Thursday, July 19, 2012

Day 7 Circle Tour – Schreiber.


July 19

We learned a few days ago that Schreiber is pronounced “Scriber” but we keep forgetting, letting everyone here know we are foreigners.

We like some of the innovations at this Canadian park. Every five or six campgrounds there is a special stand with a rake and a shovel and an invitation to clean up the campsite. Gary likes that and immediately raked up the site and chided me for walking on his “clean” ground. There's a special bin for used green propane tanks. The government employees pick them up, express any unused gas and recycle them.

We talk to other campers. The family next site over arrived with a pop up carrier much like the one we used to have and Gary immediately went over to discuss gear. I think he talked the fellow, a professor at the University of Manitoba, into moving up to the HTT that we have. Gary would like to sell it and get something bigger. And then we would get something bigger after that until we were in a Class A motor home so big we couldn't actually take it anywhere.

While we were talking, we spotted a chipmunk going into the van. He may still be in there for all we know. The chipmunks here are even more aggressive than those at Laura Lake...and as cute. We are told not to feed the animals, but it is obvious these guys are world class beggars.

Today I perform at a festival in Schreiber (pronounced Scriber) at 2:00 p.m. Then the rest of the day we'll hike some trails. We'll have to leave here relatively early tomorrow to make our next stop in the Pukaskwa National Park.south of White Lake. We intend to stay there several days before I need to get to Sault Ste Marie for my next performances.

Meanwhile, we sit on the shore avoiding our own world. We don't look at Facebook and have no idea what is going on in politics. If there are catastrophes, we are blissfully unaware. Our cellphones don't work here, there's no wi fi.

For the time being, no camp gear is being moved and I am content.

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