Monthly Archives: April 2013

Mexican S’mores, a new camping tradition…

Last summer, some family friends shared with us a special treat that has now become one of our favorite ever desserts!  We reserve it to ‘camping’, and don’t do it very often so that it stays ‘special’. We had never heard of Mexican S’mores before!   They are a slight twist on regular s’mores; I don’t
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Victoria Day Week-end in Ontario

If you are wondering what to do in May and you are near the border of Ontario, why not come and visit us on the Victoria Day long week-end? Victoria Day is a federal Canadian public holiday which is celebrated on the last Monday before the official birthday of Queen Victoria.    The holiday has been
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Atlantic Canada’s Good Sam Spirit

At the end of each year, members of the First Nova Scotia Apple Valley Campers get in the Good Samaritan spirit by making a $500 donation, and 2012 was no exception. Last year the Good Sam chapter gave to a school for students with learning disabilities on the Bay of Fundy coast. During the year,
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Sammy Tours the 49th State

Sammy, the smiling Good Sam Club mascot, really gets around, from state and provincial Samborees to Camping World/Good Sam Rallies. This February and March, the club’s halo-topped front man made his way north to Alaska, meeting a champion Iditarod musher and waving the green flag at the Iron Dog snowmobile race. After arriving at the
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