My brother and my sister-in-law had already gone ahead of me to set up the campsite. Since I couldn't pack food for the trip because it would have probably gone bad in the trunk of my car at the airport parking lot, they were supplying all the food for me. All I really had to do was just show up.
Instead it led to the McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve. There were a lot of people and cars thewre. It seemed to be a popular place, but it wasn't where I needed to be.
Another look at the Google Map told me that the reason Lady Google sent me here was because the border of the park and the border this Wildlife Reserve were actually joined. Technically she brought me to the park. It just wasn't the entrance to the park.
A quick change of description in the directions search was all that was needed to fix the situation. As long as you either write the words "Gate House" after Darlington Provincial Park or drop a new pin in the map to where you actually need to go, it will re-route you and get you there. Just make sure you take exit 425 and not exit 419 off the hi-way.
We decided to make a stop at the park store before heading to the site. I wanted to buy the Darlington Park passport sticker for my book of parks that I have been to. However, I was disappointed to find out that even though it was only June, they were already sold out. Oh well, at least I can buy them online now.
The park is made up of three sections, Lakeside, Hilltop, and Cliffside. None of the campgrounds had sites directly on the water. I had chosen Cliffside because the pictures online made it seem like there was a nice view of lake Ontario from here.
My sister, Anika and my brother-in-law, Dean, had given me a selfie stick for Christmas that I had not had the opportunity to use yet. She said that I didn't have enough pictures of myself in my blogs. So, I decided to play around with it for a bit. Works pretty good!
We saw a momma Grackle with her two little fledglings.
There were 20 or 30 of them in the grass at any given time, especially near the comfort station where there was a wide area of grass for them to forage in.
Along the trail we took notice of some pink Fleabane growing along the side of the path.