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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 …

Filed Under: Ontario, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: beach, best beaches in Ontario, blue flag beach, camping, camping near London, camping near Toronto, family, glamping at provincial parks, Grand Bend, Great Lakes camping, Lake Huron, Ontario's Southwest, Pinery, sand dunes, vacation

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I’m a Go RVing Blogger! #GoRVing

By //  by Candace Sampson 1 Comment

This summer I wrote a post about Lake George RV Park in the Adirondacks as part of a campaign through Scholastic for Go RVing. That post led to an email which led to a phone call which led to me being a featured blogger at Go RVing! It's at this point in my post I feel like I should be doing a little end zone dance. In fact, hold up. Let's do one. Because seriously when you get to write about something you love doing anyway, you should totally do a happy dance! There's no doubt that I …

Filed Under: RVing, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: blogger, camping, Fort Wilderness, Go RVing, rving

Lyme disease prevention, ticks, summer, camping, hiking, camp, prevention, tips, insects, bug repellent, photograph

Lyme Disease Prevention During Camping Season

By //  by Katja Wulfers 14 Comments

As Canadians and Americans send their children to camp or head out for annual camping trips, local public notices flood the airwaves — or inboxes — with warnings about all manner of insects and the diseases they transmit. One of the most debilitating of these is Lyme disease, which is caused by the bite from infected blacklegged ticks. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, not all ticks are infected with the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, but the numbers are increasing and their …

Filed Under: Summer Camp, Tips & Advice, Travel Tips Tagged With: bug repellent, camp, camping, DEET, hiking, insects, Lyme disease, prevention, summer, summer camp and lyme disease, ticks, tips, what does lyme disease look like, what to do if bitten by a tick

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The Ultimate Camp Care Package for Girls

By //  by Candace Sampson 7 Comments

My girls are gone to summer camp for two weeks and if I didn't send a camp care package they may not speak to me when I pick them up. I mean, the camp care package, after all is one of the best things you can get from home while away. The struggle for me is that you can't send food. I understand this. Who wants bugs in the cabins after forgetful kids leave brownies under the bunk beds? Still, I would love nothing more than to send cookies and bars and squares of every kind. It's in my nature …

Filed Under: Summer Camp, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged With: camping, care package, kids, summer camp

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