Sunday, July 21, 2013

Sleepy Cedars Campground - Ottawa


We left home this morning around 8:30 and stopped at Canadian Tire in Midland to fill up with fuel.

We are on our way to Ottawa ON.

Karen is following in our car.  We really should get a towing setup for our motorhome so that we can tow the car rather than Karen driving it.  It is about an 8 hour drive with stops along the way.

We headed East on Hwy 12 and then East on Hwy 7.

Map

Around noon we stopped for lunch in Havelock ON.  Havelock is the home of the largest  Live Canadian Country Music and Outdoor Camping Jamboree.  That happens in a couple of weeks. 

5940 Hwy 7 Havelock - Bill

We walked across the road to the Foodland grocery store and bought a cooked chicken and some crusty buns and enjoyed our lunch.

5941 Hwy 7 Havelock - motorhome and car parked by train tracks

There is a small rail yard that runs along the road through Havelock with a few rail cars set up on display.  Karen especially likes the yellow caboose.

5945 Hwy 7 Havelock - train tracks 5956 Hwy 7 Havelock - yellow caboose at train tracks

Karen got this photo of my leaving town.

5966 Hwy 7 Havelock -Bill leaving Havelock

We are officially in Ottawa according to this sign.

5967 Ottawa

Shortly after, we arrive at the Sleepy Cedars Campground.

5970 Ottawa Sleepy Cedars Campground 5971 Ottawa Sleepy Cedars Campground

We get checked in at the office.

5974 Ottawa Sleepy Cedars Campground

Then we backed into our site and got set up.  The ground is not quite level, so I have had to place boards under the front tires.  It looks a little silly, but we are level inside.  We really like our site, it is in a very quiet part of the campground… perfect for us.

5976 Ottawa Sleepy Cedars Campground - site #163 5977 Ottawa Sleepy Cedars Campground - site #163

After our dinner we went for a walk through the campground.  This is a very established campground with a lot of seasonal sites and I think there are even some sites that are year round.

This is the office.

5978 Ottawa Sleepy Cedars Campground - a walk through the campground

The pool area.

5986 Ottawa Sleepy Cedars Campground - a walk through the campground

The public washrooms.

5982 Ottawa Sleepy Cedars Campground - a walk through the campground

Some of the seasonal sites.

5987 Ottawa Sleepy Cedars Campground - a walk through the campground

Saw these 2 Muskoka style chairs, very uniquely “Canadian”

5991 Ottawa Sleepy Cedars Campground - a walk through the campground  5990 Ottawa Sleepy Cedars Campground - a walk through the campground

These look like they are year round homes.

5997 Ottawa Sleepy Cedars Campground - a walk through the campground 5999 Ottawa Sleepy Cedars Campground - a walk through the campground

Back to our motorhome after our walk.  We spent the rest of the evening on our computers researching things to do in Ottawa and figuring out parking spots in Ottawa where we can park the car and then wander around.

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