Welcome to Sandbanks Provincial Park camping extravaganza 2021!
This story really begins 5 months ago when we had 3 families trying to book 2 campsites at 7am before the sites all filled up. Two days and we were unsuccessful. The third day Chris and I, working on separate computers, were able to snag 2 sites! Phew! When Chris went to book his time off, however, the first week had already been booked by his colleague. So the rest of the Toronto Taylors travelled to Sandbanks while Chris enjoyed being in a house all by himself for the first time since March 2020. He then travelled by train to Belleville on Friday evening to join us for the last 4 days.
We were welcomed to the park on Sunday August 22 with a heat warning that would remain in effect for the next 5 or 6 days. We did a moonlight walk on the beach under a full moon. Two of our crew did their own full moon by skinny dipping in the lake.
The full moon rising above, and the full moon setting below.
Luckily, the lake always had a breeze so we spent most of our days at the beach swimming, playing cards, reading, and relaxing
Almost every night consisted of a campfire sing-a-long. Michael had the job of strumming while Maryke was in charge of the chords AND the harmonica for piano man. We did not have a piano... We did have back-up guitar players. Lucas's Whiskey in the Jar was a favourite and Thierry added some Arkells to the mix.
Time at the campsites were spent eating, singing, chatting, playing games (Secret Hitler was a favourite again), teenagers charging phones, and reading or napping in the ever popular hammock. Our beloved hammock did not survive this last trip and is now retired from service.
A second annual wine tour was a huge success. We started with sparkling wines at Hinterland Winery and purchased a bottle there.
Next stop was the charming Grange of Prince Edward Vineyards and Estate Winery where Chris and I both sampled the tasting box and all 4 of us had some gourmet sausages. Yum!
We finished off with some delicious coffee at an Italian café the Piccolina in nearby Wellington.
The next day, on advice from a good friend, the adults had dinner out at Harry's Charbroiled food truck. Delicious burgers outside of the Waupoos Pub where we purchased some locally made Cressy Mustard. We also take a pretty awesome photo there. I think we look like a tourism brochure!
While we were eating, the kids rustled up their own food and spent the sunset playing games at the beach.
Our final tradition was ice cream scoops on our way out of the park and back to Toronto. Another fantastic year! Love all these people so much!
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