As pat of my Christmas gift from my awesome husband Sam, we are going away this Friday for 3 nights at The Couples Resort in northern Ontario, close to Algonquin park in Bancroft. We went there once before during the winter of 2007 when I was 6 months pregnant. Seeing a giant version of me on cross-country ski's and on skates attempting to play hockey was quite the frightful sight I'm sure!The Couples Resort is an amazing place with SO many winter activities to do. It is set on Galeairy Lake in the Muskoka's, and is by far the most "fun" Canadian winter adventure that we've ever had. Each suite has it's own wood-burning fireplace and jacuzzi tub, and being in the "true north" amongst the incredible landscape and wildlife, you can't help yourself from feeling calm and relaxed. Oh, and the spa certainly helps too! All that being said, we have an action-adventure weekend planned!
Saturday we are s
igned up for an exciting activity that neither of us have ever tried before - DOG SLEDDING! We get to mush our own team of dogs through the woods and over the lake. I'm a bit nervous that standing on the sled will prove to be impossible for my gimpy legs but I guess we will have to wait and see! I am REALLY excited about this, because now I can tell all my Southern American friends that we Canadians really DO use dog-sleds to get around!
Sunday we are booked to go winter horse-back riding, a HUGE favourite past time of mine, but not so much for Sam. He's quite convinced that the entire sport of horseback riding was not designed with men in mind, claiming that it is not the most "comfortable" place to be sitting in a saddle atop a horse. I remind him about the cowboys, my aboriginal kin, and all the men who couldn't have survived without the beautiful beasts. For some unknown reason, this doesn't help make him feel any better when he's bouncing up and down in the saddle BEGGING for us to turn back to the barn. I think all he needs is a few lessons - LOL.
They also have snowmobiles that we are thinking about renting for an hour, apparently there are moose everywhere in that area, and how amazing would it be to be riding along and meet up with a real Canadian moose! However, I have what you could call a "strong preservation of life" (basically I'm afraid of everything and anything) and I can envision him zooming off into the horizon on his machine leaving me in his snow dust. That certainly won't be the most romantic moment of the weekend, but it could be a lot of fun just the same!
We went ice-fishing at night last time we were there and LOVED IT! It was so amazing walking out on the ice to our little hut in the dark (we had flashlights) and making a wee fire to keep ourselves warm while waiting to catch a fish. If only we knew the fish were at the BOTTOM of the lake and not at the top where we had our lines cast, we might have caught something! Clearly there was no "test" portion that accompanied my Metis Nations Aboriginal status card that I received from the government many years ago....LOL. Perhaps I should pow wow with one of my relatives before trying such things as ice-fishing in the future.
I'll be sure to write a full review on the "reviews" page of this blog next week! Wish us luck in the great white north, and don't worry - we won't forget to pack our woolies! If I do see a moose, I will certainly invite him to come back to Toronto, where I will paint a maple leaf on his bum, tie a scarf around his neck and stand him up in front of Union Station as one of the "Toronto Moose" art collection!
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