Cathy and I are getting ready to camp on the North Shore of Lake Erie. We are excited about this roadtrip – to walk the miles of sand beaches, to try out a couple of Ontario provincial parks, check out Point Pelee National Park, and to taste some of the wines in this emerging wine district. In addition we will stay in Amherstburg, Ontario to learn about the British Naval Yards from the War of 1812 (the Brits with a lot of help from native tribes won against the Americans and French), and the terminus of the Underground Railway. More about all of these in future posts. (And full disclosure, the feature picture is actually from last year’s campsite in PEI.)
Right now we are getting ready. First on the agenda is to do a minor modification to our DIY camping setup in our Pacifica minivan. I am raising the sleeping platform from 7.5 inches to 9.5 inches, and reducing the depth of our matress from 4 inches to 2 inches. This will make it easier to access the plastic bins full of clothes and camping equipment that slide under the sleeping platform. More about our DIY minivan camping setup at $500 DIY minivan camping conversion .
For meal planning, we are going to repeat what we did on our Atlantic Canada roadtrip. Breakfast and a light dinner at the campground, and trying out some interesting local restaurants for a substantial lunch. I hope to indulge in some Lake Erie perch, and also pickerel, the best eating fish bar none, IMHO.
For campsites, we have booked into electric serviced sites at Rondeau and Wheatley Ontario Provincial Parks so we can recharge our Pacifica plug-in hybrid. And that keeps us away from the non-serviced parts of the park that typically hum with generators.
We have travelled all over the world, and yet this is our first trip to this part of Ontario only a few hours drive from our home in Toronto. Should be fun.