Solo Female Spring Car Camping | Six Mile Lake Provincial Park | Canada
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2023
- Welcome to Camping with Kim - my new camping channel and my fourth adventure!
Join me on my solo female spring car camping adventure during Canada’s early spring season with my new Honda CRV (I'm replacing my old CRV! More on that later..). This time I visit Six Mile Lake Provincial Park which is less than a two hour drive north of Toronto. Being so close, I always wanted visit this park.
This time, I camp at a site where my car can’t go. The lakefront site I reserve at Six Mile Lake Provincial Park is a walk-in only site, but luckily, it’s only a short hike from my car over a hill or two. This is the closest I've done to 'backpacking' haha!! After hulling everything to my camp site, I setup two tents to eat, sleep and kayak while enjoying the calming views of the water and a small island.
Lakefront sites are my favourite!!!
When I went, it was still getting pretty chilly at night so I still had to bundle up and use a heater. I read reviews that this park has a problem with highway noise and it is true. You can hear the traffic as I setup camp. However, as it gets later into the night, the traffic dies down and it remains fairly quiet into the early morning. Overall, the traffic noise didn’t bother me too much but it’s something definitely to be aware of if you expect a super quiet nature camping experience.
Given the closeness of the park to Toronto and the calm water lakes for kayaking, swimming and boats, I wouldn’t hesitate to come back to this park, even for a quick day trip.
I hope you enjoy this video and get some ideas for your next adventures. Or, drop a comment to give me some ideas for my next adventures!
Thanks for watching!
Really enjoying your videos. Thank you.
Thank you, that makes me happy!
So awesome so serene.
Thanks John!
Hi Kim, I enjoyed your trip to 6 mile lake park. It was very peaceful and certain amount of calmness. Loved the dancing bear😁. I think what through me off was the kayak🚣🏻♀️. I have never seen a collapsable kayak or any type of water floatation device 🤔. Inflated yes but not folding in a sense. So cool👍. Camping at 6 miles looks amazing and will have to put it on my list in the fall. Thanks Kim for another amazing video 🙏🫶
Hi Dave! The folding kayak is really cool! I don't really have space to mount a kayak on my roof next to the roof box, so having one that fits neatly into my trunk is great. It's also very very light weight and tracks decently straight in the waters. The only thing is that I had it shipped up from California, so it was a bit costly after duties and all, but I've enjoyed using it quite a bit, so still worth it to me. Thanks again!
Beautiful video. Very well done. Love your camping setup
Thanks Lori!
Hello from the very quiet sunny Ozarks Kim! Another video of value! Folding kayaks are great asset. i have a tuktec and takes litttle room to pack and light to carry. Its great in calm waters but doesnt like wakes. i keep a bilge pump in mine to pump water out if the wakes get to high. thanks for sharing another adventure. tight lines!
Hello to the Ozarks! Thanks Phillip! Love folding kayaks! I was going to go with Tuktec too but got attracted by Oru's kickstarter. Thanks for the tip - I don't have a pump but we're regulated to have at least a bailer/bucket along with some other safety stuff. I haven't attempted to take it into rougher waters yet as I still prefer small and calm bodies of water. Thanks for watching and tight lines and bent rods!
Great video! Can you please tell me what brand was the gas stove and cook stand you were using when making your soup.
Thanks Edmund! The stove is a Widesea Camping Gas Stove. The stand didn't really have a brand, but I just searched for "stainless steel folding campfire grill stand" and a few options came up on amazon for me. The one I bought had these dimensions: Unfolded size: 32*22.5*29cm/10.6*8.7*11.4in
Folded size: 27*24.5*1cm/10.6*9.6*0.4in but it was a bit too tall for this stove, so I just installed the legs backwards (the feet will spread out farther apart) and it lowered itself closer to this stove. Enjoy!
And you got a new crv, it's looking great
yes!! But I found it’s not flat at the back anymore in this new model :( I’m going to quickly fix that and then I can sleep in my car again!
I'm so happy to see you kim again
Thanks Jenny! I was really happy to get back out there
Love your set up, Where can I get that stand and light you use at 7:05
Hi Christopher, Thanks and sorry I missed seeing your message earlier! The light stand is a generic piece I found browsing online. You'll find many options using the search terms "Folding Camping Lantern Stand Pole" on Amazon, etc. As for the light, I got a pair of them from Aliexpress and you can find it by searching "80W MOS-LY01-1PCS" for a single piece. I wasn't sure if it was going to be a nice light but it turned out to be plenty bright with a really good battery life. Recharging it can take a long while though.
I’m headed up there tommrow for 3 days the park looks so wonderful!
I hope you have a good time!! (and that the air is ok due to the fires)
4:08 Could you share the brand of cot you are using? I’m looking for one that is already set up/simple to fold out without needing to stretch the material over the ends (hard if you lack strength from arthritis).
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Hi Eva! The cot I bought was this one www.amazon.ca/dp/B08PB87XV5 but I don't see it available on Amazon's Australia site. It's just a generically mass produced and rebranded cot which sells under many made up names like this one www.amazon.com.au/HIGH-POINT-SPORTS-Sleeping-Portable/dp/B0BYD5BY6N If you browse around for this product, you will find very similar cots on Amazon's site under various names and prices.
I also looked at a few of your Australian camping stores and found a few other options for you here:
www.downundercamping.com.au/coleman-converta-suspension-cot
www.bcf.com.au/p/wanderer-easy-out-stretcher-single/520766.html
decathlon.com.au/products/camp-bed-for-camping-camp-bed-second-65-cm-1-person
www.macpac.com.au/wanderer-easy-up-single-stretcher/118855.html
Hope that helps!
@@campingwithkim thank you SO much for such a detailed response! I’m very grateful to you 🙏🇦🇺❤️
Looking forward to my own solo camping adventures, inspired by you!
I'm glad to help! Happy camping!!
20 minutes of trying to watch the video and read subtitles I know it’s so hard to talk and explain things but asmr videos are a thing of the past
Thanks for your feedback James - will consider it :)
@@campingwithkim more asmr videos, nothing ruins a video more than irritating youtube music and unneeded comments from the youtube creator.
I love this style of video :) One can never please everyone so you continue to do you and those that enjoy will continue to support your channel! Thanks again for all the effort it takes to film and edit. Much appreciated that you share your adventures with us. Thanks, from Australia 🇦🇺 🙏 😊