Friday, 16 November 2012

An RV Trip in November

Gosh, it has been nice here this November.  In October I took the Roadtrek in for some body work.  Well they kept it for 4 weeks - indoors  When I picked it up Nov 9, it still had water etc in it as I had not had time to winterize it beforehand which I normally would have done in October.

Marie decided to go to a yoga retreat in Kingston, ON.  Well I looked in my Passport America 50% off guide book and lo and behold, there is a PPA campground called Rideau Acres just outside of Kingston that was still open (and indeed year round!).  How serendipity was that?

So we naturally took the Roadtrek to Kingston on the Nov 10 weekend.  I dropped Marie at Providence House Friday night and than explored the Kingston area:

- the waterfront has a great pathway for walking along
- Queens University is a great place to explore
- Fort Henry is nearby (fort itself was closed for some reason)
- Bellevue House, Sir John A. MacDonald's home is interesting (it too was closed, for the season)
- The Catholic Cathedral down town was closed but had a nice little adoration chapel open
- found a nice little church 5 min from the campground for Sunday mass
- explored the mouth of the Rideau Canal where it empties into nearby Lake Ontario
- strolled among the wreathes and poppies after the Remembrance day crowds has dispersed
- we stopped in Carleton Place for a little shopping on the way home Sunday
- the campground had a few seasonal guests still there and the most bird crowded duck pond area I have ever seen

All in all, a great RV escape for mid November in Ontario!

Here are a few pics.  See ya.