Cyprus Lake Camping - Day 1

Trevor at Little Dunks Bay

Peter, Emily and I went camping at Cyprus Lake at Bruce Peninsula National Park again. We first went in the summer of 2014 for one night with a few others from the foodie group. This time Keith, Gabe and Fiona were replaced by Trevor, Cynara and Jonathan.

On Saturday morning I met Jonathan at Cynara's place near Dufferin and Eglinton. After a stop at the nearby Timmies to pick up coffee and breakfast, we headed north.

The park is located about 85 kilometres north of Owen Sound off Highway 6. It's about 300 kilometres north of Toronto; 3-1/2 hours in good traffic, 4 or more in bad. We arrived at the park at around noon.

Check-in time wasn't until 2:00 p.m., so we headed a few kilometres north to Tobermory to wander around. At their visitor centre there we asked for hike suggestions. The girl there gave us a map of nearby hikes, so we decided to do one while we waited for the others.

On the way I bumped into a former CPC friend, Phyllis Chong. She was visiting with a couple of her friends and their dog. It's the second time I've run into friends from Toronto in Tobermory. In June, 2014 I saw Georgette with her photography buddies.

A little bit northeast of the Tobermory visitor centre is the Fathom Five National Marine Park visitor centre. From there we hiked 800 metres to Little Dunks Bay Lookout to have a look and take some photos. Peter, Emily and Trevor were nearby, so we waited there for them.

After we all met up we decided to head on and do the Burnt Point Loop. It takes you to Dunks Point and a couple other viewpoints along the northeastern part of the peninsula. At 4.8 kilometres round-trip from the visitor centre, it's a 2-hour hike.

The scenery along the shoreline is quite stunning. The tall pines, rugged rocks and freezing cold, crystal clear, blue water are all eye candy. Just beautiful!

Afterwards we checked into our campsite, lot 55, shortly after 6:00. While there were separate men's and women's bathrooms, there weren't any showers. Not a big deal since we were only there for two nights. We set up our tents and got ready to prepare dinner.

Peter brought lamb, Cynara, wings and Emily sausages. Jonathan brought corn on the cob and sweet potatoes which we wrapped in tin foil and tossed in the fire.

We didn't stay up too late. No star shots. The moon was too bright. Couldn't see the Milky Way. Time for bed.