My Canadian Day at the Lake

Before anyone starts thinking...or continues thinking, that Canada is a frozen tundra that never thaws and all we do is hunt caribou and ice fish and live in ice homes.......

we don't.

We do have 4 seasons and actually are able to lay on our sandy beaches for a couple months out of the year and get a tan.

{Although that time isn't now.}

 Trying to make the most of every season we get,

 and as winter seems to be upon us for a tad longer than we'd like-

well....... it's good to defy it any way we possibly know how.

I was able to do something I had never done before the other day.

Ice Fish.

It was a wonderful day and the experience of it all was 

something I could get used to.

~Funny~

I've lived here always and have never gone out and taken advantage of our lakes of ice.

I knew they must be good for something;)

Hauling out our food supplies.

(I always wondered how you dug a hole out of the ice.)

Duke thought his water dish a bit strange.

Had a ton of help putting up the Ice Fishing hut.

And let the fishing begin......

(A look down into a tunnel of ice.....look close enough and you can see the bottom of the lake.

Eerily Awesome.)

Of course Canadian winter sports need to include the Snowmobile,

and the sleds that get pulled behind at top speed:

And of course the typical fare of....

The Polar Bear Drama.....

.....and The Snowball Fight.

Of course, just make sure to obey the signs:

really people......SERIOUSLY????

APRIL?

(ugh)

~Long Live the Canadian Winter~