algonquin winter weekend

we went up to algonquin with some of my coworkers last weekend. friday night we drove up and arrived in time for beer, veggie chili, and wolf howling. it was really cold out and we didn't really hear any wolves. we socialized and hung out at the wildlife research station.



on saturday we had a pancake breakfast, packed a lunch and headed out for a hike to Chit Lake. it was a 5km hike in to the cabin at Chit Lake, and it was our first time walking that far with snowshoes. it was also about -20 or something.



it was so cold at lunch that people barely stayed at the cabin at all ("cabin" is a loose interpretation as the "cabin" was open to the air). we built a fire and SOME people drank. when we got too cold from standing around, we decided to walk back. i don't think that my hip flexors have ever been so sore before. but we made it back.

on saturday night we had some delicious lasagna. but then i got into the wine, and the wine killed me. at about 9pm i went to lie down "for a minute" and the wine and the snowshoe hike caught up to me and killed me. so i could hear everyone else laughing and drinking but i could not get myself out of bed. so i feel badly that i missed out on some good fun. i will have to try NOT to do that this weekend at Jay. i hate being tired but i also hate missing out on good times! i can always catch up on sleep later.