Showing posts with label Cookstown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cookstown. Show all posts

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Innisfil countryside & Creemore Springs



July 13/2013 warm weather and a heat wave coming
Toronto North/Cookstown KOA. Is a great spot if you want to have friends visit since they have several cabins for rent.  Our friends Les and Barb are doing the extreme lodging.... They just spent a few days in a beautiful pampered setting at St. Anne's Spa and have arrived here and settled into a "rustic" cabin! 
We are planning on doing some motorcycle riding together.  Les and Billy decided the first destination should be the craft brewery in Creemore Springs.  There are two twisty roads to ride; east on side road 20 off Airport Road along Pine River then north on 24 head west to Creemore on county road 9. Pretty scenery.   Then of course a little taste testing:)


Sunday, July 7, 2013

Toronto North/Cookstown, Ontario

June 27 to July 27/2013 Summertime weather in Southern Ontario, tends to very humid and it has been.  We are running our A/C to keep out the dampness.

We have traveled to this area to be closer to our four kids that live in Toronto and for a very special occasion,,,, a new granddaughter!
Iyla Skye came into the wonderful world on June 23.

  In the last week we have been able to see her quite a few times as our campground KOA Toronto North/Cookstown is about 25 miles away.  We like this campground for its amenities too and nice big pull thru sites.
 
This is a great central spot for visiting Toronto with our kids and grandkids and doing some nice motorcycling riding on our free days.  You can use this as a base area and head in 3 directions, East, West and North.  We recommend not south as you will be into the Greater Toronto Area before you know it and it is NOT biker friendly riding.

We found a nice twisting road following a river bed and then we dropped down towards Orangeville and followed the Hockley Valley Road.  It seemed "all" the other bikers and bicyclists had the same idea.   We were riding alone and then all of a sudden we came upon a group ahead of us and voila!   There is a ski area so you know the road is going to have some nice scenery.  We stopped in the little town of  Hockley at the General Store and Cafe.   It was a great bite to eat and perfect spot to watch bikes coming and going.