A Weekend in Algonquin

While Stephen's family was visiting, we went with them to Algonquin to visit some friends of theirs at their cottage.  These friends had a fantastic array of toys - quad bikes, jetskis, paddleboats, kayaks... all sorts of things.  Jax's boarding kennel was full for the long weekend, so he came with us, and he had a fantastic time.  He was off-leash nearly the whole time, and stayed really close to us, which was good to see.

After Jax's first canoeing expedition a month ago, he seems to have decided that boats are awesome, because this trip, he was jumping in boats all over the place without being asked.

In a canoe with Stephen's Dad...

He doesn't seem too worried about potentially falling into the water, which is surprising considering how much he hates swimming.

In the canoe with us....

On a paddleboat with us.  Any boat you got on, he tried to join you - even the jetski.  He actually went for a jetski ride with Stephen.

It's hard work being a dog.  Apparently the water was coming in and wetting his paws, so he decided that this chair was a better plan to hang out.

 Stephen and Jax enjoyed the opportunity to run around off-leash.

Well.... Stephen did, anyway.

We took the quad bikes (which they call "ATVs") and went to pick some wild raspberries for lunch.  Unfortunately, the whole of Algonquin is home to billions of insects - flies, mosquitoes, deer flies, horse flies... and they all bite.  We ended up with a huge trail of them biting us while we were driving the bikes, which wasn't that fun - neither was the next day when we woke up covered in itchy insect bites.  Ouch.

I thought that driving faster might stop the insects from following us - we went back at what I thought was around 35kph... Stephen (who was riding pillion) told me when we got back that it was actually 35mph, so 55kph.  Apparently that was a bit fast for him.  I had fun anyway ;)

It was a really fun weekend, and we were sad to head back to the big city.