Our last weekend was packed full of fun! It started with a party at Cou’s brother’s girlfriend’s (Jackie’s) house. Jackie hosted an awesome going away party at her apartment in Hamilton for us, thanks Jackie! We drank, played games, danced, then had a big sleepover! On Saturday Cou’s cottage family came to Winona for a huge Spaghetti dinner and send off, there was 13 of us for dinner! Then on Sunday we drove back to Toronto to Cou’s Dad house for another great send-off dinner. It was nice we got to see everyone, our time in Southern Ontario was great! We had lots of late night visits, laughs, drinks, and exciting farewells. We want to thank everyone for fitting our visits into your busy schedules, it meant a lot to us and we will miss you all.
We arrived in Toronto on January 11th and were greeted by Cou’s Dad and his wife Wendy. Cou’s Dad was going in for pretty major back surgery on the 12th so we decided to spend an evening with him before heading out to Winona in Niagara’s Wine Country. Winona is a peaceful little slice of heaven in the green belt of Southern Ontario, and it’s where Cou’s Mom (Judy) and Grandparents live! For the first week we travelled between Toronto and Winona helping Cou’s Dad out after his surgery and Cou’s mom with her Grandparents. The first week in Southern Ontario was busy because we were trying to visit all our friends and family. The second week we spent time more time relaxing and visiting with Judy and Cou’s grandparents. We picked up the last few items, organized our stuff into our ebags (so far very helpful with keeping everything organized) and started to anticipate the big adventure. Our last weekend was packed full of fun! It started with a party at Cou’s brother’s girlfriend’s (Jackie’s) house. Jackie hosted an awesome going away party at her apartment in Hamilton for us, thanks Jackie! We drank, played games, danced, then had a big sleepover! On Saturday Cou’s cottage family came to Winona for a huge Spaghetti dinner and send off, there was 13 of us for dinner! Then on Sunday we drove back to Toronto to Cou’s Dad house for another great send-off dinner. It was nice we got to see everyone, our time in Southern Ontario was great! We had lots of late night visits, laughs, drinks, and exciting farewells. We want to thank everyone for fitting our visits into your busy schedules, it meant a lot to us and we will miss you all.
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Cou: We departed from Edmonton on December 29th and arrived in Red Lake after a long but fun drive from Winnipeg, Manitoba where our flight from Edmonton arrived. Ideally we would have flown from Winnipeg to Red Lake but as the airlines hold a monopoly in the area the prices have skyrocketed to a level equivalent to a down payment on a house. Although the drive was long, Andrew's mom was great company and our conversations made the drive fly by. Cou: The day after we arrived in Red Lake we were invited by Drew’s friends to go ice fishing at their fly out fishing camp in Snake Falls (approximately 40 minutes South of Red Lake). What an amazing experience! When we arrived and parked we crossed over a bridge connecting the road to their island where their beautiful house and camp sits. After a quick visit we suited up to go fishing! Expecting to walk out on the ice to a small cold hut filled with the smell of fish we suited up in the warmest clothes we brought. To my surprise we jumped onto snowmobiles and sped down the lake to a HUGE fishing hut with a teepee set up next to it acting as an outhouse. We then went inside and saw it was nothing that I had expected. The fishing hut was closer in size to a small apartment than a hut. It had a mini kitchen (with all the fixings for a delicious fish fry), table and chairs, stereo, coolers filled with drinks, and the best of all a wood stove! The “hut” also had 6 fishing lines with poles fixed to wheels and bells attached used for signaling the people “fishing”. We all sat around playing cards laughing and enjoying our time on the lake. It was quite the day! I caught a small walleye while Drew caught Zilch! Drew: That was one of many adventures during our short trip to Red Lake. On new years eve one of the local bars, the Balmer, was having a new years bash so we went there with a bunch of my friends. It was awesome! Thanks Morgan, Dan, Miriam, Harriet, Frosty and Syl for a great start to 2012! Needless to say that I drank too much and spent new years day hungover on the couch. We spent a few days out at the skating rink playing hockey and a couple days racing our crazy carpets down “hospital hill” and Cochenour hill with Mike and Crystal and Mia! We also spent some time hangin out with my friend Harriet and her mom Enid and my other friend Gill over at Harriet’s house. It was awesome and if you have time you need to check out Enid’s blog about Red Lake. It’s a great read whether you’re from there or are just looking for an entertaining story about the great white north! The balance of our time was spent enjoying home cooked meals and great company. In what seemed like the blink of an eye my Mom and Dad drove us out of town to catch the Greyhound to Winnipeg where we would fly to Toronto for the next, and final, part of our little jaunt in Canada. It was a really nice send off. Cou and I both had a great time in Red Lake and can’t wait to be back for our next visit. We’re going to miss everyone a lot while we’re away! |
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