Frontenac August 20-22

We had a third camping trip this year, and tried out a park we've never been to before.  Frontenac Provincial park.  It is a back country park only-where you can canoe or hike in to the sites.  Unfortunately all the sites are in clusters, so although the park was big enough, we were close to other people.  We camped at 4d, which was a short paddle from the access point.  When we launched, we had to wait for three guys that came with to small motorboats (small electric motors are allowed) fully loaded with gear, plus a canoes!  They towed a canoe just stuffed full!  They said we could take any gear they left behind-but we didn't have room for much either.  :p  All the sites come with tent pads premade-and they're pretty hard packed on dirt-and since there were no pines where we camped, it wasn't very comfy.  Can't pick grass, although you may stack up dead pine needles!  Our first night we had people right beside us (we were the end of a row of four sites, and could only see 4c directly, but could hear b, and maybe even a.  Not what we are used to, so I was very happy it was vacant on our second night.  We saw lots of wildlife this trip-including deer at twilight right from our site!  The second day Phil was out paddling with Nathan, Melanie and Matthew, and they saw a buck!  Plus they passed very close past turtles that were sunbathing!  I didn't pack our camera this trip :o  and I completely forgot flashlights!  Matthew had a little toy light (very tiny blue bulb) so the kids weren't terrified in their tent at night.  But finding the outhouse (a shared one with TP provided even!) in the dark was very difficult.  I managed it partly by sound (if you're rustling too much you're not on a path anymore, even if it's the wrong path) and partly by smell-once I got close!  :p 

First time this year we were allowed to have a campfire!!  The weather had been so dry earlier that there was a fire ban during both our other trips.  But this trip it had rained a lot for the three days before-but it was dry and sunny our whole last trip.  What a lovely way to end the year!