New plan ...

We hated camping at Killbear and are home early. There were too many misquitos, and WAY too many children for us.

We are getting too old to camp in that type of setting. We had hoped for a little quiet time, for Terri to do some painting. I wanted to take some photos, everywhere we looked there was people, the camp holds over 1,000 sites. It felt like a tent city, it was horrible.

We did get about two hours one afternoon for Terri to do a little work ...





Our new plan: we will stay right here in Toronto for the remainder of our vacation and go on day trips to find places for Terri to paint and me to take photos.

Diana

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