Keith Heimbecker, who is a retired letter carrier at Canada Post, is from Regina having found a scenic spot to camp in the Lynwood Campground at Moose Mountain Provincial Park [MMPP]. This is the second trip to MMPP this summer; he and his wife Nadine have camped at Kenosee Lake, having stayed in the nearby Fish Creek Campground on the first trip.
Heimbecker chose to come to MMPP because of the difficulty posed by restrictions set because of the pandemic, making it difficult to camp at Rowan’s Ravine Provincial Park near Strasbourg, where they usually frequent in the summertime. Heimbecker had camped at MMPP several years ago, but had enjoyed the close proximity to the city that Rowan’s Ravine offers.
With the COVID-19 rules set by the government the couple has also made a trip to Madge Lake in eastern Saskatchewan, which is another destination that they had visited several years ago as well. The couple is planning to end the season with a camping trip to Rowan’s Ravine, noting they have several friends that they have made there, who they would enjoy seeing, to finish off the camping season sometime in September.
Hembecker was camping for six nights this trip at MMPP and will have camped for over a moth by summer’s end. The Heimbeckers like to camp in Saskatchewan and have stayed in Greenwater Provincial Park and also visited Waskesiu in Prince Albert National park on camping trips in other years.
The Heimbeckers have a medium-sized camper they pull with a truck and are geared up with chairs and the usual equipment needed to furnish the campsite for a relaxing stay.
The main focus for the couple when camping is to enjoy the relaxation and peace and quiet that the outdoors provide, noting that MMPP offers a great experience, with the well treed sites and great scenery. Heimbecker enjoys reading, making a campfire in the evenings and especially likes to take a drive to check out the local communities in the area.
He particularly likes to check out the Home Hardware in a community on the lookout for unique camping gadgets he can use, to keep him prepared for whatever needs may arise when out in the woods, finding a small cylindrical flashlight and a lever action lid salt shaker on a sortie to Carlyle’s Home Hardware during this stay.
The Heimbeckers’ bring a well-stocked cooler and fridge with the necessary provisions to last the trip and they enjoy cooking either on the campfire or on a tailgate barbeque.
Typically they cook bacon and eggs or pancakes and sausages for breakfast and enjoy pork chops and steaks accompanied with potato and vegetables cooked in foil for the supper menu at days end.
The Heimbeckers have not camped outside the province as of yet, as he just recently retired from the post office and his wife still presently works. It is convenient staying close to the city.
The couple hopes to make a trip to Banff National Park once the travel restrictions ease.
