Camping in Point Farms Provincial Park

This past weekend, the family went away for three nights for some camping in Point Farms Provincial Park. After only a few days away, I realized that not only is camping in the Fall far superior to camping in the Summer, but social media has absolutely taken over my life in the era of 2020. That's not a good thing. That's a lot of content. It's not healthy!

It was incredible to be outside for 72 hours straight. It felt unbelievably refreshing; a 'reset' button was pushed and I felt genuinely rested. The area definitely played a role, because we all agreed that we would return to the same spot. The site was clean. It was quiet, and the scenery was everything you'd expect from Ontario.

We set up on the Friday evening at around 4pm. There wasn't a lot of grass on the campsite, but that ended up being preferable because there were hardly any spiders or bugs.

Our tent is the Mountainsmith Conifer 5+. We got it on sale at SAIL about three years ago and it is hands down, one of the best purchases we have ever made.

It's very tall, so you can stand up in it to set up or get changed, no problem. No hunching!

There's so much ventilation. You can see in the picture above that our front "window" is open.

The tent itself is protected by a separate covering, so the part you're sleeping in isn't directly exposed, getting wet or dirty.

It fits a Queen air-mattress, so there's plenty of room for me and my beast-sized boyfriend to sprawl.

The rods are colour coated and very high quality. This is the most important factor of the product, because the rods are what made the price so worth it. This was not a cheap tent ($300+) and we will never ever buy a cheap tent, solely because of how big a difference quality rods play in set up and tear down.

We had a campfire going the whole weekend. We came home with our clothes smelling of smoke and wood, which I couldn't have wished for more.

Our walks were great because we were right by Lake Huron. The leaves were starting to change colour too, which made the view extra rich.

The water wasn't super choppy the first day we were there, but the second day was insane due to the thunderstorm over night. We all wanted to go swimming, but thought that it would unwise and in our best interest to not get into the tide.

Our nieces loved the beach and had a great time looking for the most perfect rocks. I'd be lying if I said I didn't love searching for rocks too. I have two Red Solo Cups full in our bedroom, I just don't know what to do with them yet. I'll probably just put them in a jar...

The "wildlife" was wonderful too, and I was able to get pretty close to birds and butterflies. Black-throated Green Warblers were everywhere. I got a picture of one just by our campsite; it's a super cute, fat little thing. Monarchs were all over the place too, so I figure there must have been ideal food sources for them.

This weekend was fantastic and appreciated so much. With everything that's been going on this year, it felt really good to get out of the house, into nature, and away from the current world. I think campsites are open well into October... and I'm seriously contemplating booking another weekend away.