After we said goodbye to our house guest Mark, who moved back to Lloydminster this morning (see previous post under ‘general’), we started our first camping trip of the season! We wanted to go to Buffalo Pound or Last Mountain Lake and as the parks only had unserviced sites until the May long weekend, we ended up at a private campground at Buffalo Pound, Buffalo View Campground. Not officially open yet (no water, no bathrooms etc), but owner Jim said if power was all we needed we were welcome!
The weather was decent, partly sunny and not windy (until Sunday), so we’ve been outside quite a lot. We walked around on the campground and chilled out by the water or on our site. The campground has mostly seasonal sites that are more private than the ones in the provincial park, but I missed having more space to walk around by the shore. We did hike up on the hills where you have a splendid view over the lake! And the cats were fascinated by the peacocks that walked around, must’ve been a first! As a bonus our friend Gord from Moose Jaw (who we met on our last camping trip at Buffalo Pound) came by for a visit! Definitely a successful first trip of the season!
Buffalo View Campground
grassy and fairly private sites in the coulees by Buffalo Pound, mostly seasonal sites though. As the campground wasn’t officially open yet, we can say anything about the bathrooms and other amenities, but there is an outdoor entertainment area, horseshoe court, picnic tables, etc. As they weren’t open yet, we paid only $20/night for the site with power.