The adventures of a South African family living in Canada
For our second camping trip of 2021, we headed to Police Outpost. Located in the Police Outpost Provincial Park, it’s right on the border with Montana, so quite a drive down south from Calgary. It’s a lovely small camp site with nicely shaded sites. The whole camp site is only one loop so not too... Continue Reading →
I’m so behind on sharing our camping stories and it seems a bit strange to be sharing these in the middle of winter, but I am dreaming of summer, and if you know how crazy the booking system is for camping in Canada, I’m sure you’re also starting to plan your summer camping trips already.... Continue Reading →
After a few false starts, thanks to our first two trips being cancelled, our summer 2021 camping season FINALLY began with a wonderful weekend with friends at Park Lake. Park Lake campsite is located in Park Lake Provincial Park, about 17km north of Lethbridge in southern Alberta. It’s a really lovely little campsite situated on... Continue Reading →
Summer is on the way and as things have warmed up and the days have gotten longer, we have had so much fun as a family exploring all the different bike paths around Calgary. There is such a great variety of walking and bike paths all over the city. In fact, with about 1000km of... Continue Reading →
Our third and final camping adventure for this summer saw us head to Crimson Lake. Crimson Lake is in Crimson Lake Provincial Park, about 14km from Rocky Mountain House, so about a two-and-a-half-hour drive north east of Calgary. We were really looking forward to heading to Crimson and it didn't disappoint. The camp site is... Continue Reading →
For our second Canadian camping experience, we headed to Kinbrook Island. The campsite sits on the shores of Lake Newell in the Kinbrook Island Provincial Park, located about 13km south of Brooks in southern Alberta. Kinbrook Island is a beautiful camp site with lots of trees, playgrounds, and fun water activities. Of our three camping... Continue Reading →
We finally experienced our first Canadian camping adventure, and it was wonderful! We have been working hard over the last few weeks to gather all our camping equipment for our first weekend out and we were so excited to head off to Gold Springs for a long weekend. Gold Springs is a private camp site... Continue Reading →
Cape Town to Calgary 