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Driftwood Provincial Park

 I was finally able to go on my first camping trip of the season this weekend. Ontario had just announced a reduction of the COVID rules which allowed Ontario Parks to open for overnight camping. I went to Driftwood Provincial Park which was a 2.5-hour drive from Ottawa. Along the way we stopped at a great little chip truck on the side of the highway in Cobden, I highly recommend it. 

Overall the trip was nice and it was great to get out into nature again, and away from the city. The downside of the trip was that there was a fire ban in place which meant no campfires or smores, and due to the park just reopening for camping a lot of the trails hadn't been maintained yet as there was plenty of fallen trees across some of them making it impassible. 

The campsite that we had was great though, as it had its own private beach area just behind the site with a little path going down. The park is located on the Ottawa River so it was quite nice to swim in it. During the stay, I went on one hike called the Riverview Trail which was quite nice but a little rocky in some parts. Most of the photos of animals and plants came from that hiking trip. Overall, it was a great trip if a little buggy but that's mainly due to the time of year. I will be sure to go back to this park again.

Black Tailed Skimmer

Pink Lady Slippers

View from the trail lookout

Private Campsite Beach View

Common Whitetail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Oxeye Daisy

Spotted Pine Sawyer

Spotted Pine Sawyer

Bunchberry Plant

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