Winding Down at Mew Lake

Tomorrow we will be heading for home, so today has been designated for cleaning, checking equipment and just plain relaxing.  The birds are also on their way south as we have seen as many as 50 to 60 Grackles and 15 Blue Jays cleaning up bird seed that has fallen from the feeders.  While eating lunch today we also saw a Pine Marten running through the brush between our campsite and site # 2.

We have really enjoyed our stay at Mew Lake campground in Algonquin Provincial Park.  We prefer to sleep with a bedroom window open and consequently have heard wolves howling on several occasions.  The last couple of days we have been blessed with sunshine which really brings out the fall colours.  Today has been somewhat overcast, to the dismay of visitors that are only here for the weekend.  Tomorrow`s forecast also includes some rain.

Yesterday we drove to Huntsville for lunch and took the opportunity to "scout out" suitable campsites at Arrowhead Provincial Park, sites that would accommodate our 38 ft. RV and also (with a bit of luck), possible access to satellite television with our Bell ExpressVu satellite dish. The campground is very heavily forested with Maple, White Birch and other deciduous trees so there is plenty of shade but few openings in the canopy to enable the use of a TV satellite dish.  However, white tail deer do like the area and it is not uncommon to see them near or on your campsite.  While in the park we did see three full grown deer on a path near Big East River.



Spruce Bog boardwalk



View of Spruce Bog



Algonquin Park Visitor Centre

Ruffled Grouse on access road

More Hiway #60 scenery



Heading eastward on Hwy #60

Tea Lake Dam

View from Hiway #60



View of Mew Lake from campsite #76