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Summer in North America 2018 Part 9 - Cottage by the Lake

We were very fortunate that our hosts the Motykas were able to have a day off and they took us on a trip to a family member's cottage by the lake. It was about 3 hours drive away from Winnipeg and is actually located in Ontario. We left Winnipeg in the late afternoon...

MM's Peony in her garden




Another of MM's Peony
The men took the front seats and we ladies sits at the back like the bosses (that we are). Hohoho...


Three hours are ample time for snoozes and funny faces.



After twists and turns and ups and downs (since we got out of flat Manitoba), we arrived at this beautiful wooden 2-bedroom mansion that the whole extended family built themselves. Perched on a steep land, the cottage has a ramp that went right into the lake. When we got there however, the ramp was broken so we couldn't go by the water.



My GoPro was finally useful in this situation....









And we also took some aerial pictures with the Mavic Air...




















For dinner we had BBQ kielbasa. They are my favourite! Once the sun set we started the fire and we roasted marshmallows to make S'Mores. I had bought marshmallows with a Canadian touch: maple marshmallow for this occasion. For the graham crackers, I bought chocolate covered ones. It turned out to be super sweet but it was fun anyway. We didn't last very long because the mosquitoes were eating us alive! 











The next morning we had yummy breakfast... cold cuts and pickles and egg sandwich.







MM promised to take Miss Kiki out and make her a wildflower wreath so that's what they did. I've read about making wreaths in many story books and mangas but I had never known how to do it. So if you are like me, scroll a bit down to see a short video on how it's done.

There were a lot of flowers blooming at that time so they were able to make a nice big fat wreath. It was beautiful!





















And voila! It's done...... 















At that time, FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia was on so they took time to watch some...


While DH and I ventured out with the Mavic Air.









Finally it was time to go back! We past this cute chip truck on the way and slowed down to take a picture. We also got hit by a huge rainstorm for a little while.  


Back home, Miss Kiki spent time playing Nintendo with one of the big boys. :D 


Next post: Garden Party and more! 





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