Cell Phone Service: We forgot to review the cell service in this park. If you've been to this park please let us know your experience with cell service.
The trailer fill and dump station are all new and great. Big beautiful new park office as well. Also have added a lot of gravel so the roads arent as bad now.
@@CampingwiththeColes Thanks! We'll take some ear plugs for the trains. We camped a couple of years ago at Craigleith at a powered site 30 feet from Highway 26 and we survived!
Ontario parks really need to change how people book and hoard sites. Here we are in September and we cannot get a weekday site anywhere in the se area, yet you drive around the parks and there's Ll kinds of empty sites
Thank you for your review. It’s another PP I pass on my way to visit family near Toronto. I’m now watching the reviews with my mother, who camps with me often. She enjoyed it as well. She loves how part of the camp sites where private, however, will not go when it rains due to the multiple puddles!!! She informed me not to book if it’s raining!!!! 😅. I will be adding it hopeful next year. Take care. Keep calm & camp on!!!!
That's great that you're spreading the news about our videos. I guess you'll have to look at the Farmers Almanac for the weather for five months in the future when making your reservations😄. Happy camping!
Thanks for the insights of Oaster. I always wondered what it was like, having go by it on old 69 before the 400 was extended. We just got back from a week at Killbear. I forgot just how beautiful that park is. Haven’t been able to get into it for 15 years. Next year Arrowhead is on the on the agenda, so looking forward for that review. Travel safe
That's great that you finally got into Killbear after 15 years. It's a beautiful park. Arrowhead isn't too bad either. That video is coming up soon but I'm not sure exactly when yet. I haven't started putting it together yet because we're too busy camping 😄
Arrowhead is my favorite park, with lots of private sites, you feel like you are alone in the woods. I really liked how you talked about the camp sites , highway and trains.
I arrived the day after you left. Visited Cranberry Winery, Bala Falls, and Bobby Orr Hall of Fame while there. The old camp store in the 400's camping area is closing this year I was told. Enjoyed my time there.
Thought I recognized your board games from past videos also. We have visited the store often and have bought travel size games and full size games like yours. Very friendly and cool to see the shop. I’m starting to guess your ratings as your views seem to be very close to what me and my husband look for when camping. Thanks for your hard work and all the funnies also❤
Thanks for another great park review. I think you were generous with your rating. I was recently there for my first time. It had rained and did rain during our stay. The roads and drainage are terrible as you pointed out. Took days for the puddles to dry up. I too had a site in the riverside area which is the best in this park. There is a rail trail across the road that takes you to Rose Point. A great nature trail as we seen many turtles and a deer. However I'm less inclined to have a return visit to this park.
That was a close one! In the original edit I cut it before your rig showed up. On the second edit I realized your rig was there and I wanted you to see it so I moved the footage up include it.
Man, I can't imagine doing a 5-park trip like that. The thought of setting up and taking down so often makes me want to cry! I tent camp, though. I'm sure trailers are a game changer! 🤣 Thanks for another great review! Makes me even more excited about my camping trip next weekend. Can't wait to watch the sunset from my site at Driftwood.
@domiqueroy1495 I understand what you mean. I used to tent and now I have a small travel trailer (13’). It’s a different type of work for sure!!! I prefer to stay more than longer to really get to know the park.
I guessed 7 🤠 We went to Arrowhead in July for the first time for 5 nights, it’s a big park with lots to do, can’t wait for that review, I’m guessing 8.5. We trying to book Rockwood over Thanksgiving weekend and no spots available 😪we’ll keep looking.
We were there in July. We can see there is more standing water than when we were there. We had no idea there was a camp store! We missed the trail for sure!
That camp store is very strange. It's completely hidden with no signs. It looks like some one lives in it because the lady was reading on the side porch as we approached then she went in the store to help us. We couldn't go in though, we just had to say what we wanted at the door and she'd get it for us. Very strange...
Just came back from Mikisew and loved it. I am not sure about this park. When you rode by the waterfront sites I thought it was group camping. Can't wait for your Arrowhead review.
