explorenorth
Whitehorse, Yukon
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Some of you might enjoy this email I got from my sister this morning 
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Spent Saturday night at this place...
http://www.sicamouschamber.bc.ca/Ads/Whispering.html
****'s brother **** & family are there for two weeks and so we (with dogs) spent the night in Gord's massive motorhome to visit.
Campsites side by side filled with the most expensive array of motorhomes, trailers and pickup trucks imaginable. Only Alberta license plates as far as I could see.
Slide outs, carpets, propane campfires, DVDs playing, dogs in their big kennels with canopies erected over them and fans on them. My god, is this what camping and RVing is?
Oh, and the smell of sewage just before 11 am checkout on Sunday is overwhelming.
Yuck.
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garyhaupt
Kitimat, BC, Canada, Mile '0' of Alaska HiWay #37
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Yep..that's about it if you are from Alberta. The resat of Canada does a wee bit differently.
Gary Haupt...in BC.
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bobofthenorth
Nipawin, SK
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I don't know what the OP's problem or point was but we have been in Whispering Pines since the middle of June. We come here every summer and have done so for the last 10 years. We are the newbies in the crowd - most of the people here started coming when they were kids and just never quit. If its really as bad as the OP suggests then we and they must all be fools. OTOH Bernie and Sharon have pretty well had a full house since the Stampede was over so there must be a lot of fools in this world. And for the record, I've seen SK, MB and BC plates here but there are a lot of AB plates. Don't be fooled by the province on the plate though because a lot of the rentals that come through here are Europeans.
Whispering Pines is in fact a vanishing breed along this route. Most of the campgrounds on Mara Lake have disappeared into the maw of condo developers. Some of us are very appreciative of the fact that this little piece of heaven still exists.
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1kennyOG
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LOL camping is not swimming pools and golf
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bobofthenorth
Nipawin, SK
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This is the kind of place Whispering Pines is:
The inmates organized a wing night at the local pub, putting in an order ahead of time for 600 wings so that the pub could be ready for us. About 40 of us showed up and ate the pub out of wings. Bernie and Sharon showed up too but they left early. They left early so that they could be sure to be able to pay for all our wings. And they did that two weeks running.
This is a great place. If the OP had a bad time then I'd suggest she check the mirror for the cause.
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1kennyOG
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just not her cup of tea I guess.
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strathmoreman
Strathmore, Alberta, Canada
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Bob,
Were heading to WP next week,with ppl who have been going there for yrs. This will be our first time but form what they say I'm hoping it will be one of many.
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PackerBacker
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I didn't see any pines in the site photos; it should be called 'Whispering Other Trees'.
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bobofthenorth
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Strathmoreguy we're leaving Tuesday so we'll likely miss you but I'm sure you will have a good time, especially so if you have kids.
And I've always wondered about the pine thing too cuz all I see is cedars, cherries and weeping willows. There might be some pines back along the creek - I'll pay closer attention tomorrow night when I take the cat for his walk.
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