The Olympia Village Resort, our launch point for Niagara Falls, advertised full hookups — power, water, sewer, the whole deal. Only after we arrived did they casually mention that the water wasn’t potable. We’ve stayed at plenty of places where the owners say, “We drink it, we just don’t have the certificate,” so we didn’t think much of it… until after we’d already hooked the trailer up. Then we read the paperwork, which very clearly stated no drinking, and that anything washed or wiped with the water had to be treated with a bleach solution to kill the “organic matter.” At that point it dawned on us: we’d just contaminated the trailer’s entire water system with mystery‑water.
A quick search confirmed the best fix was to soak the tanks and pipes with a bleach solution for a few hours, then rinse repeatedly. So off to Walmart we went in the morning for bleach, a funnel, clean water, and all the other bits. Back at the trailer, we mixed the solution and filled the system. The problem? Our next campground only had power and drinking water — no sewer — which meant we could flush the system but would immediately overfill the grey tank with no way to empty it.
Cue a last‑minute scramble. We found a KOA near our planned stop that did have full hookups, so off we went with the bleach solution sloshing around in the pipes. Once there, we flushed the fresh tank and every faucet thoroughly. Hopefully that’s the end of the “organic matter” saga and not the beginning of an ER sequel.
The Owen Sound KOA Journey turned out to be lovely — easy, level site, nice tree cover for a bit of privacy, and far enough off the road to be wonderfully quiet at night. Honestly, we could’ve stayed several more days.
Since we arrived early, we headed out for a walk in the woods. The trail started at an old mill house beside a set of waterfalls and looped through the forest. A gentle, pleasant stroll… aside from the flying, biting things that insisted on joining us.
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