Arrowhead is still one of our favorites! Oastler is great for kayaking but not not so great for anything else. If you want trains, try windy lake PP. it sounds like it’s going to come right thru your campsite! 😂🤣
If you had the choice between Six mile lake, Oastler lake and Killbear park which one would you chose? Tent camping, two adults only for a few days. Thank you!
Killbear is beautiful 😍 great hikes and beautiful beaches. It’s a bigger park as well with a great visitor centre. Six mile is a small park and small beach.
Wow! That's before we were born. I'm sure it's changed a lot from when you were going there. Grundy is one of our favorites. We still like to explore the provincial parks over the private ones.
Hi great videos! My wife and I are looking to get into camping this year to exposue our 4 year old to some great outdoor adventures. Are there any provincial parks you would recommend that have small cabins for rent or potentially any waterfront tent camping? Thanks!
I'm not sure what part of the province you're interested in going. A four year old will have fun anywhere there is some sand and water. Driftwood Provincial Park has some great waterfront sites along the Ottawa River. It's basically a beach at the edge of each site. You can check out our review of it czcams.com/video/gqRcodz-d5U/video.html. As far as cabins at the parks, many parks have cabins and/or Yurts. If you go to the Ontario Parks reservation website reservations.ontarioparks.ca/ you can click on roofed accommodation and it will show you all the provincial parks that offer cabins or Yurts. Happy camping!
We visited this park in 2020 before we had our camper, our tent would have touched both sides of the site right against the neighbour tents. We didnt even unpack and found a site a killbear instead. Looks much better with a trailer.
We get ya! Some of the tenting sites are so close together you can't tell where one site ends and the next begins. One area looked like group camping but it was all individual sites.
I will be camping here for the first time this year! Question, what is cell phone reception like at this park. You usually mention it in your video's but I didn't see it in this one or a missed it.
I just had another look at the video and saw that we forgot to mention the cell service. I then went back into the raw footage to see if I recorded it and just forgot to put it in the finished video but it turns out I didn't. I guess we completely forgot about cell service for this park. Sorry about that. Unfortunately, neither of us have any specific recollection about it.
@@CampingwiththeColes not a problem. Thank you for checking. Enjoy the 2024 camping season. Looking forward to a whole new season of camping videos. I have used your videos on many occasions to research my next place to camp. Thanks for all the hard work you put into them!
We were playing Dice Poker. We bought it online from Michaud Toys. They're a family run company in Jarvis Ontario. We aren't affiliated with them in any way, we just love their games. Here is the link www.michaudtoys.org
Cell Phone Service: We forgot to review the cell service in this park. If you've been to this park please let us know your experience with cell service.
Great video. Been going to Oastler for 25 yrs. Cell service and data work perfect no problems! Love this place!
"I am going to give them a skunk! Wait-no! I mean a flower" --thank you for the laughs as always Cheryl. :)
I'm starting to keep some of her flubs in the main video rather than just for bloopers, because that's the real Cheryl. That's why we love her.🤗
The trailer fill and dump station are all new and great. Big beautiful new park office as well. Also have added a lot of gravel so the roads arent as bad now.
@@pfinch5245 thanks for the update
Something you MUST do when near there is the trestle brewery in parry sound. Great food, beer, gardens, and atmosphere
Thanks for the tip!
we did the cranberry tour last week. it was ok to do.
Thanks for another great video, we are going to this park next week!
Hope you enjoy it!
@@CampingwiththeColes Thanks! We'll take some ear plugs for the trains. We camped a couple of years ago at Craigleith at a powered site 30 feet from Highway 26 and we survived!
Ontario parks really need to change how people book and hoard sites. Here we are in September and we cannot get a weekday site anywhere in the se area, yet you drive around the parks and there's Ll kinds of empty sites
Thank you for your review. It’s another PP I pass on my way to visit family near Toronto. I’m now watching the reviews with my mother, who camps with me often. She enjoyed it as well. She loves how part of the camp sites where private, however, will not go when it rains due to the multiple puddles!!! She informed me not to book if it’s raining!!!! 😅. I will be adding it hopeful next year. Take care. Keep calm & camp on!!!!
That's great that you're spreading the news about our videos. I guess you'll have to look at the Farmers Almanac for the weather for five months in the future when making your reservations😄. Happy camping!
Yup, seven bang on for that park.
