Do we need more camp grounds?

IG Guy wrote:I love going back to ontario and just going to one of the trillion lakes spotted around Nortwestern ontario and finding a nice spot on a lake and putting up a tent.

Agreed,

I'm not talking about squatting on someones land for days on end like can happen here on vancouver island, but finding a nice semi secluded location set up a tent and 'small camp', be respectfull of the land and leave no trace is far preferable to a pull up RV site.

Three summers ago me and two other 'managers' basically ran a 118 site campsite on hornby island and it was an eye opener. No computer bookings, no fancy booking system, it was basically a huge 10 foot by 3 foot graph paper 'system' that you worked with pencil and eraser. It was a system 'inherited' from the last lady who ran it for 15 years and has 'pennies in jars' type system for accounting. It gave me a good idea 'how' things work, and made me appreciate how valuable a pc can be.

I can also say, most people have no idea the headache that a remote (remote as in two ferries OFF of vancouver island, three from the mainland)campground can be. The last long weekend my appendix burst and it took 8 hours from leaving the house till i even got to the hospital where the surgery happened. Too much stress in that job - certainly not enough pay!!!

After that experience, i'd rather camp in a spot where i dont have to 'check in'.

Now you can own your very own campground .

No more waiting in line to register, no more worrying about "dry" weekends.

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Manitoba has a number of lakes like that as well. There are tons of lakes in Northern Manitoba that only the local know about the access to (because they built the "road" through the bush to them. Let me know if you want to know any ones that are ZERO motorized access or ones that are motorized access that have a ton of remote sites that you can only get to by boat.

Deank wrote:

Goth_chic wrote:Has anyone ever rented a yurt? If you did can you tell me what it's like? We are thinking of trying it this summer, I am not much of a camper so a tent is out. We usually do a cottage but this year money is tight.

how tight is money... feel like going for a drive?

stay at camp jellystone in South Dakota.
http://www.jellystonesiouxfalls.com/cabins.html
check out the events and maybe go for christmas in July or something.

No US for us this year. Want to stay local....stay in Manitoba.

rent an RV?

So a yurt is a frame with a solid roof and fabric walls?

My yard is 300' deep, so if you cannot find a spot and don't mind some Crown Royal and cigar smoke, PM me and plan to visit. I am just across from the Assiniboine River. Not sure how slippery the bank is but I do know you can jump off the St James bridge into the river, without killing yourself, as my son's friend managed that when they were celebrating grade 12 graduation 12 years ago

IG Guy wrote:

Deank wrote:"some hitting on desperate local chicks?

hehe hit up one of the parks just across the border. I have noticed (back in the day) american chickies are... ummm... very friendly!

They like Canadian Bacon