Welcome to A Crock of Schmidt. Here you will find campground reviews from all my camping adventures over the years. I also share cool attractions and destinations we’ve been to, great hikes we’ve done, and some insights on our hobbies. Once in awhile, I toss in some ramblings on whatever nonsense moves me at the moment. Thanks for coming by and I hope you find something that helps and/or entertains. If you do, kindly tell a friend about this place.
A Stay of Execution
February 12, 2025
We are now about one month away from the one year anniversary of the ten year anniversary of this blog. Take a moment to digest that. It’s an admittedly silly statement but, strangely, not pointless. You see, when demarking my ten year blogging anniversary, last year, I also proclaimed that the following year would be
Snowforest Campground – Mount Revelstoke National Park – review
May 31, 2024
If given a blank slate, how would you design a campground? Say, one in a national park. It’s an interesting question; one I’d have an abundance of opinions on. But rather than bore you with my pontificating on the matter, I invite you to join me for a stroll through Snowforest Campground in Mount Revelstoke
One Year of Lotto 6/49
March 25, 2024
It’s no secret that playing the lottery is a sucker’s game. The stats are crystal clear regarding the probability of winning those jackpots; you’re just donating money. But we keep playing because … somebody must win. Consider Lotto 6/49, the first nation-wide Canadian lottery game launched back in 1982. The odds of winning the classic
10 Years of Blogging
March 14, 2024
“Are you still writing your blog?” Six simple words. One innocent question. A cast iron frypan of reality checking me right upside the head. A good friend and a close relative each asked this of me within weeks late last year. And with that, a nagging, unsettling truth I’d been ignoring for some time suddenly
Pinery Provincial Park – review
November 26, 2023
My heart forever belongs to Sauble Beach. My childhood summers were spent there, and those memories warm my soul like a hot toddy. But once I turned 17, my eyes wandered south to Grand Bend where my friends and I made a very different suite of memories. All of them happened at Pinery Provincial Park.
Mount Fernie Provincial Park – review
November 19, 2023
When kids hit their teens, family camping trips become a tougher sell. Especially weekend outings to nearby campgrounds. If you’re not bringing their friends along or meeting some at the destination, the fun of just being at a campground is no longer going to cut it. I had this in mind as I began planning
Fort Steele Resort & RV Park – review
November 12, 2023
I’ve been wanting to camp at Fort Steele Resort & RV Park for three years now. This past summer, it finally happened, albeit for one night only. My yearning to camp here was triggered during Covid. Outdoor activities had been greenlit, so my son and I went gold panning in Fort Steele, British Columbia. One
Springer Creek RV Park & Campground – review
November 5, 2023
Silver and gold. Silver and gold. We were both looking for silver and gold. This is what brought us to Slocan, BC, and why we ended up spending two nights camping at Springer Creek RV Park & Campground. If only we’d had a snowman to guide us to the mother lode. Gold had proven elusive
Cedar Falls Campground – review
October 29, 2023
Sometimes it’s hard not feeling like I’d have no luck at all if it weren’t for bad luck. It was the only hiccup in planning our nine-day rockhounding adventure through BC. I had hoped to spend one night at Gold Panner Campground near Cherryville. On the way to our next destination after a day of
Fintry Provincial Park – review
October 22, 2023
Our summer rockhounding adventure included a u-dig opal adventure in the mountains west of Vernon, British Columbia. The morning meetup place was at a gas station on the west side of Okanagan Lake, and I wanted to be camping nearby to minimize our pain the morning of our dig. If you’re familiar with Okanagan Lake,