Random Photo TR: Pinery Provincial Park

dandaman · Oct 10, 2006

Hey, guys. I spent the weekend about two hours north of here, at Pinery Provincial Park.

Ontario, for those following along. :lookaroun

Anyway, yesterday was Thanksgiving in Canada, so therefore, we went camping. Why? To be truthful, I don’t know. I’ve never cared much for camping, but I’ve tried to make the most of it. :lol:

Anyway, without further ado, I present a mostly pointless montage of photos!

To start, I present to you, some random sand hill!

The Ausable River… THROUGH THE BRIDGE!

Almost there…

And there was much rejoicing.

The weather looks good… even if it doesn’t exactly show the weekend.

The park store would be a lot more useful if it were open…

My Through the Trees shot didn’t turn out that well. (My FIRST one, at least. [Then again, most of these pics will be through the trees. {Is this enough brackets for you?}])

dandaman · Oct 10, 2006

So, because two out of four members of our family don’t care much for tent camping, we stay in what are basically eight-sided tents, called Yurts. I neglected to take a pic of the inside, but it has two bunk beds, a table, heating/air conditioning, etc.

Yeah, I know… I’m really roughing it out here.

Already have our chairs set up…

I forgot to mention that the Yurt also comes with a deck, umbrella and propane grill. (Yep… really roughing it.)

GAH!

Due to my superb picture-taking skills and lack thereof, this squirrel somehow turned out to look like the big black cloud monster thingy in LOST. :lookaroun

Here’s just a bit of the lights we had up. In total, we had 2 strings of standard orange lights around the Yurt, 2 pumpkin light strings around the deck (plus a string of Mickey pumpkins), and 4 of those skulls.

:lookaroun

dandaman · Oct 10, 2006

The next day, we decided to go fishing on one of the road bridge dock things they have. This was probably the best shot of the whole trip.

…We’re gonna need a bigger boat.

Since there’s no coasters around here, I made do with what I had. Exclusive Shot! LIFT HILL!

These next two pics are of what I thought were the most impressive fall colours thus far.

The first semi-decent rodent shot. (Happy Squirrel Awareness Month!)

Aah, that’s better.

I bribed him with peanuts.

But he came out on his own free will. Hogging the natural limelight, I guess. :lookaroun

dandaman · Oct 10, 2006

Some random toad I found in a field.

One of my friends happened to be up there the same weekend, so we were going to go kayaking. Unfortunately, like so much else at the park last weekend, the kayaks were already being stored for the season. Dang.

At least I got a couple more river shots.

Dot Shot #1

Apparently my friend and I vented our anger by burning something profusely. (Excerpt from “Connor’s Anarchist’s Cookbook, Vol. 3 :lookaroun )

Chip ‘n Dale (Oddly enough, these were two different chipmunks.)

dandaman · Oct 10, 2006

On Sunday, we decided to do some stuff outside the park.

Just in case you ever come up around here, Dot… this is the best place for ice cream. Even has discounts in the park info guide.

Next we went to a fine shopping establishment…

Well, at least I found some trace of amusement park around here! (Though, like that fireworks Ferris wheel in Tennessee, I wouldn’t trust this thing with my life.)

OMG! Hidden Mickey!

…And, as usual, I tried making an artsy shot, even out of something like this. Apparently this ride looks perfectly safe once you go blind. :lol:

Some random Canadian fighter plane. (Note: The preceding was an oxymoron.)

The next two pictures are self-explanatory, IMO…

:lookaroun

dandaman · Oct 10, 2006

Once I was actually in the market, I finally found a coaster!

…Sort of.

Oh, well. At least there’s an actual bumper car.

Dot Shot #2

Bench: The Ride

It’s Herbie!

After the market of fleas, we decided to head about an hour north of the Pinery, to a quaint little town called Bayfield. I honestly wouldn’t mind living there, provided I had insane amounts of cash.

Just passing through for now…

Lake Huron almost looks decent from over here… surprising, considering (pollution-central) Sarnia is an hour west.

At first, I just went for a little stroll around the park…

But then I managed to find a World War memorial. So simple, so modest… but nothing compared to what all soldiers deserve.

Lest we forget

dandaman · Oct 10, 2006

Most shops in Bayfield look like this… really, it’s a nice little town. Pet owners note: every shop here welcomes animals of any kind! They even had free Tootsie Pops at one place, for human and animal alike.

Rolo ice cream with peanut butter cups… who could honestly pass this up?

Back in Grand Bend, they had a new beach complex, so I had a look-see.

Looking up towards Bayfield/Goderich (/north, for those of you who are still clueless).

And looking up Main Street. This town is a popular spot for car buffs. Not a minute goes by that some old roadster doesn’t thunder down Main Street and back up again. The Grand Bend Motorplex is about 5 miles away, so that has a lot to do with it.

Strange… no pics for the rest of the day. Oh well.

On Monday, we decided to try our luck fishing at a different location. No such luck fish-wise, but I did get another good river shot.

Pinery is famous for two things: its Oak Savannah/Carolinian forest, and its sand dune beaches.

Ooh, aah.

The dunes (kind of).

dandaman · Oct 10, 2006

They’re building a raft to get off the island.

It certainly would explain the signal fire. :lookaroun

The last thing on our impromptu agenda was the visitor centre.

…Well, never mind that, then. :lol:

That’s it for the photos, and this random trip report. Stay tuned next weekend for an update from Cedar Point amusement park… in 50 degree weather. That should be fun.

:wave:

DisneyBunny · Oct 10, 2006

dandaman said:
Rolo ice cream with peanut butter cups… who could honestly pass this up?

Yum! :slurp:

Nemo14 · Oct 10, 2006

Nice report Dan - loved the ice cream!

Fantasmic!329 · Oct 10, 2006

dandaman said:
They’re building a raft to get off the island.

It certainly would explain the signal fire. :lookaroun

That's actually quite funny, considering we're reading The Lord of the Flies in English right now. :lol:

The Mom · Oct 10, 2006

I wish the photo of the black squirrel had come out better, but the cute chipmunks made up for it.

I liked the yurts, also. I'm not much of a camper, but I could spend some time in one of those. The Daughter could sleep under the stars, if she wanted to rough it. :lol:

Uponastar · Oct 10, 2006

Wonderful report as usual, Daniel!
Thanks for the special "Dot Shots"! :kiss:

dandaman · Oct 10, 2006

DisneyBunny said:
Yum! :slurp:

Nemo14 said:
Nice report Dan - loved the ice cream!

Uponastar said:
Wonderful report as usual, Daniel!
Thanks for the special "Dot Shots"! :kiss:

Funny how I go up north for nature shots, and ice cream garnishes rave reviews. :lol:

Freddy: I was actually referring to LOST, but that works too. :lookaroun

nibblesandbits · Oct 10, 2006

awesome report Danny! :lookaroun

dopey · Oct 10, 2006

I enjoyed bench: the ride. Looks every bit as clean as the Splash Mountain logs.

Disnut · Oct 10, 2006

As always Danny I enjoyed the TR very much. I loved Chip and Dale and the hidden Mickey.

Uponastar · Oct 11, 2006

dandaman said:
Funny how I go up north for nature shots, and ice cream garnishes rave reviews. :lol:

We know what we like!

Nature's nice too, though. :lookaroun

dandaman · Oct 11, 2006

dopey said:
I enjoyed bench: the ride. Looks every bit as clean as the Splash Mountain logs.

:lol:

Uponastar said:
We know what we like!
Nature's nice too, though. :lookaroun

Sure it is. :lookaroun

But I'd rather be riding a wooden coaster than staring at the same trees. :lookaroun :zipit:

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