hello all - I had a request to put the photos of our new camping spot on the Blog so here it is... Twin Lake (south west corner of Highway 7 & Highway 38) - 21 acres - 600 feet of waterfront (basically the little bay that you see out in front in the pictures)



It is a 1500 square foot cement pad with a building on it, of which the back 600 sq feet is a triple car garage and the front part is a 900 sq. foot cottage. There is a slight hill down to the lake front on a clear path. The lake is not large but is a spring fed lake that has some spots about 50 feet deep - there are bass and pike in the lake.





The "kitchen" is really just some shelving as there is not any running water, hydro or drains etc but there is a lovely woodstove and lots of windows with views.



They are leaving the couches behind for us as they were only going to take them to the dump and a couple of beds also so we don't have to visit Ikea again immediately. There is still lots of work to do - although the exterior looks finished it still needs either board and batten or siding or brick or logs to finish it and also inside it is completely insulated and drywalled but needs to be mudded and painted, flooring etc.



We are looking forward to just enjoying it and the outdoors for the next 6 months to a year and then starting to work on it after that.

We are always open to visitors so let us know if you'll be driving by or would like to stop in for the weekend. We hope to be there every second weekend as doing the drive every weekend will be a bit much. It is about 350 km and therefore a 3.5 hour drive with good traffic.

I just downloaded this from mapsgoogle and tried to show the layout of the property - for those of you able to see the actual survey that was online you will know it isn't completely correct but will give you the idea.

Although there is no hydro or phone line, it does have better cell phone service than the house here in Burlington and so we will always be accessible and I can log on to my email by connecting through my cell phone. It will be slow but possible. (My cell phone number is 647-227-7559 in case anyone needs it...)

We are looking forward to trying out some solar options, maybe some wind options etc for power. Of course, we do have an outhouse but maybe looking at an Envirolet etc. Back to the basics! The current owners were telling us that the maple trees on the property are very sap prolific in the spring - they can fill a very large bucket in a couple of hours so we are looking forward to making some Twin Lake Maple Syrup. Liz, I loved reading about your canning etc I will have to get in touch and get some tips from you. We are also going to pick up a Dutch Oven as they are great for outdoor cooking and also cooking on the woodstove. You can even get a coffee machine that works on a Coleman stove. :)

Okay, I will stop yakking now. It is so much fun to see all the pictures and here about the activities. Thank you again for much everyone for taking the time to contribute and Liz and Trevor for taking the time to coalate.

Happy Birthday and Anniversay to all those with events in September!! :) hee hee, that gets us off the hook xo Jil n Tom