Trip to Bolerama & Takoma Park, Day 6

Sunday, July 12, 2026 - Long Beach Conservation Area & Bolerama,Wellfleet, Ontario, Canada, Day 5 - 0 Miles, 214.3 Miles For The Trip

It cooled off nicely last night, going down to 57°F by morning & 62°F in the trailer. 

During my morning walk there were very few trailers packing up to leave. Still, some have left and more left throughout the day.

I spent the morning & early afternoon sitting under the Guido's awning and reading. Finished the 1619 Project & started Crook Manifesto: A Novel (The Harlem Trilogy Book 2) by Colson Whitehead. I'm listening to the second book in a series - The Butcher Game by Alaina Urquhart.

Around 12:30 I headed to the bathroom (washroom since I'm in Canada) for a shower. They have 3 showers that open to the outside & 2 inside the men's bathroom. I used one of the inside ones since they have standard showerheads rather than the high pressure low volume ones on the outside ones. The bad - the showerhead aims at the shower curtain and wets most of the drying area. Two hooks and a bench in the drying area. A push button for water. It was hot enough when I started, but someone was in the other inside shower and by the time I finished it was down to lukewarm water. The pushbutton lasted for at least a minute. Overall, a B-.

I took a few photos of folks leaving:

There was a pot luck with left overs from yesterday & lots of new stuff:

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Trip to Bolerama & Takoma Park, Day 5

Saturday, July 11, 2026 - Long Beach Conservation Area & Bolerama,Wellfleet, Ontario, Canada, Day 4 - 0 Miles, 214.3 Miles For The Trip

During my morning walk I took the camera and took a bunch of pictures. A few here, but many more on the Bolarama 26 page.

It was another quiet day. No rain and in the 80's. We sat outside and read, showed the trailers to a couple of folks. Around 4:30 I packed up the pies, the truck & the Guidos and drove over to the pavilion for the group dinner. Lots of food for all, and drawings for prizes afterwards.

Again, many more photos at the Bolarama page.

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Trip to Bolerama & Takoma Park, Day 4

Friday, July 10, 2026 - Long Beach Conservation Area & Bolerama,Wellfleet, Ontario, Canada, Day 3 - 0 Miles, 214.3 Miles For The Trip

A little cooler last night going down to 61°F. Lots of trailers arrived today including an Escape 13 from the Escape factory. Boy is it small, but light enough to be pulled by almost anything.

After my walk & breakfast I made two blueberry pies. Not the prettiest I've ever made, but they should taste OK.

The Pies

We sat around reading most of the day. During the afternoon we walked over to the rally host trailer and signed in for the dinner tomorrow and pick up a sign for the trailer, a button, a tick remover, and tags for your shampoo & conditioner, A "S" & a "C" made on a on a 3D printer with a rubber band to attach them to your shampoo & conditioner so you can tell which is which in the dark. Since I only use shampoo they won't do much for me but the tick remover might come in handy.

Since my grill is up the creek, we cooked chicken Bubba burgers on Guido's pristine grill. Hated to get it dirty but we did want to eat.

Dinner was Chicken Bubba burgers & tortoni salad.

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Trip to Bolerama & Takoma Park, Day 3

Thursday, July 9, 2026 - Long Beach Conservation Area & Bolerama,Wellfleet, Ontario, Canada, Day 2 - 0 Miles, 214.3 Miles For The Trip

A warm night. I shut of the AC and with the MAXX fan running and an outside temperature of 73°F down to 69°F by morning, the inside of the trailer stayed around 74°F. 

After my morning walk I had breakfast & read both on the internet & my Kindle. Current book is The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones. While it was still in the high 70's sitting outside, I turned on the AC around noon because the inside temperature was hitting 80°F, too warm for my meds.

I started a rack of baby back ribs around 1:30 and sat out in the shade of the Guido's awning for the afternoon.

The grill started acting weird - the flame adjustment wasn't working right. I thought the small tank might have been empty although it felt at least 1/2 full. I unhooked it to change to me spare 20 pounder & a gush of oil and propane spewed out. The 20 pound tank also didn't work right so I think the hose and maybe the grill is filled with oil. I didn't get much further since the food was done. We ate at 5:00 and by 5:30 it started to rain. As I was unhooking the 20 pound tank from the grill hose a cloud of propane spewed from the hose.  It is probably clogged with oil.  I hope the grill isn't. 

Dinner was ribs, a salad, applesauce and an ice cream cone.

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Trip to Bolerama & Takoma Park, Day 2

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 - Long Beach Conservation Area & Bolerama,Wellfleet, Ontario, Canada - 214.3 Miles, 214.3 Miles For The Trip

We had an interesting drive to the park. I suggested we take rt 38 to I 90, and a little before we got there a sign sent us on a detour. The detour eventually ended up at a closed bridge on rt 34. Eventually we wandered across the middle of the state until we found Rt 414 which actually made it far enough south to reach I90. After that the traffic wasn't too bad and we arrived at the campground around 2:00. So, over 200 miles driven for a 180 mile trip.

No problems crossing the border. A bit of a problem with the sites but is worked out & the Guidos are in 71 & I'm in 93. They are next to each other. The sites are 15 amp electric & water on grass. Mine was level, Guido's needed a bit of site to side leveling. $45.00 per night Canadian which works out to $31.80 US. No picnic table at either site, but Anne asked and within 20 minutes one arrived. Since we cook & eat together, only one was necessary. A little beat, but the seat didn't break when I sat down.

My Site (93)

The Guidos (Site 71)

Both Sites

Very hot. Although my app says it is only 78°F, the sensor in my ladder storage fence post says it hit 97°F. A light breeze off the lake that felt nice as long as you were in the shade. Unfortunately, neither of our sites have much shade but we sat under Guido's awning. 

Dinner was left over pizza, and fruit as well as cheese brats & Bush beans.

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