June 20, 2011
Hi again everyone! Well, we’ve had our first week at Spray Lake Campground and it’s been fun and interesting. The week was actually pretty quiet with only a few campers each night, but the weekend got a little crazy when a bunch of kids moved in. They said there were only going to have three tents… Well, upon returning later, they were putting up the fifth tent in one site and the third tent in the other. So we had to deal with that. When we got back to our campsite, the Conservation Officer was there…He’d heard them from across the lake. He went down and read them the riot act and didn’t put up with any bullshit…they calmed down after that and were fine for the rest of the weekend. Everyone wanted firewood since the weather has been so cold so that has kept us busy. Here's a picture of our campsite.
The weather has been rainy and wet as can be so I’m not surprised we haven’t had
many campers. This week is forecast to warm up a bit so maybe the weekend will be busier…I expect July 1 weekend to be crazy! Hopefully it will be nice and warm and everyone will enjoy the long weekend.
The water in the lake is rising steadily…each day it comes a bit closer to our campsite…pretty soon we’ll have beachfront property. There is lots of sign of animals around but we’ve only seen some mule deer in the campsites. It’s just as well as the stories of Grizzlies swimming the lake and coming into the campsite should stay just that way…as stories. We’ve seen lots of animals on the roads to and from Canmore and down towards the Boulton Creek where the main office is. We’re heading there today so we can stock up on supplies and hand in the money collected for the week and have nice long hot showers without having to worry about running out of water!....ah the joys of dry camping! Enjoy the pictures attached…you’ll see one of Oso, the great wild mountain dog of the north, and one of our campsite…it’s very comfy and incredibly beautiful.
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