Another cool night, but the space heater kept us nice and warm. We woke up to the soft sound of rain showers which stayed with us during the entire day. The past few warm and sunny days were a bonus and a blessing. Since we didn’t feel like hiking in the rain we just stayed in the van and watch the dreary day.
When we travel, we usually make our coffee in a French Press. This time because we will be stationary for two weeks, we brought with us a drip coffee maker. Today it worked over time; we made two and a half pots and drank it all. While drinking coffee I tried to catch up with blogging, but given the sad and painful situation of our internet connection in the park, it was slow and very painful. Some of my activities during the day involved standing on one foot while leaning to one side, holding my phone as high as possible with one hand while trying to launch a post on my laptop with the other. Not a good system…
I was able to process all of the photos of the the last few days and wrote the post offline. Tomorrow, we will go into town and all of these posts will be scheduled to post one after the other. I promise it will be more fun for everyone!
Later in the afternoon we emerged from our cave and strolled over to the visitor centre. The visitor centre is closed during the week for the season, but it still has strong wifi and we caught up on texts and emails while watching the beautiful cove.
The visitor centre has only a small overhang for shelter from the rain and doesn’t provide much shelter, which is why we didn’t go earlier.
We watched in awe and amazement as a couple emerged from the water after a short swim. Yikes! We had four layers on…they must be Canadians 🙂
Back at the campsite we put our damp camp hosting hats on, fielded questions, and distributed wood.
This is the wood shed with the sign that directs campers to us.
And these are the totes of wood.
It just kept on raining and we were grateful that we thought of bringing with us a screen tent for shelter from the rain.
Today, the park closed one of the camping loops as we entered the shoulder season. They weren’t sure sure what the impact will be on available space as it was the first time they tried it. Sure looks like there is impact as there was a constant stream of campers driving around looking for sites. The electric sites filled up fairly quickly and we hope that we won’t have to double up with someone for the night 🙂
This is our little office in the screen tent.
We sat in the tent for a while and retired to the van early. No fire tonight and more rain in the forecast for tomorrow.
Your efforts trying to get an Internet connection reminded me of one time when we lived for a few years in Canada where I was racing around our backyard trying to get radio reception from Australia to hear the result of America v Australia in the America’s Cup (yachting). This was before the Internet. For much of the race, we had short wave reception of the race from OZ, then in the vital last race, it faded in and out and we lost it! So, reminiscent of your efforts, we were in the backyard trying to catch the reception again! We did finally give up in frustration, thinking that OZ had lost. But not long after a Canadian neighbour rushed in with the news ‘you’ve won, you’ve won’. They’d heard it on an American news bulletin.
I can only imagine the frustration, but what a surprise ending for you! I’m thinking that it would have been nine, once we had reception again, it would have been nice to get an email that we won the lottery. Would that be equivalent to winning the cup?
Isn’t it amazing what we’ll do for cell reception!? LOL But you manage. Good for you. I hope the sun comes out for you 🤞
The sun did come out for us, and we have sort of reception now. All is well in Northern Ontario 🙂
I think I would have just given up on all things internet and read my book.
I never give up! Anyway, there were important things to tend to over the internet. Like giving you some reading options 🙂
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Strange how the things we never knew about in the good old days affect us today. I have had power outages at my last two cabin spots (1 for 5 hours and this last one for 2 1/2 days). I just embraced the no wi-fi the last time and caught up once I got home. Now that you have had the rain, hope the sun comes back for the rest of your stay. Cheers. Allan
We are certainly embracing the down time! The sun did come back 🙂
The rainy days are really the pits but it sounds like you both made the most of it! And I’m glad that you both have a van and a kitchen tent style shelter to help pass the time. Look forward to your next series of updates!
We make do 🙂
I love getting out in the wilderness where the bad news never penetrates….
Haha, very true!
It’s days like this where I would love to have a campervan! It’s too bad that Pukaskwa doesn’t have a sheltered picnic area, but it seems like you’ve made do with your dining tent / office.
Yeah, we managed just fine during the rain!
You’re description of contorting your body in an effort to get an Internet connection had me smiling and reminiscing of living in rural North Dakota many decades ago with two television stations to choose from. The reception was so bad, and we resorted to repositioning the rabbit ears and holding our hand above the television to see anything through the frosty haze.
Losing power or an Internet connection remind me how spoiled I’ve become.
Haha, yes, this is what it was like! And yes, so spoiled!!!
One way to determine if the swimming couple were Canadian would be to smell beer on their breath…of course that could mean they might be from Wisconsin’
Haha, I guess, but if I just drank beer, would I still be able to smell it?
Looks like you have a very nice set up for camping! We may need to purchase a screen tent after seeing your set up.
It’s a good idea to have one. We wouldn’t bother setting it up for a short stay, but for longer stays it really helps!
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I love your dedication <3
Gosh, where do you get all your energy???? I’m jealous. All the best, Muriel
Haha, I don’t know that we are energetic, but I think that for some reason we are in better shape now that we are older. I wonder how long it will last 🙂
It’s very admirable that you’re able to publish posts while on the road, given varying factors like time and Internet connection can be hard to gauge. I’ve been enjoying these posts all the same, and I look forward to more!
Thank you! I don’t think I was ever able to keep up this well while we trave! I think that I have a good system now to manage the photos and notes, which makes it very easy to assemble a post once I do have internet.
Hoping your connection would work sometime. Such a great outing where you camp.
It’s a wonderful campground with some seriously beautiful views!
As I read your posts sitting quietly, I can’t imagine the physical effort it takes to send them. Thank you for the description, it makes it more worthwhile to read.
Thank you for your feedback <3
Is that an awning on the side of your van? If yes, do you use it?
It is an awning. We really don’t use it very much. When we were in the desert, we had it out for shade sometimes, but not often since it wasn’t very hot when we were there. It can be useful if you are spending time outside when it’s very hot, but I wouldn’t use it when it’s rainy or windy.