“So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.”
-Voltaire
This morning, we set out to conquer the entire Track and Tower hiking trail. This marked a special occasion for us, as this is the second time in our lives to have completed this difficult trail. On this adventure, I brought my Pentax KP with my “Nifty Fifty,” which was the only lens I used for all of these shots with a polarizing filter. We started out by signing the Visitor’s Register at the trail head.
This morning we decided it was time to explore the island and the rest of Canisbay Lake.
Finding a place to land was easy. We tied up our canoe and set out to explore the island.
On the island, we found some wild raspberries…
…and some wild blueberries. They were tiny but delicious snacks.
After that, it was time to explore more of this beautiful lake.
Today was a day of reflection, as we explored the tent-only sections of Canisbay Provincial park. We started out our camping adventures together in a tent, but for the past six years have been camping in our tent trailer.
The main idea of the tent trailer was to keep all of our camping gear in the trailer, so all we would need to do was to pack clothes and food, hitch up the trailer and head out. We enjoyed the fact that everything was up off the ground, we always slept on a level foam matress, and that a fridge, stove, lights, and furnace were all readily available. However, the trailer did come with certain disadvantages. Paying for storage as well as insurance was one of them; Another is the time and money required for the on-going maintenance. In addition, it still takes time to set it up and take it back down similar to a tent. On their own, these advantages of owning a tent trailer canceled out these disadvantages; storage and insurance were easily affordable, the maintenance was well within my means and abilities, and the time it took to set up and take down was not a great hardship.
We spent our summer holidays this year in the Canisbay campground of Algonquin Provincial Park. On our drive up, we stopped at the Dairy Queen in Minden for lunch. The $8 cheeseburger meal deal was delicious; the food was fresh, the staff was courteous and prompt, and they saved our Sundaes for after we were done eating our cheeseburgers and fries.
Thanks to the professional and friendly staff at the Canisbay campground in Algonquin Park, check-in was quick and painless. Just like Arrowhead, they no longer provide paper permits; instead, sites are registered by the vehicle license plate number.