Beach looked really nice
You have the most awesome pooch! 💕
Thanks for the insights of Oaster. I always wondered what it was like, having go by it on old 69 before the 400 was extended. We just got back from a week at Killbear. I forgot just how beautiful that park is. Haven’t been able to get into it for 15 years. Next year Arrowhead is on the on the agenda, so looking forward for that review. Travel safe
That's great that you finally got into Killbear after 15 years. It's a beautiful park. Arrowhead isn't too bad either. That video is coming up soon but I'm not sure exactly when yet. I haven't started putting it together yet because we're too busy camping 😄
Sounds like a good park to use as a basecamp for exploring the area.
Arrowhead is my favorite park, with lots of private sites, you feel like you are alone in the woods.
I really liked how you talked about the camp sites , highway and trains.
Yep, Arrowhead is a beauty.
I arrived the day after you left. Visited Cranberry Winery, Bala Falls, and Bobby Orr Hall of Fame while there. The old camp store in the 400's camping area is closing this year I was told. Enjoyed my time there.
There's lots to do in the area. Glad you had a good time.
Thought I recognized your board games from past videos also. We have visited the store often and have bought travel size games and full size games like yours. Very friendly and cool to see the shop. I’m starting to guess your ratings as your views seem to be very close to what me and my husband look for when camping. Thanks for your hard work and all the funnies also❤
We've never been to the store. We've only ordered online. We should check out the store sometime we are in the area.
Thanks for another great park review. I think you were generous with your rating. I was recently there for my first time. It had rained and did rain during our stay. The roads and drainage are terrible as you pointed out. Took days for the puddles to dry up. I too had a site in the riverside area which is the best in this park. There is a rail trail across the road that takes you to Rose Point. A great nature trail as we seen many turtles and a deer. However I'm less inclined to have a return visit to this park.
Thanks for the rail trail trip. Like you, I don't think we'll be back. There are too many other great parks to go to.
wahoo that's us at 6:23 in LOL
That was a close one! In the original edit I cut it before your rig showed up. On the second edit I realized your rig was there and I wanted you to see it so I moved the footage up include it.
@@CampingwiththeColes thanks!! And it was great to meet you two.
@@GeraldFreymann great meeting you and thanks for the tour of your rig.
Love dice poker!
Man, I can't imagine doing a 5-park trip like that. The thought of setting up and taking down so often makes me want to cry! I tent camp, though. I'm sure trailers are a game changer! 🤣
Thanks for another great review! Makes me even more excited about my camping trip next weekend. Can't wait to watch the sunset from my site at Driftwood.
Trailers still a lot of work! Everything is bigger and heavier!
Ooh, Driftwood! You should get some great sunsets there. Happy camping!
@01AceAlpha I wasn't implying that it wasn't a lot of work! It just seems simpler.
@@CampingwiththeColes Can't wait!
@domiqueroy1495 I understand what you mean. I used to tent and now I have a small travel trailer (13’). It’s a different type of work for sure!!! I prefer to stay more than longer to really get to know the park.
great review. if your looking for amazing place to see stunning sunrise and sunset. its a place for you........."weather permitted"
I love the sound of the trains.
You seem to be in the minority on that however we don't mind them at all. They didn't really bother us.
I guessed 7 🤠
We went to Arrowhead in July for the first time for 5 nights, it’s a big park with lots to do, can’t wait for that review, I’m guessing 8.5.
We trying to book Rockwood over Thanksgiving weekend and no spots available 😪we’ll keep looking.
You're pretty good at guessing!
I guess the 7 as well!!! I found the more I watch you both the more I get a feel what you will rate a park!
We were there in July. We can see there is more standing water than when we were there. We had no idea there was a camp store! We missed the trail for sure!
That camp store is very strange. It's completely hidden with no signs. It looks like some one lives in it because the lady was reading on the side porch as we approached then she went in the store to help us. We couldn't go in though, we just had to say what we wanted at the door and she'd get it for us. Very strange...
@@CampingwiththeColes Sounds that way!
Just came back from Mikisew and loved it. I am not sure about this park. When you rode by the waterfront sites I thought it was group camping. Can't wait for your Arrowhead review.
