We may not be able to vacation or cross the border but at least there's cottage life! We booked a weekend away at a cottage in Ipperwash the July 17-19 weekend. First overnights with no kids in a long time (pre-virus!) although Logan has had some Thursday night sleepovers at Nana and Dziadeks.
The place we rented was actually the guest suite of the main cottage we rented with all our friends 2 years ago. We knew the location was awesome and this little spot above the garage was super affordable for a weekend!
It was really cute and clean too.
And this was the best spot to have coffee and breakfast or drinks in between adventures!
We got there Friday night pretty late and after emptying our things into the place, we headed down to the beach! I made chicken and veggie skewers in advance and even though I dragged my ass to make them and seriously considered take out, I am sooo glad I did because it smelled and tasted amazing!
Because of out cute small people, we tend to enjoy the beach anytime before before 5pm and definitely don't make sunset with them so it was the nicest to be able to watch a sunset... and ipperwash has one of the best!
The best meal ever. Way healthier than take out and so flavourful... the charcoal bbq cooks so nicely and we should use it more often.
And then it was still. And dark and silhouettey... and so pretty!
The next morning we tried to hike. It was horrible and I got about 100 mosquito bites so we ran away from the forest and headed to Thedford to try shale ridge cidery. It is brand new and just opened a couple months ago. The cider is different than Twin Pines and a lot less sweet (they called it more modern with no unnecessary added sugars). There was even a black cherry flavour one!
Next stop with our afternoon ciders: to float on the beach! We ate lunch in our floaty first. Like bringing a couch to the beach!
And the rest of the hours of the afternoon were spent exactly here... maybe a couple feet of drifting (it was anchored). This is where I developed a wonderful beat red tan despite sunscreening twice!
That night we went to the Beachclub for supper (which was entirely mediocre and slow service) and then saw another sunset that I was quick to leave from being exhausted from being in the sun all day!
And we get really excited to see our cuties the day we are leaving, so after our morning coffee and packing up (not to mention sleeping until 9:30...9:30! I swear we havent slept that long since before kids..) we left for Thedford to grab a to-go breakfast at Lizzies. We got poured on and the electricity went out so we had to get cash back at the variety store down the street. Somehow even take out breakfast was an adventure!
Next cottage adventure is with the kids!
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