Single Older Woman – Life’s Passion – Canadian Bodies of Water – I’ve swam a few

Aug 2021

With a few vacation days still available this summer, I took a rare Monday off from work and decided to make the trip out to Darlington Provincial Park, one of the #ontarioparks on my list of locations to visit.

Once I settled in on the beach and had a few snacks, I headed into the water. There were only a few families out and about and I could swim freely at my leisure.

As I blissfully floated on the calm waters, looking up to the blue cloudless sky and listening quietly to the familiar sounds of kids frolicking about, it occurred to me, quite surprisingly that this was MY FIRST SWIM IN Lake Ontario! How is that possible? I’ve been swimming my entire life and yet we never had occasion to swim in Lake Ontario.

So I thought back to all those bodies of water, I too frolicked in – with family, parents, children, friends, bff’s, boyfriends, cousins, nieces and nephews.

I took stock then and there to recollect all the waters I’ve swam in:

From a young age and into my teens, we were fortunate to have an above ground pool at home. For vacations, our parents took us camping at #MusselmansLake or a cottage stay near #WasagaBeach on Georgian Bay.

With kids of my own, they too enjoyed the waters of Wasaga Beach. We didn’t swim at Cherry Beach or Ashbridge’s Bay, but instead would drive 2 hours north to Georgian Bay.

In 2017, I traveled to Manitoba and swam at #GrandBeach, on Lake Winnipeg, in 2018, I (we) traveled to New Brunswick and I swam at #ParleeBeach, on the #Northumberlandstrait, as well as #Singingsands in PEI, also on the Northumberland Strait.

In 2019, I swam at #LakeManitou in Saskatchewan and #Devonshirebeach, Lesser Slave Lake in Alberta.

In 2021, I swam at #SaubleBeach on Lake Huron and I dipped my toes into Lake Erie while at Point Pelee National Park.

Bodies of water left to conquer – Martinique Beach in the Atlantic Ocean, in Nova Scotia, Sandbanks Beach in Prince Edward County (also on Lake Ontario), Singing Sands Beach, in Tobermory, on Lake Huron and Long Beach, on the Pacific Rim of the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia.

Stay tuned for a future post about my 2022 vacation to the East Coast.

Thank you for reading and letting me share.

Joye