First Campfire 2010

Ah....8am and warm by the first fire of the season. Our clean up has begun a whole 6 weeks early this year, the snow is saying good bye and revealing all the brown that needs some love and attention. I have one day off school and it is being well used to get the park ready for Friday April 30th. We enjoyed a quiet hour with hot coffee and some plan making for this season. The driving range fence is down so that we dont feel so confined in the common grounds of the park. I never liked the fence, it seemed to cut us off from wide open skies. We are still operating the driving range but now with windows! Its nice. More changes to come. Yes April 30 is the opening day; however there will not be potable water access at the sites until Friday May 7th at the earliest. It all depends on the full moon and overnight temperatures during the first 3 weeks of May. Keep in touch, this summer is going to be "hot"!

2010

Wow, so its been a while since my last blog post. Its not because I had nothing to say, quite the opposite, there has been too much to say. But anyway the spring sunshine is early this year and according to Dan we could be open this week with water....for those who know the "water" story....I think its very funny. But he would still be operating the park alone...school for me isnt over until April 27th. I wont know how many more years I have left at Trent U until around June this year, but I will finish this year with 9.5 credits and need a total of 20 credits for the BScN degree that will launch my career as an RN. That new life will need to allow for my absence each season between June 27 to September 5. Not too much to ask.

Back to thoughts of the Park...this year we are geographically close the G8 / G20 World Summit. It will take place at more than one location during that window of time, but some element of it will be hosted by DeerHurst Resort, 18 kilometers west of us on Hwy. 60. We are under the impression that activity will be controlled and that travellers coming our way from the GTA or south westerly towns between June 20 and June 29 will deviate Hwy 11 north at the 117 and come north east and connect with Hwy 35 north to 60. Good news, its a nicer highway and much more scenic. Call the Park early to confirm your site for that window of time.....it might be a hub of activity.