What to do, what to do... I just found out that it is apparently very hard to get good camp sites in Ontario if you don't book in advance. Sounds pretty straight-forward except for the fact that you can book sites year round here. In fact, you are strongly encouraged to reserve 5 months in advance. So if I wanted to ensure a prime site for, let's say, June 1st, I need to be planned and ready to book on Feb. 1st at midnight to make sure I get what I want.

Ok - so it's really not as bad as I'm making it sound as some dates are more popular than others. However, we were out at Neil's aunt and uncle's this past weekend and were chatting with their camping pals (they camp a lot - see side story** at the bottom) and I was just mentioning that we wanted to camp but that I hadn't picked where or when and that I thought we just pick a weekend and go on the fly... Well, I was told that wasn't the best of ideas. I guess my laissez-faire attitude derived from my experience with BC parks. In BC, the parks were not open year-round and NO reservations were taken until April 1st so I thought I had some time. Though now that I think about it, it is the middle of March... time to start thinking about it...duh!

So now I am trying to figure out (tentatively) when we may camp and have started researching the parks. I know I want to spend a day at Wasaga Beach (but that is close enough to be a day trip). I also know that the area around Thunder Bay was really beautiful when we drove through last summer... I want to find something relatively close for a weekend in June (maybe Sauble Beach) and I'd like to get at least one more weekend in sometime this summer - maybe around Thunder Bay (Kakabeka Falls), Sault Ste Marie (Pancake Bay), or Sudbury (Kilarney) -- these (parks) all seem nice.

Hello friends, is anyone interested in camping with us somewhere in Ontario?? Time to start thinking about it!!

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**Side Story**
These camper friends told us of a park that has yurts and apparently they are fantastic for winter camping. They went in Feb. and made it sound really fun!! Now I want to camp in a yurt in the snowy cold of winter. I know, I'm a freak. But I do think if the weather isn't too bad that it could be a really beautiful time of year to be out in some scenic provincial park.