Based on the lack of postings since last fall, one might think our place up north is a summer home. Not the case. Lighthouse Point is a four-season, full-service condo complex. After all, it is in Collingwood, mere minutes away from Blue Mountain. And no, we do not ski; I’ve lost track of how many times we’ve answered that question over the past winter.
“Dave’s never skied. I have, but it’s been years. We might try it one of these days. Actually, we think we’ll buy snowshoes. We see people snowshoeing on the property and it looks like it’d be a lot of fun.” I hope I don’t have to say that again until next November at the earliest!
It’s not as if we didn’t go up this past winter. We went almost every weekend. We took a week off in February and spent it up north. Dave painted the master bedroom, guest bathroom and guest bedroom. We bought new appliances. Lots happened up in Collingwood.
We had many blog-worthy adventures, but for some reason (laziness?) I did not put fingers to keyboard and document them. I considered writing “The Citiots experience their first bad traffic on the way home” – everyone had slowed down on Highway 400 Southbound because of a snowmobile show at Georgian Downs – but once we were past the visual distraction, the urge (and my grumpy mood) vanished. I could have blogged about the massive early snowfall, the massive late season snowfall, the joys of walking on top of the massive ice slabs that had been pushed onto the shores of Georgian Bay, or the minus forty degree wind-chill days. (Did you know that minus forty is minus forty in both Celsius and Fahrenheit? C-O-L-D!) But, blog I did not. Why not? I have no excuse.
It’s Thursday morning. The weather in Toronto promises to be beautiful this weekend: warm, sunny, reaching the mid twenties (Celsius), possibly even with a Humidex value close to thirty. Yay! We could work on the back yard. We could clean off the pool cover, remove it and get our swimming pool going by the end of Sunday. It’s not swimming weather yet, but I am so much happier once the pool’s open.
It will be cooler in Collingwood than in Toronto, and there’s the chance of rain on Sunday. So, what’s on tap for the weekend? Well, Dave has taken Friday off. We’re heading up north. I’m spending today packing, and reading the installation instructions for the dog hammock I bought at PetSmart on Tuesday. I sure hope it fits into the back seat of my car. And maybe, just maybe, I can convince Dave to drive up to Collingwood tonight!
We’re hoping to get our first motorcycle ride of the season in on Saturday. If we do, I’ll be sure to write about it! The Citiots are back.
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