We as you will see from my last post we had a couple of days of snow. It literally snowed for two days and nights and we have a good layer on the ground. Fortunately once those two days were over it brightened up again and al the snow melted away. So we are once again snow-free. For good this time hopefully!
On Saturday we decided to go for day out to Algonquin Park. We hoped we would be able to see a moose or two but unfortunately we saw pretty much nothing. Oh, we did see a heron – which we can see anytime around where we live, but at least we saw something.
All the lakes were pretty much frozen over still and it was considerably colder “up north” than we had where we live. They still had quite a bit of snow on the ground.
Back home we are still getting the deer wandering through the garden. From past experience this will soon stop as once we get towards the end of April we see them less and less.
Lots of chipmunks about now along with the usual squirrels.
Well we have been quite busy this week with the girls visiting. We took them into Belleville just to look around and then we did some shopping at Walmart. They were amazed at the size of the place as we have a superstore here and it is pretty huge. They spent ages looking at the DVD’s and CD’s as they are quite a bit cheaper here than in the UK.
In the evening we didn’t really do too much as the jet lag was catching up with them and they went to bed early.
On Wednesday we went up to Algonquin Park. We had a really good drive up there and stopped off at Tims in Bancroft. This was their first taste of Tims and they really liked the donuts and muffins. We then carried on the journey to the park.
We were lucky with the weather as it was nice and warm but not too hot so walking around was pleasant. One car park we stopped in had lots of black butterflies fluttering around. I managed to get a couple of pictures. They are apparently Mourning Cloak butterflies!
We did the beaver pond trail which goes round two beaver ponds. We saw the dam they had built as well as a couple of lodges where they live.
We then visited the visitors centre and took a look at the photo gallery they had there. There are some stunning photos on display and anyone into nature and photography should definitely visit. We also went round the exhibits they have on show and of course the girls went in the shop.
At the rear of the centre is a viewing platform where you can see across the park and we took some more pics there. When we had visited before they had a feeding station for birds and squirrels etc. This time however the area was a little run down and no food out so no birds or squirrels.
After having a bite to eat at the restaurant we ventured on to one of the many lakes in the park. We spotted some tracks in the sand and when we looked them up they appear to be coyote – unless anyone knows different!
We did a few other trails but failed to see any significant wildlife. The girls wanted to see a moose, but none were playing the game!
At the weekend we took the girls to Toronto where they stayed for two nights. They had a great time and went up the CN Tower, explored the lakefront area and of course shopped. We picked them up on Sunday evening and they were excited but pretty exhausted.
Yesterday we went to Toronto Zoo as this was somewhere they really wanted to go. We drove down together but then split up so they could do their own thing and us oldies were not cramping their style!
We saw some lovely butterflies pictured here.
There were also some amazing animals – here are a few. I will put the rest in my photo album section as soon as I have a few minutes.
This is an acrobatic orangutan baby posing is a slightly undignified way!
A rather stunning tiger
Some lazy river hogs
Just how cool is she?
A grizzly bear who was unfortunately wandering around in circles which is never a good sign in a bear!
And this handsome creature is a Southern hairy-nosed wombat. Now he has a face only a mother could love!
Today we dropped the girls off in Cobourg where they are spending the day on the beach. The weather is going to be great in the mid 20′s so they should get a bit of a tan.
