Away for the weekend

[iago]

Tomorrow morning I'm leaving for Riding Mountain National Park, and will be gone till late on Saturday.

That is all.

[CrAz3D]

What is that?

[iago]

It's a national park. :P

Google it for more info.

[rabbit]

But but but.....who will be iago while you're gone?

[Warrior]

I will take over his day-to-day responsibilities.

[iago]

Go ahead, my day-to-day responsibilities include:
- Nothing

See to it!

[Warrior]

ok, just give me leader permissions and we'll be set

[iago]

Nah, completely unnecessary. Just sit around and don't do anything and you'll be fine.

[Warrior]

but not having leader permissions kills the immersion

[iago]

Back!

Pictures/most of the interesting stories (in captions), plus an awesome picture of me:
http://www.skullsecurity.org/ospap2/index.php?action=albums&album_id=677

For reference, this is the area we were in, make sure you're on satellite because the map is totally wrong (misplaces the lake!)

Main events:
Thursday
- Woke up early, had breakfast out, left town by 8:30
- Arrived in Wasagaming (on the South side of Clear Lake) at about 11, checked into the hotel, had some food on the patio
- Left about 1pm, went for a bike ride over a swamp to the west (where we shouldn't have been biking, but didn't realize till afterwards)
- Biked down to the beach to check it out, it was unexciting
- Biked down another path, east of the town. Had a hell of a time finding it, but eh? It went down around the east side of the lake, to the "wishing well" and golf course. Then we rode back along a slightly different trail.
- Parked our bikes, went for a walk across the town. Talked to the park rangers and bought the "trail guide" for $25, so we could actually find trails
- Went golfing at Clear Lake Golf Course. Did 13 holes, then packed it in. We didn't keep score, but I didn't play well (it's been years, I was just out there for fun :) )

Friday
- It was rainy and crappy all day
- Drove throughout the park to see where other trails are
- Saw two smallish bears, a female moose with her baby, a couple dear
- Drove through the Bison enclosure, saw a couple herds of bison
- Went back to the hotel (after a few hours)
- Took our bikes out around town, a bit, got soaked
- Drove down another road, to the east, checked out some campgrounds and trails (for future reference)

Saturday
- Cleaned up, checked out of the hotel
- Drove to the trails around the "escarpment", which is the east side of the park
- Did one trail, about 6km each way (uphill on the way there, down on the way back), visiting the highest point in the park
- Picked two woodticks off my leg, hit the road
- Went the long way home (east, across Lake Manitoba's narrows), and stopped at Dad's cottage for an hour to cut the grass
- Came home, and here we are!

So yeah, that was my exciting adventure. The pictures sort of go along with that. :)

[CrAz3D]

wtf kind of sign is that?  so colorful and cartoony?!

[iago]

The tour is frequently done by school children. It's a sign for them.

[d&q]

wtf kind of sign is that?  so colorful and cartoony?!

That sun looks so awesome.  :o