I had the chance to go on a second cottage getaway this summer, and you better believe I accepted it with open arms.
This statement might make you think 'wow! she's really outdoorsy!'
You would be mistaken to think that.
I need electricity, running water, a toilet, a mirror, a fridge, Wi-Fi,
Mascara
, and
hot coffee
as daily bare necessities.
Cottage, is pretty much as close I willingly go to camping.
This cottage was located in a VERY VERY far far away land called Byng Inlet.
If you are curious - it's about 3 days 1 hour north of Port Perry in Ontario.
So off we went on our adventure.
3 gals, and 4 boys.
And with only 1 Mcdonlad's / fuel stop, and a terrifying drive through fog at night we arrived at our shack.
It was a really nice night, once we arrived and all the fog was gone.
I was pooped, and due to a tough day also pretty bummed.
So I amused myself by taking some photos (did I mention I love my camera?!?) and proceeded to go to sleep.
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| La Luna |
The next morning, we discovered the dock.
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| The dock |
The dock is where we spent the majority of the rest of the weekend.
In order to reach it - you had to walk down the stairs, ignore the bear on the right (smart placement),
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| I am not a real bear! |
and walk down to the sandy beach.
The water has weeds in it, and was quite chilly.
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| A weed |
So we just had our feet in it most of the time.
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| Cottage next door with lots of beer and some construction dudes. |
The sun was shining, the sky was blue and we just lazied around as time passed.
I even got to test out the camera timer on the dock, and on the first day that was pretty chilly we got our first group photo.
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| Everybody say CHEESE!! |
The first day was also a working day for me, so as a real Canadian, I put the corona next to the blackberries, took off my sunglasses, and got to working.
My boss and I hope that one day this will be my usual scenery while working.
Evening came down, with Pinks and purples and a swift attack of the killer mosquitoes.
But how could we miss the opportunity to snap some more pictures of these colors?
We couldn't!
So
Igor and I took on the task of recording everything pretty in sight.
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| Igor |
It was Canada Day after all!
So we made the best of the mosquito / coldness situation started a fire (Smores and all!)
We watched some fireworks - and failed at taking pictures of them.
And then we scurried back indoors to wait until the mosquitoes leave.
Once it was safe as the
vampires mosquitoes disappeared we went out and started our own fireworks.
Oh Canada!
When those were done, I went back to the dock, laid on it, and looked up.
I saw millions of starts, it was magnificent.
I was only able to capture a few - but you get the idea.
Imagine -dark, quiet, the gentle rocking of the dock as the water moves and millions of stars looking down at you.
With this image in mind our Canada day came to its conclusion.
The next morning we woke up to a warmer weather.
It was finally going to be a great cottage weekend!
With the sun so high in the sky we put on out bathing suits, shorts, and sunglasses, and had some fun with water balloons.
Igor and I went out on the hike we had been planning for this trip, and found some fun activities to do while in nature.
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| Wild Raspberries |
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| Flowers |
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| Nature Photography |
When we returned, the weather was so inviting, all we really wanted to do is catch more sun on the dock.
So before lunch we got in our bathing suits and caught some sun.
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| Vanessa & Mike |
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| Yours truly |
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| Igor |
After lunch (Tuna sandwiches & veggies), I went out to sit around before it was impossible again (due to the
vampires mosquitoes). I got a rare opportunity to catch a close glimpse of this friendly creature.
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| Dragonfly |
It may be a bug - but it was still pretty neat.
In the evening
we Mike started another fire, and we passed around Popcorn and Smores.
The moon was spectacular, and our last evening at Byng Inlet was a nice quiet one.
On our last day, as we collected our things, and cleaned up Igor and I decided it was time to take a photo with the star attraction in the Cottage decor scheme.
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| He was hanging in the tray, sticker on and all. We just loved him so much... |
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| An emotional goodbye kiss |
For a final group shot I set up my timer to snap 5 photos, within 5 seconds of each other.
We set everyone in the position, and here's the result.
This was the end of our cottage experience, but far from the end of the adventure for me.
We collected ourselves, got in the cars, waived goodbye and headed home.
On the way, my car was in charge of dumping the trash at the dump.
We met some VERY interesting garbage attendants when we arrived at the dump.
I'll let the photos do the talking, but just for perspective - these are real and these were taken face to face.
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