Home to Finlay Point PP, day 1

 So Sunday 20th June 2021 at about 9.20am we set off on our much anticipated journey out to Stony Plain, Alberta, from Rockland, Ontario, a journey we anticipated to take until Monday 28th June to complete. We had pre-booked camp sites for our stays in Ontario provincial parks but didn't book any further ahead in case schedule/routes ending up changing. The trip meter was set to zero and off we set.

We knew that we wouldn't get a lot of mileage per tank of gas because our gas consumption would obviously be higher than usual with a 3500lb trailer behind us and the Nissan Pathfinder only has a gas tank capacity of 74 litres. So we had decided to stop at Antrim truck stop near Arnprior to gas up for the first but not last time this trip! It was not long after we pulled into a stop at Matawa for lunch before setting off again for Findlayson Point Provincial Park. A scenic drive with plenty of views of forests and lakes. At North Bay we stopped into Walmart for a few essentials as well as topping up the gas tank again.

Arrived at Findlayson Point PP at 4.45pm where our overnight camp site was quite narrow and uneven but at least it was a pull through site so no messing about reversing. The trailer A/C made the sticky evening more comfortable and the mosquito killer was put to good use.

The sky was clear and someone snapped a picture of the sky through the nearby trees.

I will just slip in here that a few days earlier we had gone to Voyageur Provincial Park on a trial run. While there we explored the park and walked to the main beach just a couple of minutes too late to get a great sunset shot but maybe this is a good sunset shot? I like this picture too much to not include it somewhere.

The next morning it was time for a quick breakfast, a snap of the lake nearest our site and back on the road.....