 Before I start Wednesday, here's a bit of Tuesday night... …It was all about the mosquitos. The bugs, the ravenous bloodsucking little pieces of aerial nastiness that found their way into the trailer every night. I think they came in attached to the dog, or me, when we returned from walks or drinks breaks, and then terrorised us inside while we were watching movies. The DW spent 20 minutes hunting them down last night, swatting them, then wiping up the blood that their engorged corpses released when hit with the 200mph fly swatter. Fast forward to Wednesday and I had the brainwave of setting up the little bug killing lantern inside the trailer; the little blighters just dropped dead and didn't leave a blood spatter - why didn't I think of it earlier? Doh! So Wednesday was a quiet day. I managed to get out and take a few photographs of the park, I walked the hound a bit more than she wanted, and we made friends with 1 year old Irish Wolfhound (distantly related to the Greyhound). I mention Nula the Wolfhound because I don't think I've ever seen such a big dog. She was so tall! Willow is tall but Nula dwarfed her, and she's still growing. Gulp! The weather was fabulous, too; sunny and warm, with emphasis on the warm and not the hot. Most pleasant, and perfect camping weather; what a shame this was to be our last day. Rondeau Provincial Park is on a north/south peninsular of lake silt, covered in one of the last remaining bits of Carolinian Forest in Canada. On the west side is Rondeau Bay, a shallow lake landlocked except for the river filling it in the north and the exit into Lake Erie at Erieau at the south. On the eastern side of the peninsular is Lake Erie, the fourth largest Great Lake at 240 miles long and 57 miles wide. Over recent years, lake levels have been receding and the Rondeau peninsular growing. In the past two years, though, lake levels have increased and now parts of the peninsular are in real danger of being swamped. The broad beaches on the Erie side are no more than narrow strips of sand right now, and the lack of drainage caused by the high water has meant that the campground in the park has been under real threat. I tell you all this because if lake levels continue to rise, I doubt we'll be camping here for much longer. Of course, Mother Nature is a fickle creature and levels may start to recede in the longer term, but who knows? Global warming? Quite possibly, but only time will tell. I hope you were paying attention there because there's a test at the end of this. ;) Anyway, we packed up with the all the grace and precision of a well-oiled piece of machinery. No, really, we did, all packed, hitched and ready to roll in about 30 minutes - boy, we're getting good at this. One the pleasures of being a tow vehicle rebel is driving slowly though the campground, watching people stare at us, mouth the words "You can't tow that with that!", so I really milked it today. An uneventful run home and we were parked up on the driveway again, clearing out the laundry and emptying the fridge. We have a couple of weeks until our next jaunt; a bit longer this time and, if the nice people on the border let us through, an International trip to boot. Stay tuned campers and see how we fare around Lake Ontario in August! Happy 'streaming.
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