This weekend is a long weekend in Canada, At one time it was called Victoria Day weekend where it was meant to celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday. Now Queen Victoria died long before I was born so that makes it a long time ago. Now we simply call it the May long weekend.
It's the first long weekend in Canada when we can actually get outside and enjoy activities. So it's the first weekend of camping.
At one time in my life, the May long weekend was one that we made sure we were out. Now many times there is very inclement weather for this weekend. When I was younger we tented. With my little kids we had a small holiday trailer. I have camped in the snow on a May long weekend...more than once! Camping became a little loonier than I wanted to experience...much alcohol and partying. So the May Long Weekend camping experience in campgrounds ended.
We then latched on to a piece of recreational property and spent some pleasant May weekends weekends in our patch of trees by the lake. There were some good times but when the kids grew up and left , we gave up the camping.
Now there are two unforgettable May long weekends for me. First, I got married on May 21, 1966 which that year was a long weekend. Second, the next year, 1967, May weekend , we had to go camping. So we took our tent and camping gear and headed to a northern lake and campground. We'd never been to Grieg lake before. When we got there we were impressed by the beauty and quietness. In fact, it was so quiet that we were the only campers. The weather was perfect for a long weekend. The lake was about 2 mi long and half a mile wide. We rented a canoe and had a great time on the lake. For the whole weekend we were the only campers.
That was the best long May weekend camping that I ever had.
