The week that would not end
Okay, maybe I'm being over dramatic, but the Grunau family has officially learned their lesson when it comes to the land east of us. I feel that I need to make a little side comment here before I tell you about our week in Manitoba.
On a whole, Manitoba HATES us! That cute, little province, our next door neighbors bites us in the butt every time we have gone there. We are continually screwed over by that land!
And the week we went did not disappoint. We drove to Elkhorn resort on Saturday, and the weather was beautiful! It was perfect driving weather and we had a great drive. We arrived at the resort just before supper, so we had time to check out the resort, find our cabin and get settled in before we ate supper. On the first night everything was looking promising. Our cabin was really nice and had everything we needed. The resort looked nice and there was a lot of outdoor things to do. But then we woke up the next day and for the next 4 days it was FREEZING! It was constantly around -35 (with the wind chill) from Sunday until Wednesday. So obviously we couldn't go outside with Libby, so we spent ALOT of our time in the cabin, playing games, eating, sleeping and watching TV (good ol' HGTV). We also went to the indoor swimming pool a few times. Libby liked the water, and she even liked the lifejacket we bought her. We had planned to go to Brandon (an hour away), but after a snapped block heater cord we
couldn't get our car started (which just aggravated the feeling of being trapped). Thankfully my friend Alissa was able to come and see us (it was so great to see her again!!). We were even more frustrated when we saw the weather channel proclaiming that Saskatchewan and Alberta was nice and mild! Were we ever thankful that we had come to Manitoba to escape 'chilly' Saskatoon! ARGH!
The day before we were leaving it was only around -8ish so we went outside and played. Libby loved the playground. Thankfully most of it was made out of heavy plastic, I kept having visions of Lilbby's tongue stuck to the monkey bars. She especially loved the slide (which she calls 'weee'). We also went tobogganing and Libby really liked that too! Of course we had to start half way down the hill....she didn't even like it when Daryl started at the top by himself! And we also walked around giving Libby a bit of a sled ride. So it was a really nice LAST day there...stupid Manitoba.
Oh well, all in all it was still nice to get away and be unplugged from the world. We had a fun time hanging out as a family and just enjoying each other.
Next year though, I think we'll head out to Alberta.... IT doesn't seem to hate us as much!
On a whole, Manitoba HATES us! That cute, little province, our next door neighbors bites us in the butt every time we have gone there. We are continually screwed over by that land!
And the week we went did not disappoint. We drove to Elkhorn resort on Saturday, and the weather was beautiful! It was perfect driving weather and we had a great drive. We arrived at the resort just before supper, so we had time to check out the resort, find our cabin and get settled in before we ate supper. On the first night everything was looking promising. Our cabin was really nice and had everything we needed. The resort looked nice and there was a lot of outdoor things to do. But then we woke up the next day and for the next 4 days it was FREEZING! It was constantly around -35 (with the wind chill) from Sunday until Wednesday. So obviously we couldn't go outside with Libby, so we spent ALOT of our time in the cabin, playing games, eating, sleeping and watching TV (good ol' HGTV). We also went to the indoor swimming pool a few times. Libby liked the water, and she even liked the lifejacket we bought her. We had planned to go to Brandon (an hour away), but after a snapped block heater cord we
couldn't get our car started (which just aggravated the feeling of being trapped). Thankfully my friend Alissa was able to come and see us (it was so great to see her again!!). We were even more frustrated when we saw the weather channel proclaiming that Saskatchewan and Alberta was nice and mild! Were we ever thankful that we had come to Manitoba to escape 'chilly' Saskatoon! ARGH!
The day before we were leaving it was only around -8ish so we went outside and played. Libby loved the playground. Thankfully most of it was made out of heavy plastic, I kept having visions of Lilbby's tongue stuck to the monkey bars. She especially loved the slide (which she calls 'weee'). We also went tobogganing and Libby really liked that too! Of course we had to start half way down the hill....she didn't even like it when Daryl started at the top by himself! And we also walked around giving Libby a bit of a sled ride. So it was a really nice LAST day there...stupid Manitoba.
Oh well, all in all it was still nice to get away and be unplugged from the world. We had a fun time hanging out as a family and just enjoying each other.
Next year though, I think we'll head out to Alberta.... IT doesn't seem to hate us as much!
posted by Dawn Grunau at
10:47 AM
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That'll teach ya! Never never NEVER go to Manitoba with expectations of anything but terrible weather. It's always minus bloody cold in the winter and blisteringly hot in the summer, with a 100% chance of mosquitoes. We go for the family, but NOT for the climate, that's for certain. :P
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