Muskoka, Ontario

Went up to Muskoka area for vacation. I truly love this area and the highlight was Algonquin Provincial Park. We stayed at the Pines cottage resort, it was exactly what we were looking for. No one bothered us, it was so peaceful and we came and went as we pleased. As I am with photography our schedule is pretty messed up. I had planned to be up before sunrise every day and be back around 1:00pm take a nap then be out again in late afternoon light but, the first couple of days it rained so we stayed at the cottage, remember this was also a vacation so we just relaxed and did nothing. I only was up one morning before sunrise and was able to photograph the fog over Oxtongue Lake, So I was happy with that. We only seen two Moose, one was after dark so no photo and one I did get a shot of but was behind trees, still I managed a shot that wasn't the best of the moose but made for a nice artsy shot of the moose in it's environment. Did not see any bears and I was hoping to get a photo but maybe some where next year. I did get a shot of a beaver swimming up stream and of course we had chipmunks and red squirrels climbing all over me for peanuts at the cottage which I thought was cool but there are laws with feeding wild animals and with these little guys I was told they are there every year on the resort property and live there so do they still apply? I know everyone including the kids always do so I'm not sure on this one. The main purpose was to visit Algonquin park everyday and we did. We hiked the shorter trails, no more than 2 km and we drove from one end to the other and back on the #60 corridor and for the trails we purchased a summer pass so we could hike the trails. Aside from Algonquin park are also rapids and waterfalls around the Muskoka area, the waterfall I found to be fairly scenic was Muskoka High falls in Bracebridge. Ragged rapids were also pretty cool and fairly aggressive which made for nice photos. All in all we had an awesome time and found ourselves even looking at a cottage to buy but, the prices are just to high. Here's a few phots for now and as I edit I will ad more.