Murphy's Point - Light Show

Bon Echo and Murphy's Point

Well...that was fun.  Casey and I ventured out with new equipment to Bon Echo and Murphy's Point Provincial Park.

Day 1

Left Arnprior about 3:30 pm.  Arrived at Bon Echo at 5:00.  Our campsite for night one was a walk-in site in the Hardwood Hill Campground (site # 415).  Mosquitoes were out and Casey felt they were "bad", but she didn't bring pants.  Life lesson I guess.

Set-up camp; tent and sleeping gear.  Started a fire and ate our dinner, which consisted of the finest canned goods (Zoodles) and desert (good ol' Snack Pack puddin' - chocolate).

 

We sat and watched the fire and sunset between the trees and headed off to bed at 9:30 pm.  Slept in just our bag liners until 11:30 pm when it got cold.  Both Casey and I got into our sleeping bags and enjoyed the warmth of our first nights slumber.

 

 

Day 2

 

Up at 5:30 am.  I was just to exited to stay in bed any more.  Casey slept.  Started an early morning fire to get things going and took a few shots of the sun coming up; again through the trees.  Made myself a coffee and let Casey sleep a little.

 

 

 

Casey awoke at 7:00 and we had instant oatmeal for breakfast and granola bars.  Tang to wash it down.  After breakfast we broke camp and we were off for our hike along a portion the Abes & Essens Trail.  We planned on checking out the first few campsites at Essens Lake for future trips.

 







Trips Set!

This weekend we are going to Bon Echo and Murphy's Point.  Backcountry sites not available, but we will scout-out the backcountry sites at both parks.

Weekend after this Jeri and I are doing a backcountry trip to Murphy's Point.


Murphy's Point - Campsite

MacNamara Trail

July 7, 2013

My wife and I completed a hike on MacNamara Trail.  We saw a red fox running along the trail.