Day 13 - 1000 Islands/Ivy Lea KOA, near Kingston

JR

This morning I woke up around 7:20 went outside and had breakfast, once again a sticky bun. Then we packed and were on the road, we stopped at the info centre in Vermont because dad had to go to the potty. 🚽 Then about an hour later he had to go again, luckily we stopped at a gas station so I could fill up the car 🚘. Then we I had a little sleep as we crossed into Ontario. We stopped at a On Route where a seagull was stalking us wanting food 🥘, mom gave him some of Ava’s bun. Then we were off to Kingston where our last night of our trip was. We went swimming for a long time then came back and had dinner. We went to the jumping pillow where these kids were getting annoyed by moi 😁.  Now we’re chilling by the fire 🔥 

We’re home tomorrow YAY!!!!

Bye. 

AR

Welcome to the final day of our East Coast Adventure. 

So today I woke up facing the wrong way, whoops. I got up and got dressed in any clothes that wanted to go on my body. Me and Mom went to the washroom and while we were walking I spotted a Mole that was trapped on the pool covers in the pool. So Mom climbed the fence grabbed a pool cleaning thing and tried to scoop him out. After about 10mins of doing this “Operation Mole Rescue” we saved him but it looked like he wanted to go back. Then we headed out and got driving me and Jack just watched movies.

We stopped for lunch and had sandwiches and this seagull was watching us and playing “Wax Museum”. 

We arrived at our campsite around 3:00pm and set up then me and Jack played on the bubble then spent a long time at the pool. Then we had dinner soup - Yum!! Then me and Jack went back to the bubble and played and these kids kept saying “Go Away” so me and Jack jumping near them lol! At the fire me and Dad had to redo our cones! Now we’re just chilling and tomorrow we go home. So this concludes the ending of our East Coast Adventure. 

Me

We stayed at the Twin Mountain KOA last night and it is one of the nicest KOA’s we’ve stayed at. It’s smaller in size so not a parking lot of RV’s, very clean - especially the bathrooms and showers. Lots of fun, free activities for the kids. The only downside is as that I could hear the highway traffic all night. I’d stay here again and for longer than a night!! We started our morning early as usual. After breakfast “A” and I headed to the washrooms. On our way we noticed a little creature scurry across the pool (it was covered). We stopped to look and realized it was a little mole and he was stuck and couldn’t get out of the pool. The gate was locked and the office wasn’t opened so ”A” and I started “Operation Mole Rescue”. I climbed the fence and used the skimmer net to try to catch him but he was a feisty little guy and kept evading me or leaping out of the net. He even fell into the water and tried to swim away from me.  Eventually, after some entertainment in watching me talk to him and coax him into my net, I got him and placed him in the garden on the outside of the pool enclosure. I returned the pool skimmer and when I went to check on him, he had burrowed through the garden and back into the pool deck. So I stomped hard on the concrete to scare him back towards the garden and fingers crossed he stayed out of the pool. He was a cute little thing, about the size of a chubby mouse with an orange flower shaped nose. After that we packed up and headed out. We drove through some beautiful mountains and some nice little towns and finally landed back in Canada. We stopped for lunch and had a friendly seagull keep an eye on us. I think he was as a “cooler inspector”. He made sure no other “cooler inspectors” came near our meal either. It was like playing “wax museum” with him. Every time we looked at him, he would freeze or look up - like he wasn’t interested in us at all. We crossed the boarder in Quebec and headed for our final stop at the 1000 Islands/ Ivy Lea KOA near Kingston. It is another fantastic KOA spot. We have a treed site, that has lots of privacy. The pool is awesome and heated - even I went in. A separate adult only hot tub and a slide for the kids. There is also a bounce bubble (which the kids love) and a big playground. They have activities every hour for the kids and if we were staying longer the kids would love that!! The kids had their final bounce at the bounce bubble and now we’re sitting by the fire. We made campfire cones tonight - “A” and Matt had to do a “do-over”, I cooked mine slow and it was perfect. Well, I guess this is the last blog of this adventure ... homeward bound tomorrow!!

Favourites ...

Favourite campsite:

JR - Kingston KOA

AR - Red Point, PEI 

SR - Red Point, PEI

MR - Red Point, PEI

Trip song

JR - Summer Paradise, Simple Plan

AR - Something Just Like This, Chain Smokers

SR - Meant to Be, Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line

MR - Back to You, Selina Gomez

Favourite Spot

JR - Charlottetown

AR - Hopewell Rocks

SR - Hopewell Rocks

MR - Greenwich National Park PEI, sand dunes

Favourite Memory

JR - PEI Red Point Beach

AR - Operation Mole Rescue

SR - Kayaking through Lover’s Arch & around Hopewell Rocks

MR - Sea Kayaking

Favourite Meal

JR - Coastal Waters, Cape Breton

AR - Pancake dinner at our campsite 

SR - Coastal Waters, Cape Breton

MR - Peakes Key, Charlottetown

Favourite View

JR - Skyline Trail

AR - Bay of Fundy

SR - Skyline Trail

MR - Sand Dunes, Greenwich