Sibbald Point Provincial Park/Golf Ontario Senior and Mid-Am

From Glenn Rouge I drove to Sibbald Point Provincial Park to spend five nights, June 5th to 10th, while I was playing at the Golf Ontario Senior and Mid-Am at The Briars.  The park was great, once I found a site that I could easily "pull-through" with a rig the size of mine.  The previous pull through sites I had experienced ran pretty much straight between two roads.  In this park the pull through sites are more U shaped and for the most part the U is too severe for a 32' trailer to sit in. There wasn't a problem switching sites because the park was not very busy as early June is still not the prime season there, at least not during the week.  The site I ended up on was shaped more like an upside down J.  It was in the woods and would be quite secluded even if the campground was full.  I could have had a real problem though because I was walking through the woods to look at various campsites and didn't realize that this park is loaded with poison ivy.  Thankfully, because of the cool temperature, I was wearing long pants and closed shoes and didn't have any reactions.  I now know what all 3 species of the plant look like and will steer clear of them in the future.  

This was the first park I was at that didn't have water at the campsite.  I had to fill my tank at the water depot at the entrance to the park.  I had enough for the full stay, though my grey water tank did get filled to capacity.  One of my friends that was involved with the tournament stayed with me for 3 of the nights. 

Being a bit further north the nights were cooler that in the city the previous week so I finally broke down and purchased an electric ceramic heater for use at night.  It isn't very big, is designed for safe operation and worked well keeping the trailer cozy at night.  I did this more for my guest than myself. 

I didn't play as well as I would have liked at the tournament, which I will chalk up to not preparing as well as usual (practicing and playing before hand), due to all the work that was going into getting the trailer purchased and fitted out.  This tournament was scheduled about six weeks earlier than normal because of the venue.  The Briars Resort gets busy in July and August so the early date was a condition of their hosting it.  Other than the poor result, T17 in Mid-Am and T14 in Senior, the early timing works well for me this summer as I was able to play and then I can be away for the whole summer.