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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Rondeau - Saturday

Another beautiful day so we decided to walk the South Point Trail (East side).  The scenery was great but the assortment of birds wasn't quite what we've experienced the past few days.

Upon returning to the campground area we visited a Lyme disease display near the Park Store.  They had a couple of live ticks to show us.  The black legged tick had been removed from someone's skin earlier in the day and was to be sent to a lab to determine whether it carried the Lyme disease.

South Point Trail

South Point Trail

South Point Trail

Wild flowers on South Point Trail

Beach on South Point Trail

Cyclists on Rondeau Road

Chatham-Kent Health Unit Lyme Disease display

Black Legged Tick (may carry Lyme disease)

Wood Tick

Our site is almost dry

Friday, May 20, 2011

Rondeau Park - Friday (Victoria Day weekend)

It's Friday evening and Rondeau Park has come to life.  RV's of all sorts and sizes are arriving.  Tents are popping up like flies and the average age of the campers has gone from 50 years of age to about 18 years.  The park staff are even using a breathalizer to enforce the alcohol ban that's in effect for the weekend.

We spent most of the day just resting.  Around 11 a.m. a heavy fog rolled in from the lake but didn't last very long.

Robin taking a bath

Unique bark of Sycamore tree

Site 39 - Campers unable to retrieve their RV

Willow tree in the fog

Fog rolling in on Rondeau Bay pier

Unique kitchenette at rear of trailer

Violets on the Marsh Trail


Full house
Where's the party?

Tent city

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Sunshine at Rondeau Park

Finally!  A full day of sunshine and seasonable temperatures.  Great for a hike on the Tulip Tree Trail.

By 5 p.m. people started arriving at the Park for the Victoria Day long weekend.  It is our understanding that the Park management have closed some sites that are still flooded with water.  One particular RV has been unable to leave the park  because it's too muddy for them to hook on to their trailer.  It's unlikely that we and some other campers will be able to have a camp fire because some fire pits are still flooded with water.

Scarlet Tanager





White Violet flower






Great Crested Flycatcher

A red (old) Trillium
Robin feeding its young
Shagbark Hickory sapling

Visitors' Centre and bird viewing station

Yellow Warbler
Woodstock area couple with renovated Trillium trailer
Red Bellied Woodpecker



Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Rondeau mid-week

Finally! Some sunshine, and an opportunity to take a hike on the Spicebush Trail.  Lots of warblers and thrushes but very difficult to "capture" them with our existing camera.  They move so quickly. 

( See Spicebush Trail photos below )








Lots of Trilliums this year
Jack-in-the-pulpits (early stage)




Cottage on the "bay" side of point