What to do after you retire?  Find a new adventure, of course!  Like many who jumped into a second passion after retirement,  our family (the Sweets) bought a campground and now enjoy the outdoors, our guests, and physical work.

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David retired from politics in September 2021, where he served as a Member of Parliament for 16 years.  Almut was a financial controller for almost as many years, retiring in January 2020.  What to do next was our big question:  it had to be something we enjoyed, would allow us to travel and keep active.  With years of RVing as a family, it was not a big leap to consider being campground owners.  We acquired the campground in the fall of 2021 and over the winter and through the Spring worked on learning the operational side, while working on some of the improvements we felt were necessary.

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Our son, Christopher, daughter-in-law, Annie and family joined us in the move from Ontario, looking for their next big adventure and some wide open spaces to raise their boys.  As a writer, Chris looked forward to working hard in the campground during summer, and writing and supply teaching during the off season.  Making good use of snow bound days and an inspiring environment his first novel, The Boy in the Canvas, was published in March 2022, quickly followed by two novellas, Something Sweet and Satisfaction Guaranteed, and the epic Orchid Room in 2024.  Annie who retired from her long time position at John Deere spends time with their boys and hones her creative talents as our photographer and facebook expert.

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For all of us, the lifestyle adjustment from urban living in Hamilton was a welcome one: from white pristine snow in the winter to hot summer days by the sparkling Tabusintac River - adjusting was not difficult at all.  

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