The best thing about having friends and family who have fun things like trailers and boats, is that Aleksy and I get to reap the benefits of everyones fun things! We have had a couple of weekends in the past few weeks where we have had weekend getaways!
On Canada Day long weekend, Aleksy and I both had the Monday and Tuesday off! So we made plans with Chelsea and Warren and little 3 week old Cadence to go "camping" at Warren's parents trailer in Mitchell's Bay. I say "camping" because really the inside is just like a house, but there is a campfire pit and its by the water which suggests camping.
Along the way to Mitchell's Bay, we pass right by Parks Country store, so we went in! And oh my goodness it is like baked good heaven. I bought a raspberry chocolate scone... seriously who thought of that. Best mix ever and we shared a apple crumble loaf.
And we arrived on June 30: the day before Canada Day. We went for a little walk around the beach area and stopped at a little diner for some supper: fish & chips!
And of course, we also stopped for some ice cream.
The whole gang is in the pic except Aleksy (because someone had to take the pic): even Cadence and doggies.
Just hanging out with my little Cadence outside of the trailer!
And after a day hanging outside of the trailer, walking by the water, and going out to dinner, we stopped to buy all the stuff we need for spidee dogs and smores for the fire! (and had ice ceam while there). When we got back, we got the fire started, had a few smores and spidee dogs, but then we decided that the mosquitos were crazy and we needed shelter from them! So we went inside the trailer for the night. Warren tried to cook the rest of the hotdogs in the microwave and thats when the breaker blew and we had no hydro for the whole night (and no AC - and Canada Day was a very hot day).
Sailing Weekend: July 12/13!
And last weekend was our boating weekend. We headed to Whitby on the Friday evening, got all our groceries for the weekend then Saturday morning we set sail to the Scarborough bluffs! Saturday was a really nice day to be out on the water, but the wind was only good for sailing for about an hour and we motored some of the way to the bluffs.
Boat food somehow tastes 100% better than home food. For example, we had some regular sandwiches for lunch like Aleksy has here (I had the meat rolled around cheese and pickles) and they tasted friggin delic. Also every time I eat a steak on the boat, it is the best. We had the best steaks on Saturday night!
At the end of Saturday night while docked at Scarborough, we met some people who invited us to their sing-along acoustic guitar circle. It was cool for a bit, but then it was time for sleep.
This is from Saturday, because on Saturday I was surely on top of the world. On Sunday, I woke up feeling a little groggy from the previous day's drinks but was ok after some coffee. But then we set sail into the 6 feet waves and the boat shook me right up. After going as pale as the white sail, I learned that sailing in choppy weather = not easy on the stomach. I learned that 3 times.
Aleksy and I have dreams of owning a sailboat in the future so I need to work on my sailors stomach of steel.
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