Kejimkujik National Park (June 13-16)

 I am loving the short travel days! From Valleyview to Keji (rhymes with edgy) was only about an hour's drive! Once we were checked in at the front gate with our park passes, we proceeded to the campground registration kiosk. We were in site 310 with 30 amp electric hook-up. The campground was huge! There were a lot of downed trees in our loop, but the campsites were clear. The sites were so clear in our loop that we thought we would have it all to ourselves...but no, it pretty much filled up by 7 p.m.

 After we arrived, we took the bikes off the car. This looked like a great place to ride our bikes to explore the park. In fact, we rode our bikes to the visitors' center which was about 5 miles from the campground. There were rest areas beside the Mersey River.

The following day we hiked Slapfoot Trail. It follows the lake from the furthest campground loop all the way to Jake's Landing. 

 But, alas, the trail was only open to within a quarter of a mile of Jake's Landing. The area about a quarter of a mile beyond the group camp area was closed due to spraying of the hemlock trees. Beyond that, the pontoon bridge was not in place to cross the river to Jake's Landing. 

We did see some interesting sights as we walked the trail. This camping pod is called an Oasis. It sleeps 4. There is a dinette in the bottom that makes into a bed and above that is a loft. Several of them were occupied. There are windows above the red portion.

Later in the day, we rode our bikes to Jake's Landing where you can rent kayaks, canoes, and paddle boards.

 Then we continued to Merrymakedge Beach. Yes, there were people swimming in the lake! I felt the water and it was about air temperature (65 degrees)! Too cold for us1 Along the way we picked up some geocaches. Yes, there was one in this old phone booth!

Unfortunately, we didn't get to do much on our last day at Keji--it rained all day. Every time there was a break in the rain, Bob and I ventured outside to get some exercise, walking around the campground loop. Needless to say we didn't get out very much that day.

Cheers to our time at Keji! 

We would have liked more time here, but it was time to move to our next spot......