Last July we did our year end campout out at Cross Lake Provincial Park. We borrowed canoes from our regional group and canoed out to Georges Point to camp for two nights.
We had 5 families consisting of 7 adults and 10 children able to go. We all met at the campground boat launch in the afternoon, loaded up our canoes and headed across the lake.
The weather was fair and it didnt take too long to get across the lake. No one tipped, but Andrew and Gwyn were having trouble keeping on course. Gwyn hadn't canoed before, but Andrew has and we figured he would be ok to steer and get them across. When they started going way off course, Russ had to catch up to them and give them a crash course on how to steer.
Georges Point is classed as a walk in campsite area as there is a trail from the main campground. Canoeing is a more enjoyable and an easier, quicker way to get all your gear to camp. Georges Point also has its own dock. The campsites have outhouses, picnic tables, fire pits and a shed for garbage and food storage.
We got three sites to set up our 6 tents. These sites aren't reservable, and when I called to see if there was any way we could reserve them since we were a larger group, I was told that this spot is never busy and barely anyone goes out here. This weekend there were two other families out there!
The first evening was spent setting up camp and hanging out by the fire. To our pleasant surprise we had a deer come through our campsites regularly all weekend.
The next day was free fishing day in Alberta, so a bunch of the kids decided they wanted to fish. About half of us went out in the canoes to practice our canoeing skills and the other half went fishing, either in canoes or off the dock.
I went canoeing with another mom as I wanted to be able to practice my canoeing skills with someone who knows how to canoe. I am usually paired up with Emma and having to do all the work (paddling and steering). It was nice to get a feel for being able to work together with someone who is contributing with their paddling.
While practicing and exploring, I picked some green cattail flowers to cook for everyone at supper.
After we got back from canoeing, three children had caught fish! I think it was each of their first times too! It was pretty exciting, but once we realized it was alot of fish to eat, we told the rest of the kids, no more fishing, cause we had to be able to eat up everything they had caught. The dads helped clean the fish and set them up to cook over the fire.
The fish turned out really good and the kids enjoyed eating them.
After supper Emma asked to go canoeing with me again. She wanted to discuss stopping for icecream on the way home from camping. We paddled around for a bit.
It was nice to see a bunch of the other kids go out in the canoes again after supper.
We had 5 families consisting of 7 adults and 10 children able to go. We all met at the campground boat launch in the afternoon, loaded up our canoes and headed across the lake.
The weather was fair and it didnt take too long to get across the lake. No one tipped, but Andrew and Gwyn were having trouble keeping on course. Gwyn hadn't canoed before, but Andrew has and we figured he would be ok to steer and get them across. When they started going way off course, Russ had to catch up to them and give them a crash course on how to steer.
Georges Point is classed as a walk in campsite area as there is a trail from the main campground. Canoeing is a more enjoyable and an easier, quicker way to get all your gear to camp. Georges Point also has its own dock. The campsites have outhouses, picnic tables, fire pits and a shed for garbage and food storage.
We got three sites to set up our 6 tents. These sites aren't reservable, and when I called to see if there was any way we could reserve them since we were a larger group, I was told that this spot is never busy and barely anyone goes out here. This weekend there were two other families out there!
The first evening was spent setting up camp and hanging out by the fire. To our pleasant surprise we had a deer come through our campsites regularly all weekend.
The next day was free fishing day in Alberta, so a bunch of the kids decided they wanted to fish. About half of us went out in the canoes to practice our canoeing skills and the other half went fishing, either in canoes or off the dock.
I went canoeing with another mom as I wanted to be able to practice my canoeing skills with someone who knows how to canoe. I am usually paired up with Emma and having to do all the work (paddling and steering). It was nice to get a feel for being able to work together with someone who is contributing with their paddling.
While practicing and exploring, I picked some green cattail flowers to cook for everyone at supper.
After we got back from canoeing, three children had caught fish! I think it was each of their first times too! It was pretty exciting, but once we realized it was alot of fish to eat, we told the rest of the kids, no more fishing, cause we had to be able to eat up everything they had caught. The dads helped clean the fish and set them up to cook over the fire.
After supper Emma asked to go canoeing with me again. She wanted to discuss stopping for icecream on the way home from camping. We paddled around for a bit.
A couple of the parents went out on the water also and ended up teaching the kids how to leapfrog to switch places in a canoe on the water.
We hung around the campfires for the rest of the evening.
The next morning we had to pack everything up in a drizzle of rain. We didnt even make the whole breakfast as we had planned, as we just wanted to get going.
The rain cleared up for our paddle back across the lake.
Everyone really enjoyed our weekend camping and canoeing at Georges Point. There was even talk of making this trip an annual thing as our yearend campout.
I always enjoy our JFW outings as the families in our group are really great. The kids have made some good friends within the group and have fun learning and adventuring together. Can't wait to see where our next adventure will take us!
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