I just realized I reviewed Restoule Provincial Park, but didn't do a proper write up of our trip.
Chris's sister and her boyfriend were joining us for this quick two night camping trip. We were meeting up at Chris's parents house north of Huntsville the day before for their annual family reunion/party thing. In the past, a lot of Chris's family would show up and sleep in the back field in tents, there'd be a lot of burgers grilled and various types of alcohol consumed. It's toned down a lot in recent years. There's still lots of burgers and booze, but each year the number of people camping out in the back yard has fallen. This year, there was us, Chris's sister and a cousin from the states who brought their little trailer. (It should be noted that the following year, it was just us...Everyone else would rather crash on whatever section of floor they can find inside...)
So since we were already going to be so far north, and Keri had to go back to Petawawa after the trip, we'd head further north and not make her journey any longer than necessary. Restoule seemed like a good choice.
Chris's dad was upset we were leaving. He didn't understand why we were going somewhere else to camp when we could camp in his back yard for free, but we had already made reservations (and nobody at Restoule suddenly remembers household maintenance they need help doing since two strong young men are there...)
I felt kind of bad for Matt, Keri's boyfriend. He'd been having stomach issues the whole day before but swore he was good to go. He's military, and has a lot of skills in the camping department, so I think it was kind of a let down doing front country camping, and he didn't even get to use his stove or gear because we had all our big car camping stuff. He did start the fire and impressed the kids by doing it the way they always see in Youtube videos - with birch bark, twigs and a sparker.
The beach at Restoule kinda, well it kinda sucked. Water levels might have been low and there were fire bans in a lot of nearby areas, so maybe it would be better with higher water levels. The water stays shallow for quite a ways then drops down to sticks and mush. Luckily for us it was a little chilly for swimming anyway so we didn't feel like we were missing out.
Dinner was foil roasted potatoes, little pork chops and vegetables. We had banana boats for dessert.
Keri and Matt only stayed one night. Matt wasn't sure he'd be able to stay the full time, so we kind of expected it. They stayed long enough to do a hike with us (The Fire Tower Trail which was awesome but definitely bring good shoes...flip flops are not appropriate as I found out) and left after lunch.
It was kind of sad for the kids I think. They really like having other people camp with us. I don't really remember what we did or ate for meals after they left. Probably spaghetti for supper and cold cereal for breakfast.
I'm not sure where the pictures from this trip are. I'll try to dig them up but I don't think there were many. Next time we go camping with Matt and Keri, we are going to canoe camp...we just have to get them a canoe for their upcoming wedding!
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