A long weekend in Saskatchewan calls for a little adventure.
I figured I had better get this blog post up SOON, as we leave for our next travel adventure soon :)
As we were driving to Elkridge to meet up with friends (from Regina), I really didn't know what to expect. I knew the four of us would have a blast wherever we were & I knew that we would likely be consuming a lot of liquor. After not drinking for 5 weeks... I knew I would also be a cheap drunk haha! 80 Day Obsession has definitely kept my nutrition on track, but I had planned on this weekend being an off weekend. BALANCE!We had been to Elkridge a few years back in the summer for a wedding. I had never been to our own National Park before that -- CRAZY, I know. Seeing how absolutely breathtaking it is there is why I say that! You see we live 20 minutes from our very own provincial park, so naturally as kids (and adults) that is where we usually end up! Now that we have a camper we really do enjoy having the freedom to go to any lake or campground though!
As we rolled into Elkridge Friday.. down the road to our privately rented cabin, I couldn't believe it! A stunning little cabin where we would be spending our next 3 nights.Obviously we didn't do too much that Friday evening besides drink wine, beers, and laugh alot. We tend to play a lot of games with our friends -- What Do You Meme & Aggravation were the two that we played most of the weekend. What Do You Meme mainly consisted of Duff (my husband) laughing like a school girl until he cried... then us laughing at him hahah!
Saturday was a day for exploring. We hiked through some nicely groomed trails & also made some trails of our own through the fresh powder. We definitely eyed up the tubing hill, as we had full intentions of coming back that evening when it cleared out a bit. Seriously though--- Tubes provided, a sweeet HILL, with a jump... Warm up shack, fire pit, & lights for night time! I was pumped. Needless to say we sauntered back around 10 and took over the hill --- dogs included :). Those tubes are FAST too! We tried countless times to hit the jump, but kept failing. Finally I nailed it with a perfect landing. The guys then hit it one after another too, losing mitts and completely crashing. Fun times. The dogs got in a good workout as they were chasing us all the way down, then climbing back up.
Day 2 started off much smoother for myself. I could eat breaky & even drink my morning coffee ;). We were pretty adventurous this day. We decided after watching all of the Olympic Events that we should go cross country skiing. It looks easy enough, right!? Well we all sucked pretty equally in this department, but seriously so fun. The skis were available through the front lobby in the Resort (ALSO skates & snow shoes here too). I think next time we will utilize the nicely groomed cross country trails and I'm sure we will crush it . The Boreal Trail was a groomed snowmobile trail...beauty of a trail, but we can see why skiers seek out those groomed cross country trails.They do have a skating pond, mini curling sheet, and a Crokicurl rink set up. We took on Crokicurl! Obviously combining the two greatest games ever - Curling & Crokinal - you really can't go wrong! The girls won a few games, and I'm sure the boys beat us at least once. There was some nice break dancing moves throughout the games :). We hit up the lounge for some nachos & drinks to follow.
There is seriously enough activities to keep someone entertained here for a week at least! We didn't have time to do everything with 2 full days of activities. There's the spa, pool, & restaurant in the actual Resort building that we didn't even have a chance to check out.
Great friends can make any weekend a fun one. We will have to make this trek a more regular occurance for sure. Elkridge 2019 here we come :).
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