I did my ‘maiden voyage’ with Scout, Gaspé with LL, and Rockwood with JK – now it’s my first truly solo trip. Off to eastern Ontario and Georgian Bay, staying in KOAs, private parks, and Harvest Hosts (one is a gin distillery). A major concern with Class A and Class C motorhome travel is: parking in town. This isn’t like when my family would park the travel trailer at the campsite, unhitch the car, and drive off to restaurants, beaches, and tourist sites. No, my dwelling comes with me, and it’s cumbersome.
As part of my planning, I asked Copilot: Please list good parking places for my huge motorhome, that are easy parking and are convenient to access the centre of the following towns: Peterborough, Perth, Ottawa, and Parry Sound. Its reply was both amusing and very helpful: Got it — you’re looking for practical “where can I park a 27-ft rig and still walk into town” suggestions. Here are reliable options in each of the towns you mentioned, focusing on larger surface lots that don’t feel tight. So friendly, so helpful, so chatty – but it does take getting used to.
Peterborough has a lovely campground right in town, with walking trails to the lift lock, the Canoe Museum, and into town. The Canoe Museum was excellent! I cannot recommend it enough. I was disappointed that the lift lock museum wasn’t open – I headed on to Peterborough’s Heritage Museum, which was okay, not the best small town museum I’ve visited, but fine.
