since i've been young i've always gone on a hike with my family for good friday. last year we went out around niagara on the lake. this year we went around webster falls. it was around 14 degrees celcius and not a cloud in the sky. i think guinness completely enjoyed himself..
he is so good in the car
we turned our heads for a second and guinness had walked into the stream
i thoroughly enjoyed my lazy monday off work and school today. although i wasn't nearly as school work productive as i had planned to be.. it was a beautiful day for a road trip and for spending some time with my sisters before they go back to their school year cities. i woke up to pumpkin muffins which my mom made, went to the gym (i haven't been in a month!) and did some readings for classes.. nothing too mentally provoking or anything.. then around 12 my dad suggested we make a trip out to the rockton fair.. but we decided to scrap that plan when we realized it was $13/ person. okay honestly!? for the 5 of us.. thats $65 dollars in admission fees alone! im assuming on top of that would be the price of parking and any additional costs for games/food/rides/purchases. since we had plans of doing something other than sitting around the house we decided to grab guinness and take a road trip to paris (with stopping for ice cream on my mind).. we get to the little ice cream/chocolate shop in paris and they are out of ice cream! im not sure if they dont serve in past labour day or if they were just out for the weekend but there was no ice cream there.. so we ended up going to marble slab creamery in guelph.. i got pumpkin ice cream and in it i put reese peanut butter cups.. sounds gross? nope it was delish. the lady there insisted that its far from the weirdest combination she has every heard.. apparently someone got pumpkin ice cream with mint aero and vanilla cake pieces.. sounds a bit strange also.
pretty much each year in august my family and i go on a roadtrip somewhere. weve been to boston, philadelphia, maine, ohio, washington dc, pittsburgh and more then once chicago. chicago is probably my favourite and we were supposed to go this year but we ended up leaving it too late and all hotels were booked. plus its harder to find hotels that will allow my puppy in chicago. so this year we decided to stay in canada (guinness can't cross the canadian/usa boarder yet because he had his shots too close before). we drove to a place called la malbaie quebec and stayed in afairmont: la manoir richelieu. it was the perfect place. 10 hours drive, pet friendly, rooms available, resort like (lots to do).. there was a bunch of hiking trails two of which we did. one was a 6km dirt trail (it said it was beginner but i swear it was advanced) and the other hike we did was up the mountain to a golf club house. we stayed at the hotel three nights. it actually was amazing how well guinness did.. i mean, hes only 3.5 months old and he walked with us on our hikes, never had an accident, got along with other dogs and people. oh and he also didn't make us stop every twenty minutes on the way there.. he barked at the car door or got obviously restless when he needed to go out and we let him out.
our hotel front
hotel grounds
the view from the hotel was beautiful
we drove up to a little town and found a beach
guinness posed well for the camera
handsome boy with his new red harness and leather leash
view from golf clubhouse on mountain
wow notice the difference in picture quality (this one with my sony point and shoot,
others with my nikon)
video (dont mind the wind in the background)
hiking up the mountain to the golf club house
at the top we got tea (my sisters and i) and beer (parents)
