East to God's Country

It is hard to believe that less than a week ago we were in "beautiful Lake of the Woods", or God's country.  Which brings back memories of when I traveled by bus from Winnipeg to Nova Scotia in my early 20's to attend Granville Ferry's Dance Intensive....my protective mother told me "please don't sit in the back of the bus, that is where ex-inmates sit"...I learned very quickly that the most interesting people sat at the back of the bus also.  Sorry Mum.

T'was at the back of the bus where all the Atlantic Canadian Maritimers were sitting - and they couldn't stop talking about "God's country", meaning Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

Well it has been several years since I was that far East - so for now, we enjoyed a little East of us, Lake of the Woods.  We love hiking and trying out different trails - with the 3 'littles' Literally in Tow at times - it takes us about twice the time for each trail.

I never tire of the views, smells, sounds, lack of sounds, plants, mosses, trees and water.  And I wonder what it would be like to live there all the time. We drank up every minute and even did some excursions in the rain - and happily arrived to our heated pop-up!

 
We bumped into a few familiar faces along the way, which was a nice surprise, and surprise it was in the middle of no-where at times.  Some of the most interesting conversations I had with people were with random folk I met in the laundry facilities at the campgrounds we stayed.  One couple topped it off for adventures - a newly wed from PEI cycling their way across our wide country.  You can follow their journey here.

I have some catching up to do.  Those who left comments on older posts while I was away - I will get back to you;)  Also my lovely package arrived from my Vintage Swap partner, so I'll have to tell all about that.  I would love to share with you some of the exciting plant discoveries we made on our trip - can't seem to go very far without bringing along some plant/tree field guides...and we are gearing up for our first official year of homeschooling.