Canada - Camping @ Elora Gorge

Here are some pics of our camping trip to Elora Gorge. It's a public campsite about 25 mins from Kitchener, in a small town called Elora. Initially, there were supposed to be six of us, but at the last minute three of them cancelled, so it ended up being the three amigos.. Bobo (yes he's back), Rayhanah and I. But I think things turned out better this way.

We managed to pick a nice spot that wasn't too close to anyone else.. I think in this picture Bobo is trying to cook me.



In the end he settled for chicken wings! I have to say Bobo can start a fire in record time.. gotta love his chopstick style!



And of course, Bobo must climb a tree at some point..



Rayhanah was a great help when it came to pitching the tent.



Ahhh.. nothing quite like relaxing in front of a fire! At one point during the night, we started playing cards by the fireplace.. We were all so engrossed in the game that we didnt notice something sneaking up on our picnic table.. I finally heard a rattle and flashed my torch in the direction.. A racoon dropped our plate of brownies and ran off!! It was pretty disappointing .. the cooon messed up our brownies!! But I guess we shouldnt have left it on the table.. ah well..



The next morning I feverishly (don't be fooled by my look of complacency) started making pancakes while the kiddos enjoyed a game of badminton.





naturally followed by football (soccer)



Eventually we decided to check out the Gorge.. since that's one of the main attractions.. and a great place to release gas..



We could have gone tubing down the rapids.. but the water was pretty cold.. and the walk to the starting point was a long drive by car!

So we settled with just sticking our feet in the water.. My feet were numb after a few seconds..





This guy kept going up and down the rapids..





some cool roots..



Isnt this cool?!



This guy had fun..



Thanks for carrying the pringles can..



You can see the tubers on the left-hand side of the pic.. I felt sorry for these people as I drove by.. There were so many of them on the road rolling their tubes along.. but by the end of it.. I just felt like running them over.



These people were smart and used a truck.. although one of their tubes fell off..



We also spent some time fishing.. we didnt catch anything. Bobo wanted to have a competition to see who could throw their line the farthest.. Well.. he won.. he threw it so far that it got stuck in a tree on the other side of the river! He had to cut his line and leave the hook in the tree.. Tubers started passing by and one guy noticed the line coming down from the tree.. we just watched him look and tug at it in puzzlement.. hehehe.



I think Rayhanah's complaining about something or other.. probably why she's not ruling the world yet.. hehe.



and finally.. here's a picture of a chipmunk.. for those of you who've never seen one..