Trip in the new car

Colleen and I got out to the lake on our own for the first time since the wedding last year and also the first real road trip in the new car. I'm happy to report that it is an absolute dream to drive on a long distance trip, has great overtaking pickup and the satellite radio was delivered mere minutes before we set off. This was a blessing and a curse because we were able to pick up the hockey game (playoffs hockey for Edmonton is a big thing around here) the whole way there and the whole way home. We won one of the games and lost the other, but still managed to sneak through to the finals against the Caroline Hurricanes. The result of the series unfortunately went against the Oilers but they put up a good fight and everyone in Edmonton was pretty damn pleased with how far they got considering they last won the Stanley Cup in 1990.

The weather out at the lake was not the best and far too cold to swim in yet, so we spent most of the time indoors which was a shame. Still it's always good to get out there and with no-one else on the beach at all it was a very quiet peaceful retreat for us.

Weirdly the logs that we had stripped on the last trip out had grown some sort of fungus on them which turned them into this...

Strange mottling on the cedar stringers