Snow vs Sand

Well, I suppose Aunt Dee thinks we may have fallen off the edge of the earth, since I haven't posted in a few days. Turns out, we did not! My bride and I did, however, spend a few days in Toronto and a few more in the Halliburton Highlands area of Ontario, Canada. As you may be able to tell by this picture, it was cold to say the least. I believe the high temp during our visit was about 3 Fahrenheit with a low in the neighborhood of -25F.
Our good friend Martha, who shortly before was occupying the empty chair, took this picture as Rick, Sue, and I sat around the camp fire, just a ways down the hill from the Blickstead Family Cottage. I only had to nudge my good friend "Major" a little, for him to see the virtue of digging 3 feet of snow off the fire pit, hauling a few loads of wood down the hill, and setting it on fire, before digging the chairs out so we'd have a nice place to sit and relax. It's just my opinion, but if you've never sat around a camp fire at about -10, while enjoying your favorite adult beverage (in Major's case, a nice single barrel Scotch and in mine, a cold, or should I say, extremely cold beer), you should consider giving it a try. "Doll Face" and "Martimus" preferred piping hot chocolate to cold beer and scotch, but who's keeping track of the finer details.

I'm guessing that given the choice between heading south this time of year to sit on the beach or heading north to sit in the snow, most folks would choose the former. But every now and then, it's fun to go against the grain and do the not so obvious. In our case, it turned out we added another page or three to our book of fun family memories. And as I've said many times before..."you can't go no better"!
I'll keep you posted....

PS. Thanks Major and Martimus for hosting such a memorable CFDW " Canada Family Day Weekend"!