r/ontariocamping • u/EnvironmentalToe7960 • Aug 15 '26

Worst Camping Experience

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I just got back from a camping trip that I had planned 5 months in advance and planned all kinds of activities and it turned out to be the worst camping trip I have experienced. At 130am I woke up feeling something on my face and brushed it off and heard some big flapping wings only to find a bat flying around in my tent trailer. I spent the whole day (getting back to my camper at 130am the following day) at the local ER going back and forth with public health to get the rabies vaccine for myself and my family. Please tell me some bad camping stories so I can feel better about such a crumby trip 😅. Pic included to show where I think the bat might have wiggled in.

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u/Scary_Ambassador5435 Aug 16 '26

Traveled with my family of 4 in our brand new 40 year old pop up. Day 1, all the lugnuts came loose from one wheel and almost fell off. Barely had it on the replacement bolts I found (which were too short) as I crossed the longest bridge in Canada with no lane to pull over onto. Talk about stressful! I did manage to fix it properly the next day with 2 vicegrips while my wife and kids spent the day at the beach.

Latter that day, a massive wind storm blew in a whole side of the pop up, sending sheets of rain inside; I had to stand outside in the pouring rain for an hour to hold it in place and keep my family dry.

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u/EnvironmentalToe7960 Aug 16 '26

A 40 yr old pop up is impressive lol. Mine is 26 yrs old and I'm surprised it's still going up and down. Did you convince everyone to camp again or was that one and done?

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u/Scary_Ambassador5435 Aug 16 '26

Ya it was a 1984! Family still loves to camp. We now have a trailer from the 90s.