big news
yesterday our offer was accepted on a cottage on Paudash Lake (the same lake that my parents’ cottage is on, but in a different bay – it’s about a 15 minute drive by car or by boat). For those not familiar with the area, Paudash Lake is in the Haliburton Highlands region of Ontario, located near the town of Bancroft. If all goes well we will be closing on the property on October 7th. I won’t be here of course – I’ll be in France. But it will be nice to know that the place will be here for us when we get back.
we are very excited about this – in my opinion, cottage life in northern Ontario in the summer and fall is pretty close to paradise. My parents live at their cottage full time, and who knows, in the future we might want to retire here as well – though Ontario winters can get pretty chilly to say the least. Regardless, this is a very long term investment!
here are a few pictures of the place – note that all the furniture and water toys are theirs and not ours!
the view of the cottage from near the lake
the deck in front of the cottage
the living room
the docks at the waterfront
the view of the lake from in front of the cottage
(bonus points if you can identify which province’s flag that is – the answer is here)
WOW!
That is awesomely beautiful.
I hope you have many happy summers there. 🙂
(jealous!)
swweeeeet!!
Excellent! Congrats!
Y’know … we have a sportscaster on our local news that looks just like you. It’s freaky listening to him talk about the Bears. 🙂
That’s great!
I have lots of fond memories of summertimes at Maine lakes, so…I’m jealous too. =)
Just have one question:
WHEN CAN I VISIT?!?!? And that’s a NEWFIE flag, my friend. 🙂
anytime! I’m not sure when I’ll actually be there though – next summer perhaps…
Gorgeous. I am terribly jealous 🙂
So when I’m famous, can I come hang out there? 😀
of course! I’d also like it if you could come visit me in Europe as well (I meant to reply to that earlier comment) – perhaps we can tour around a bit when I’m on break?
BTW you don’t have to be famous to hang out there 🙂
I want to visit you in France! But I don’t travel well with Clay. He tries to make me laugh when I eat. He’s trying to kill me.
wow that’s gorgeous
*Nice* crib.
–riney
Awesome! Do non-mystic meese live there too?
nope, only the mystical kind. But all meese are welcome to come hang out!