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best beaches in Ontario

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Analog Vacationing in Ontario’s Southwest, or, “How I Convinced My Teenager to Put Down the Phone”

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The great family road trip with Mom and Dad: parents singing show tunes with the younger kids, the surly teen sitting in the back, eyes rolling, gum chewing, and music blasting into headphones to cancel out “family experience” around him. You know the scene – it’s in any classic 80’s family road trip movie. The modern version is similar but with everyone — save the driver — staring at devices. Mom is reading historical fiction on her Kindle, little sister is playing the latest Angry Birds …

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Pinery Provincial Park, Lake Huron, Sand Dunes

Find Summer Perfection at Pinery Provincial Park

By //  by Louise Gleeson 3 Comments

I grew up in Southwestern Ontario, so a last-minute trip to one of the many area beaches was an easy outing for my family. Now that I'm raising my own family, going back to those beaches always fills me with a wonderful nostalgia. We don't live close enough to make it a day trip though, so camping at the Pinery Provincial Park has become an annual summer trip for us and something we look forward to when the snow is still on the ground.  Campsites The Pinery Provincial Park is a …

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