A few more photos from our weekend in Gimli. We wandered around the provincial park and didn't run into a soul. We then visited the snowy harbour in town. It's such a different place in the summer.

On Sunday night, we headed out of the city to Gimli, Manitoba. We stayed the night and took full advantage of the provincial holiday on Monday (Louis Riel day).

Our good friend Linda is from Gimli and gave me some valuable recommendations when planning this little getaway. Among her suggestions was visiting this little warming lodge located in a provincial park just north of town. It's always fully stocked with kindling, firewood, and matches. Anyone in the mood for a fire can use it (so amazing, right?). We brought some snacks & a deck of cards and spent a few hours there.

Also, Mike would be disappointed if I didn't mention his ingenious system for drying out his shoes. ;)
Our little trip to Gimli last winter.

playing around on the frozen beach after our tasty lunch.

while it's fun (and slightly dangerous!) to do a handstand on a frozen lake, i'm ready for spring. we're presently experiencing quite the cold snap (one of many). however, happy weekend activities made the freezing cold more bearable. and it's almost march!

weekend highlights: we played the most hilarious game with friends, went to go see the king's speech (definitely deserved best picture), i had a lovely breakfast with a friend, we signed up for our wedding registry (tiring, but fun), and spent yesterday evening honeymoon planning (me) and wedding website building (mike).

on monday, mike and i took a little trip to gimli, a small beach town about an hour outside of winnipeg. the aforementioned beach is obviously frozen over right now, but it's still a nice change of scenery. it also gave us ample opportunity to day dream about the upcoming summer. mike and i grabbed some food and then took a stroll on the frozen lake (photos of that later).

here we are with our tasty lunch. and yes, it is apparently possible my face to morph from normal - ugly in less than a minute (and put on my coat and glasses while i'm at it!).

hope you have a great weekend, friends.