The Roadtreking Tobermory Gathering Photo Spread

By Mike Wendland | Updated Sep 9, 2016

The Roadtreking Tobermory Gathering brought 60-plus Roadtrekers to Canada's beautiful Bruce Peninsula National Park near Tobermory, Ontario for a week of camping in the Birches campground on Cyprus Lake.

It was all boondocking, for while the campground has scenic well-equipped and mostly wooded and private sites, there were no electrical or water hookups. Except for a little rain early Thursday, the weather was pretty much postcard picture perfect.

Our campers all had Class B motorhomes- Roadtreks of just about every model out there, from 1988 to a new CS Adventurous that was purchased just last week. There was one Pleasure-Way as well. Our campers came from across North America. There were lots of Canadians from Ontario and Quebec, and our U.S. campers came from Colorado, Vermont, Alabama, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois and Florida

Days were filled with sightseeing, lots of hiking, snorkeling the crystal clear waters of Lake Huron's Georgian Bay, photographing and lots of socializing. Here are some of the highlights;

Sunrise on Cyprus Lake. The campground is right on the shores of this beautiful inland lake, which is itself just a half mile from Lake Huron.

Mike and Jennifer's dog, Bo, loved the lake. The park welcomes dogs, as long as they are on a six foot leash

A lighthouse on Georgia Bay off Tobermory

The Grotto, a rock faced stretch of shoreline just a short hike from the campround, draws many. The water is cool but clear. — The Grotto, a rock faced stretch of shoreline just a short hike from the campground, draws many. The water is cool but clear.

tgrottobo-1-of-1 — Bo surveying the action from the grotto

There were miles of hiking trails leading from our camground — There were miles of hiking trails leading from our campground

Roadtrek sent lots of swag - hats, to-go coffee mugs, coozis, notebooks, etc — Roadtrek sent lots of swag – hats, to-go coffee mugs, coozis, notebooks, etc

Jim and Rhonda Phipps were among several in our group to go snorkeling in the crystal clear fresh water

The inland lake we camped on is named for these massive cyprus trees which grow right up to the shoreling — The inland lake we camped on is named for these massive cyprus trees which grow right up to the shoreline

At night, we'd take chairs to the lakeshore to watch the sunset

toursite-1-of-1 — Sites were wooded, roomy and quite private

Roadtrekers Ohlen and Connie Cartmell from Ohio enjoy a romanic dinner under the cedars at the camsite — Roadtrekers Ohlen and Connie Cartmell from Ohio enjoy a romanic dinner under the cedars at the campsite

Jim and Rhonda Phipps enjoyed a sunset swim on Cyrus Lake

The shrot path to the beach from our campsite — The short path to the beach from our campsite

There were regular social times for the group late in the afternoons

Meet our Roadtrekers….

Steve Spaulding and Jayne Sheridan — Stevie Spaulding and Jayne Sheridan

Carole and Tim Mallon with Otto and Ruby

Mike Wendland

Published on 2016-09-09

Mike Wendland is a multiple Emmy-award-winning Journalist, Podcaster, YouTuber, and Blogger, who has traveled with his wife, Jennifer, all over North America in an RV, sharing adventures and reviewing RV, Camping, Outdoor, Travel and Tech Gear for the past 12 years. They are leading industry experts in RV living and have written 18 travel books.

2 Responses to “The Roadtreking Tobermory Gathering Photo Spread”

September 12, 2016at9:07 pm, Fritz Gilbert said:

I heard your wonderful podcast from here on my commute this morning, then viewed your incredible pics on my computer while working….. Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you, until we’re able to experience those wonderful places ourselves! Georgian Bay is on our Bucket List, and I’ve added your review to my Evernote “Retirement RV Places To Camp” file! Thanks for all you do!

September 12, 2016at10:22 am, Margaret Schulz said:

Thanks for all the wonderful photos of the rally participants! We often see the names in other publications, on Cyber rally, and as authors of some of you articles, and it is so nice to attach a face to the names!

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