Summer Vacation 2008

After an early June rife with court cases for Mike....all pertaining to work-related inspections from two YEARS ago....by late June it was hightime for some much-needed R&R. First stop was a rented cottage on Tamarack Lake near Gooderham, quickly becoming an annual gathering of about fifteen friends and family for a long weekend of swimming, kayaking, canoeing, and general merriment.

From there, we carried on to the cabin outside of Renfrew in the Ottawa Valley....given our current location in the extreme southwest, the cottage in Gooderham was already about 3/4 of the way to the cabin, so we couldn't resist a little more travel for a few days of absolute rustic relaxation. The cabin is the original log cabin settler's home of Mike's great-great-grandparents on his paternal grandmother's side, taken apart and painstakingly reassembled on the back 63 acres of Canadian Shield at the original 200-acre farmstead. No hydro, no water....just an outhouse and a whole lotta peace and quiet.....

The Cabin in the Pines
The View from the Road
Madawaska River from the Burnstown Bridge
Mike on the Madawaska near Calabogie