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I studied at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg from January to April 2001.
Canada: Spring Break (part IV)
FlyingDutchman2006-03-15 18:00:44
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On Monday February 12th we first went to pick up our cars at Discount; we got a Chevrolet Cavalier and a Chrysler Cirrus, not bad at all for compact cars. The first place we (Mart, Reds, Hena, Rodrigo, Gil, Xavier, Charles and I) went was the Superstore and the liquor store for the necessary grocery and liquor shopping. After lunch at the Burger King we left Winnipeg on the Trans Canada Highway 1. It was a 3 hour drive to Sioux Narrows; in my opinion it's the best way to see Canada. Manitoba for example is almost completely flat, but there are some hills and rock formations in Ontario. The last hour from Kenora to Sioux Narrows we drove along the Lake of the Woods, giving magnificent views over the snowy lake. We arrived at our cabin in the early evening and spent the evening playing games and drinking.
On Tuesday we rented a snowmobile for the day. It's really cool to ride over a snowy frozen lake with a 110 km per hour! It's also pretty cold; I was glad I brought my skipants and snowboots. While snowmobiling over the lake we noticed how isolated the area is; there are mainly other vacation resorts on the lake shore and a lot of small unhabited islands. During the day Mart and Gil filled up the snowmobile at the gas station from the guy we rented it (and the cabin) from, assuming we would pay for the snowmobile and gas afterwards. When we got the snowmobile back in the evening it didn't start anymore; the guy said it ran out of oil and the damage might be $2400. Apparently snowmobiles have to be filled up with oil every time they're filled up with gas, something he didn't mention when we rented it. We spent the evening watching movies, drinking and going to the sauna. It's a really cool experience to heat up in the sauna and roll over in the snow to cool down, I think the Finnish call it 'snowangels'.
On Wednesday we drove into town to call some people about the snowmobile damage. Legal advisors at the
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