Bon Echo Provincial Park

This year we booked our Bon Echo campsite along with a large group of friends back in February. The camping trip is an annual group getaway which has a twenty year history, so it’s always important that we book our preferred campsites during the first few hours they are available. With Ontario Provincial Parks that’s five months in advance. Bon Echo Provincial Park is located on Highway 41, 30km …

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Final Experiences of a Grade 8 Chaperone-Quebec City

EVENING OF DAY 3 5:15pm- We board the bus to a buffet restaurant. The girls look very sweet in their dresses. You can tell they spent much time and effort on their appearances…The boys look similar to how they did this morning. My son changed his shorts but that was only because he’d spilt a slushy on them during the day. 6:00pm- Supper time! The kids are pretty quiet, …

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Even More Experiences of a Grade 8 Chaperone- Quebec City

Day 3 6:45am- I wake to an overcast, rainy day. 7:45am- Everyone behaves in a civilized manner at breakfast. 8:45am- We board the bus and visit Chez Marie for some fresh baked bread and delicious maple butter. 9:45am- We arrive at Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre. We are instructed to be very quiet when in the Basilica because mass is going on in the sanctuary. You can tell the adults are a little …

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