O Canada

The year was 1966... My father was about 12 or 13 years old. My great grandfather had purchased some land (I think he traded some woodchuck meat and a block of cheese or something for it) on one of the thousands of lakes that pock the face of Ontario, Canada. The cottage was then built. I was born in Michigan and we would spend one to two weeks there every summer. Seeing that I was born in July, I celebrated many birthdays up there also with my family... all 6 of us. (Mom, Dad, 2 older brothers & younger sis). So, as you can imagine... there are many memories here, on the lake.

Every year, the cottage is winterized in the Fall then "opened" in the Spring. A few weekends ago I had the opportunity to get away and get up there with my nephews, brothers, Father and Grandfather to open the cottage. It was an awesome time and the first time I have been back to the cottage in 11 years. It was well worth the wait.

We have been busy, but I wanted to share this extraordinary place. Take a look.

-D


The drive up there.


We were driving along and I was looking out the window. Without having to say a word, my Dad says... "Wanna pull off?"








Nathan (my brother...who is 33) Brought along this RC baha truck. We were all giving him a hard time about it until we drove it. This crazy thing can go up to 60mph!!!












The south end of the Lake. Hope you enjoyed... I sure did. Feel free to leave your comments below!