Late Fall Camping at SILENT LAKE Provincial Park | Someone was on our site!

0:00 – Intro
0:43 - Someone was on our site!
1:44 - First morning, exploring the park, day use area and trails
5:07 - Bonnie's Pond Trail
7:28 - Bancroft
8:06 - Campground and Lakeshore Trail
9:31 - Trailer lost water - creative refill
11:03 - Hanging around the campsite
11:52 - Final morning
13:38 - Site Tour
14:14 - Late Fall Camping Tips
16:47 - Closing

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What You'll Like: Over 19 km of hiking trails and 17 km of mountain biking trails, Beautiful lookout point over Silent Lake, No motor boats or electric motors are permitted on Silent Lake, Two sandy beaches, Some campsites are walk-in for camping enthusiasts, Four season roofed accommodations (Yurts & Camp Cabins) available, More than 34 km of groomed winter cross-country ski trails and heated camp cabins

[TheAverageTourist]

Our first time arriving at a site and having someone else set up in our spot...as it ever happened to you?

[TravelingAtoZ]

The late fall camping looks so nice. I love the fall leaves. Thank you for sharing.

[KitatheExplorer]

That is such a great tip to make sure you bring your own water. I know during the colder months, I shut off my outdoor water to prevent from ruining my pipes. But I would forget to think about that when going camping late fall. Thanks for the camping tips.

[Travelsheesh]

Fall is our favorite season to visit and explore the amazing colors of nature. Your night arrival looks spooky😀 Its good that you got the set up already. We never been to camping yet but I think we should explore

[wolfgangspits_fire]

Perfect video to close out the 2024 camping season. Beautiful site.

[AmaiwanTraveler]

Really enjoyed this camping adventure at Silent Lake—thanks for sharing! Can't wait to see more of your outdoor adventures!

[MrSujano]

I think Silent Lake might be my favourite park. So awesome!

[TripsCultureTC]

Very beautiful park, it's true that with the limitations you might miss out on a lot of comfort, but the place is stunning and deserves to be visited for a while. It's perfect for hiking, though with caution.😉

[patriciadelorme]

Thank you for this video. I’ve been to Silent Lake a few years ago and enjoyed my time despite the mostly rainy week. I do want to return. I agree with late fall camping. I can imagine how peaceful it is.

[alexkoeslag]

I love fall camping...best time of year ❤❤😂😂

[glpirate]

Great video thank you for sharing your experience..

[garthtraceysoverlandandonw]

We just got back from Mew Lake in Algonquin Park and arrived at night so when we tried to fill our water tank we found out the well went dry. It was snowing on our entrance to the park so we just left it on the hitch for the night and cozied up in a warm trailer. We had to funnel in enough water just to be able to do simple chores but it worked. Silent lake is on our list for next season. Thanks for sharing it, looks awesome.

[willymueller]

Just a little tip about water siphon effect, we put a wine rabbit (silicone) to plug. water overflow till we get to campsite, be sure to take it out as you can collapse water tank

[carlandre]

Hey Sarah and Allan.
Tent camping. Winter and Fall.
At least a four season tent.
Some go camping with a hot tent, so that is a bit different. And if you have that gear you likely are already invested in winter camping.
We use a smallish tent with a vestuable.
We use a Mr. Buddy heater. Most times.,
We have camped in the electrical section as well. If that is the case we will use an electric heater.

So it depends. On what we are doing.

As for sleeping we use a thermal small air matress.
A large emergency blanket.
And some cushiony type roll mats.
Of corse you will need winter sleeping bags.

Kiln dried wood is awesome. Pine cones are great fire starters.

If we car camp we will bring a cooler. Otherwise a bear barrel.
We eat slightly differently depending on what we have decided to do. .

Camping near the Bonnie trail is somewhat of a hybrid
You can be 1 km away from where you have paarked.

Seeing we are getting older
I will be 62 in Dec. We tend to do either one of these options instead of real backwoods camping.

Also my wife had a brain tumor removed at the end of December last year. Recovery is coming along.

We did camp at Murphy's point over the Thanksgiving weekend. Tent area no electricity. Night time temps were 2c days between 6 and 8. We used our coleman twi burner stove.
Hope this helps

[shawnsprague]

Kind of scary having someone on your spot, never seen that before. A little disappointed with Bancroft brewing. Looked like a great fall camping weekend!

[carlandre]

Hi again so happy you found Silent Lake.
Winter camping there is awesome.
You will have to go back in February or March.

Snow shoeing and the cross country skiing is awesome.
If you like fishing Ice fishing is good.

Near the Bonnie trail in the winter it is only tent or yurts.you need to take your stuff in by sled.
We see some people come with trailers in the winter.

[hangingwiththehunters]

Wonderful job with the video, the filming, editing, and audio are spot on. I will be following your adventures.
Do you have a video of the equipment that you use? I'm always looking for better audio

[katanaguttman]

That's too bad someone was on your site when you arrived. Though sounds like it was an honest mistake and they were nice about switching 6o the site they actually had.
I was there two years ago with a friend during the last week of October tent camping(it was summer like weather during the days that year with good sleeping temps at night). Its beautiful there in the fall even with the leaves down. We did the Bonnie pond trail and like you guys spent time looking on the ground, moving leaves with our treking poles to avoid roots, rocks and divots the leaves hide! Also staying on any trail without leaves on the trees is much harder because without leaves on the trees and other foliage, tails are much less defined.

[daniellehunter]

We keep one of these in the trailer just in case we need a top off :) How was the dump station lineup leaving? Do you guys have a blackwater flush?

[wrxs]

I always enjoy your videos, and the fall is a great time of year if the weather cooperates, no bugs and less people is always a plus. The people in your site probably thought no one had booked it, poor excuse because the park web page indicates reserved spots, something I would never consider doing "nervy".