CHANGING CAMPSITES (NOT CAMPGROUNDS).
Day 65 – Because someone had reserved our campsite for the weekend, we had to move on, or change campsites. Because the place we are going next had no campsites available tonight, we had to change campsites within the same campground, Long Point State Park. This morning we checked with the rangers and they said they’d let us know when our new campsite was available to check in, based on when the current residents left. We had most of the morning free to relax.
We watched the campers leave the campground by the 11 a.m. check-out time – the long line at the dump station, followed by the line of mostly-trailers departing. A restored 1973-1978 GMC Class A front-wheel-drive motor home passed by. Still camping!
We sat around and relaxed, then around 10:30 began getting ready to move to the new campsite, #32, which was located in a different area of the campground, and an area we’d had our eyes on because it was on open water and more remote (less traveled) than the area we were camping at all week. We’d checked online for availability earlier in the week when we knew we’d be extending our time here. There was only the one night available, tonight, and we grabbed it.
The rangers let us know when the previous campers left & when the site had been cleaned and we dumped tanks, got more fresh water, and moved to the new campsite. There was only one campsite around us that was occupied. Everything else around us was empty. But, since the weekend was coming, this afternoon would tell how the weekend would be. And it did! Click any picture below to see a slideshow.
We LOVE this area of the campground and spent the entire afternoon outside overlooking Lake Ontario. It was active with various watercraft out & about with vacationing people. We were camping on a beach where kayaks could be launched. We walked this area of the campground & checked off the best sites for future use. Several campsites over from us, parents were teaching their two sons how to paddle-board standing up. We watched for hours. The boys were wonderful, and their parents excellent. Within a couple of hours both boys were standing up on the board and managing like they’d been doing it forever. Impressive. Here are some pictures taken around this campsite area.
As the afternoon went on, we continued to sit by the water in the shade with a perfect breeze blowing in from the Lake. When the 3 p.m. check-in time arrived, we watched the continuous stream of campers arrive. Even though this was a wonderful campsite, we were grateful we’d be moving on tomorrow. Within a couple of hours the campground was full. This is what a SMALL campground looks like on a summer weekend, just so you know what we’ve been talking about. And this is a small campground! Most campsites consisted of several groups of people meeting others for a weekend get together. Dogs barking & their owners yelling at them, parents yelling at their children (who were yelling and running around with their friends), smoky campfires – the smoke coming in our windows, and people traipsing through other people’s campsites – par for the course on the weekend in the summer. So, everything is not perfect all the time! This is why we prefer week days and off-season camping. As night-time arrived, the activity & noise increased. Still, this is a lovely campsite and it ranks as one of the best sites at this campground.
We are only here at campsite #32 tonight. Tomorrow we leave for Vermont. Back to the Champlain Islands for a two-night stopover on the way back to our land in Maine. This is part of a revised schedule, changed recently due to warm temperatures combined with high humidity & high dewpoint, making it uncomfortable. The bugs will be leaving our land in Maine around the end of July, and the temperatures there are much more comfortable. We’ve found that we operate well without hook-ups, but in heat conditions, electric hook-ups really are preferred. We have full hook-ups on our land. Our favorite campground (when the bugs are gone).
For more detailed information about Long Point State Park, click here.