We felt the same way. They pack a lot of people in a small space.
Another great review.
I guessed 7 😁😁
Excellent guess!
Arrowhead is still one of our favorites! Oastler is great for kayaking but not not so great for anything else. If you want trains, try windy lake PP. it sounds like it’s going to come right thru your campsite! 😂🤣
We like Arrowhead a lot too. Doubt we'll be back to Oastler. Too many other great parks to go to.
If you had the choice between Six mile lake, Oastler lake and Killbear park which one would you chose? Tent camping, two adults only for a few days. Thank you!
Killbear is beautiful 😍 great hikes and beautiful beaches. It’s a bigger park as well with a great visitor centre. Six mile is a small park and small beach.
Thank you so much!
Glad you never made a big issue about the trains because they aren't as bad as some make them out to be.
Yeah, the trains really didn't bother us.
started camping there 1955 > 1963 then went to Grundy Lake... later to a private camp ground near Huntsville
Wow! That's before we were born. I'm sure it's changed a lot from when you were going there. Grundy is one of our favorites. We still like to explore the provincial parks over the private ones.
Hi great videos! My wife and I are looking to get into camping this year to exposue our 4 year old to some great outdoor adventures. Are there any provincial parks you would recommend that have small cabins for rent or potentially any waterfront tent camping? Thanks!
I'm not sure what part of the province you're interested in going. A four year old will have fun anywhere there is some sand and water. Driftwood Provincial Park has some great waterfront sites along the Ottawa River. It's basically a beach at the edge of each site. You can check out our review of it czcams.com/video/gqRcodz-d5U/video.html. As far as cabins at the parks, many parks have cabins and/or Yurts. If you go to the Ontario Parks reservation website reservations.ontarioparks.ca/ you can click on roofed accommodation and it will show you all the provincial parks that offer cabins or Yurts. Happy camping!
i would give the park a 5.
We visited this park in 2020 before we had our camper, our tent would have touched both sides of the site right against the neighbour tents. We didnt even unpack and found a site a killbear instead. Looks much better with a trailer.
We get ya! Some of the tenting sites are so close together you can't tell where one site ends and the next begins. One area looked like group camping but it was all individual sites.
I will be camping here for the first time this year! Question, what is cell phone reception like at this park. You usually mention it in your video's but I didn't see it in this one or a missed it.
I just had another look at the video and saw that we forgot to mention the cell service. I then went back into the raw footage to see if I recorded it and just forgot to put it in the finished video but it turns out I didn't. I guess we completely forgot about cell service for this park. Sorry about that. Unfortunately, neither of us have any specific recollection about it.
@@CampingwiththeColes not a problem. Thank you for checking. Enjoy the 2024 camping season. Looking forward to a whole new season of camping videos. I have used your videos on many occasions to research my next place to camp. Thanks for all the hard work you put into them!
Great video but I don’t believe you mentioned how the cell reception was for Oastler. Curious as my wife does some work on the road.
Sorry about that. I forgot to talk about cell service. I believe it was pretty good. No issues.
Welcome to parry ssoundwe are a rail town so no matter where you are you hear the train . And I guessed right for your rating
Good guess on the rating. The train isn't a big deal at all.
Does the bike trail loop the park?
There is only cycling on the park roads in the park. There is the Seguin Recreational Trail which is 5km outside of the park that you can cycle on.
What board game is that you’re playing while keeping out of the rain!
We were playing Dice Poker. We bought it online from Michaud Toys. They're a family run company in Jarvis Ontario. We aren't affiliated with them in any way, we just love their games. Here is the link www.michaudtoys.org
Watching Jax walk around the SUP, I'm wondering if he's dumped you both in when doing so?!?!
He hasn't dumped me in yet. I sometimes go to my knees when he gets real antsy and wanders around a lot. He's only 40 lbs so it's not so bad.
Guessed a 6........looking forward to arrowhead
Not a bad guess. We were kinda generous with a 7.
I agree… you were generous considering the lack of privacy…. But a good one 😊
Couldn’t sleep through the trains !
Lucky for us that we didn't even notice them through the night. I'm sure it's different for people in tents though.
are there bears here?
We didn't see any but it is an area of the province that black bears are known to be.