Up North

Whew what a workout today!  We had breakfast this morning and then headed out to the park stopping at the visitor's centre.  They have a large birdfeeder out there and had a bunch of chickadees taking advantage of it.  Some blue jays in the trees too but couldn't get a shot of them.  Checked out the wildlife observed board and then we headed out to Pog Lake campground and strapped our snowshoes on.

Didn't see any wildlife but  man lots of tracks (including moose)

We walked out onto the lake and took a slew of photos.  Then snowshoed around and then went around and started heading back to the car.  We figure we snowshoed about a couple miles, a bit of it on an incline too.  Realized how out of shape I am LOL  But the fresh air was unreal and before long I broke into a sweat.

We went back to the car and had our lunch (we packed one at the hotel) and drove around the rest of the afternoon just admiring the scenery.  Headed back to Huntsville going to the grocery store to get some snacks for tomorrow's hike (location yet to be determined - dependent on the weather and how windy it will be) and passed this restaurant "3 Guys and a Stove" and I said let's check that place out.



http://www.3guysandastove.com/

Well it wasn't exactly what I thought it was (more higher end dining, I was picturing a sports bar & grill type establishment) and nearly balked at the price ($30 for a sirloin tip!) but Rob said order what you want so I ended up getting the steak.  When it was served to me, I could see why they charged $30.  I like my steak medium well and they got it perfect and it was SO good......  yummm...  ended up taking most of it home it was so huge (and thick) so I'll have it  for supper tomorrow night.  Rob had the Carolina Catfish.  We stopped at Timmies and got our tea/coffee.

We stopped at the Visitor's Centre and became members of the "Friends of Algonquin Park" association (http://www.algonquinpark.on.ca/friends.html) and picked up a book on canoeing.  Eventually in the future (once we get in better shape LOL) we want to try canoeing into the park interior.  Not only are we supporting this favourite park of ours, we get a discount at the store too :P

Overall I'm having a fantastic time and can't wait to share the pictures when I get home :)

Jenn :D