A Little Bit of Everything

Today I feel like we are finally settling in. We know our way around town a bit more, we've scoped out the conveniences like grocery stores and Mac's Milk and we've seen how many days of groceries we can actually fit in the trailer. It's all coming back to me now. There's a bit of a rhythm to it but it can be done. Three people-two hundred square feet.
Yesterday morning we had an unexpected guest and today we had two. Yesterday in the early hours of the morning we heard Boulder growl and then bark at something. He is normally very quiet so my husband popped his head out to see what was going on and saw a black bear walking down the middle of the camp road. I really didn't believe him at first-he often likes to see if he can pull one over in me. Today I was inside the trailer when Savanna came knocking and said, "Come look. There's a cute puppy outside!" I didn't move too quickly thinking it was just someone walking their dog by but by the time I got out there was another dog settled under our trailer. I was very surprised because Boulder is not normally a fan of other dogs but he seemed to like this one just fine. We took a look at the tags and called the phone number on the but got no answer. After no one came looking we headed toward the dog beach thinking maybe he had come from there. Sure enough, Rusty's owner was there and glad to see him. Our second visitor was a decidedly unwelcome one. We were just about to load Savanna's bike trailer up when she said,"Spider!" I turned to look expecting a regular old garden variety spider but instead saw a giant tennis ball size, grey striped, hairy spider. Wayne crushed it before I had a chance to take a picture but I don't think I'm going to forget what it looked like anytime soon. I recall joking last night about a spider's big brother coming to get Wayne after he crushed a regular sized spider last night. I don't want to know who this spiders big brother is!
We returned to Petawawa Provincial Park today. It's actually nothing like the provincial parks we've seen before. There are no camping or comfort facilities, it's really just a series of trails through the woods. I thought we would our bikes down a paved area which, according to the map ended at the waterfront. In reality it turned into a downhill sprint in which I tried to keep the contents of my bicycle basket from flying away, smashing my thumb in the process, and then meandered into a turkey trail infested by deer flies. Needless to say, we quickly beat it back up the hill. The dirt trails were actually better but the heat was oppressive amongst all those trees.
We hit a grocery store for a few items that we either couldn't find or were too overpriced at the Canex store. At first we weren't even sure we could shop at the Canex since it was on the base but after asking around we were told you did not have to be military. The Canex is nice because the profits go directly back into the military.
I really thought we had bought more than I could fit in but I made it work. We really lack in cupboard space here so I have taken part of the space under the entertainment unit for a dry goods pantry and the things I really don't want Savanna getting into I store in the overhead cupboard. So many things to consider when we get our next trailer.
There has been some much needed rain here in the last few hours. It has been so dry up here they are under a fire ban. Even the golf course is dry and brown. Of course, it had to storm at just the time Wayne was barbecuing.
What can you do?