fox Snake making its way up from the water. I followed it; it curled up on a rock & yawned a few times, then made its way slowly meandering for about 30 yards down to the other rock area. I was following it parallel (between it & the water)...it didn't know. And it ended up in pretty-well the same place as I'd seen the Fox Snake earlier.
That year I'd check daily & saw it in different places around there numerous times. I also saw black snakes around that area & I called the area "Snake Hotel".Goldie had a certain mark (scar, I guess) on it, so I could tell it was him. He hung out at that area for about 3 years in a row & then no Goldie...I was really sad.
Since I went to Killbear as a teen, if I'm walking where I can't see much around me I "WALK LOUD" or I like to use a walking stick & I thump it as I put it down.
Fox Snakes will rustle around in leaves & can sound like a you-know-what. I had an experience like that once when approaching a line I'd put up between trees. I was going to take something off it & stepped forward & Rattle-rattle-rattle!
I literally JUMPED about 3 feet backwards!!! It was a Fox Snake, but I am telling you, I didn't know that right away & my heart was just about thumping out of my chest.I totally understand your fear though & I think a lot of people share it. Killbear is SO beautiful though that I can rise above it. I'm also VERY scared of bears & THAT scares me more, being there, than snakes, 'cuz I know that R-S's first choice is if they sense someone, they will head the other way QUICK.
:-) Kath
PS - One year my daughter came up to Killbear with me - we had separate sites, to honour my K's week away thing. We'd get together by arrangement only. One day I took her to show her Goldie. Goldie was curled up sleeping at the first place I'd ever seen him. My daughter has an amazing camera & took several close-ups. (We checked to make SURE it was Goldie - including checking for rattles on tail). We decided we wanted to touch it & we first did with a little stick & no movement at all, so we touched him with our finger. He was really soft & smooth. Now I think - Oh My Gawd! Did I really do that? I'm pretty sure she took a photo of my finger touching him! Yikes!
K
Posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on January 22, 2008, at 17:48:41
In reply to Re: Booking for my June Kath's week away - pictures » Jay_Bravest_Face, posted by Kath on January 20, 2008, at 21:00:32
> Hi Jay - I'm afraid of rattlesnakes also!! But this is a not-scarey story of a NOT-rattlesnake:
>
> At the shore of the particular area where I camp, there ARE snakes. For some years there was a beautiful Fox Snake. There is an area along the shore where there are a lot of rocks about the size of large watermelons (obviously different sizes). I love to walk along the shore & in places like that just step carefully from rock to rock.
> The first year that I saw "Goldie", as I personally called it, I was doing the walking; arms out balancing-thing. Suddenly I saw Goldie curled up among the rocks. Didn't know what kind it was, but then saw tail & knew it wasn't the SCAREY kind! Later that day I was way down the shore from there & saw a long Fox Snake making its way up from the water. I followed it; it curled up on a rock & yawned a few times, then made its way slowly meandering for about 30 yards down to the other rock area. I was following it parallel (between it & the water)...it didn't know. And it ended up in pretty-well the same place as I'd seen the Fox Snake earlier.
> That year I'd check daily & saw it in different places around there numerous times. I also saw black snakes around that area & I called the area "Snake Hotel".
>
> Goldie had a certain mark (scar, I guess) on it, so I could tell it was him. He hung out at that area for about 3 years in a row & then no Goldie...I was really sad.
>
> Since I went to Killbear as a teen, if I'm walking where I can't see much around me I "WALK LOUD" or I like to use a walking stick & I thump it as I put it down.
>
> Fox Snakes will rustle around in leaves & can sound like a you-know-what. I had an experience like that once when approaching a line I'd put up between trees. I was going to take something off it & stepped forward & Rattle-rattle-rattle!
> I literally JUMPED about 3 feet backwards!!! It was a Fox Snake, but I am telling you, I didn't know that right away & my heart was just about thumping out of my chest.
>
> I totally understand your fear though & I think a lot of people share it. Killbear is SO beautiful though that I can rise above it. I'm also VERY scared of bears & THAT scares me more, being there, than snakes, 'cuz I know that R-S's first choice is if they sense someone, they will head the other way QUICK.
>
> :-) Kath
>
> PS - One year my daughter came up to Killbear with me - we had separate sites, to honour my K's week away thing. We'd get together by arrangement only. One day I took her to show her Goldie. Goldie was curled up sleeping at the first place I'd ever seen him. My daughter has an amazing camera & took several close-ups. (We checked to make SURE it was Goldie - including checking for rattles on tail). We decided we wanted to touch it & we first did with a little stick & no movement at all, so we touched him with our finger. He was really soft & smooth. Now I think - Oh My Gawd! Did I really do that? I'm pretty sure she took a photo of my finger touching him! Yikes!
>
> KHi Kath,
Yep, bears scare the heck out of me too. So, I have always tended to go to areas usually in the Central/East of Ontario, with no bears, or snakes. I really love Silent Lake Provincial Park, up by Bancroft. Bon Echo, I spent many teen summers there.
But, you know, and maybe this is kinda pathetic..heh...but these days I tend to rent a nice cottage on a lake, with a shower, indoor toilet and all the toys we have at home. One place I like to go, up near Algonquin, is a beautiful cottage with a massive wooden deck patio that sprawls out over the trees into the lake. On those rainy dreary days, I sleep in, put on some great music on the awesome home theater sound system, sit in the Lazy chair, read and write all day, with the fireplace going. I know....what a suck..lol...but I think my camping days are over...unless I have a family and kids, then I will take them. But, I was even a suck back when I used to go camping with friends in my 20's. We'd go for one night, get sick right away of mosquitoes, weather, dirt, etc, and go and get a Hotel room. It was all fun. I love nature...but I am really a picky bitch!! ..lol... If I don't have my half-hour long hot shower every morning, and all of my grooming rituals, I get REALLY grumpy..heh.
Thanks for sharing...
Jay :-)
Posted by Kath on January 22, 2008, at 20:36:48
In reply to Re: Booking for my June Kath's week away - pictures » Kath, posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on January 22, 2008, at 17:48:41
Oh - I can relate! My husband & I go camping in Aug at Pinery but we do rent a cottage a couple of other times also!!! I like camping, but I love the comforts of a cottage. The one you go to near Algonquin sounds wonderful!!
Usually by the end of the week camping, I am REALLY READY for my own bed!! Even though my thick blow-up mattress is comfortable.
:-) Kath
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