Port Severn Adventure

Ian's aunt and uncle (Anne and Howard) gave us a gift certificate for the Inns of Ontario for our wedding last year....so this weekend we went to the Inn at Christie's Mill.

On Friday night we stopped in Barrie on the way and went to Jack Astors.


They have a rather cute donkey as a mascot and Ian liked the "chain restaurant ambience". I had a noodly veggie soup thingy which was ok, but not quite what I expected. Note to self: should read the menu more closely. Ian had the ribs with fries and coleslaw. Lots of tastiness all around - especially the fries. Ian had the fresh baked apple pie which was super tasty too! They must be using lard or something..mmmm...



Then we made it to the Inn, checked into a pretty nice room with an electric fireplace, hit up the hot-tub (kind of outside in a small wooden hut thing) and had a bottle of "Two buck chuck" merlot that I brought back from an Ian visit this summer.


On Saturday morning, we had a buffet breakfast at the Inn - pretty tasty stuff.

Here's me relaxing, post massage at the spa.




The view from our window.








Then some delightful snow-shoeing at the Wye Marsh Nature Place. Pretty fun stuff, although am filled with regret. For a mere $12, they had a pretty awesome moose touque with antlers and stuff. I let Ian convince me that I shouldn't buy it :(


Ian wasn't so hot at the snow-shoeing - kept blaming his equipment...seems sketchy to me.






Then it was off for some more relaxing, paper reading and sauna (hot like death is how I like to describe it...of course Ian loved it).

We had a nice dinner at the hotel, included as part of our package. So we went all out and I had the Thai veggie spring rolls to start (pretty tasty, very vegetably), then a piece of halibut with baby lobster tails, veggie in a buttery sauce. Followed up with some almond cookie thing and ice cream.

Ian had the salmon cakes to start, beef tenderloin with mushrooms and veggie and cheesecake for desert. Had a bottle of Italian Pinot Grigio to go along with my fishy stuff.

Then some more relaxing, bed-time, a buffet breakfast this morning, and a short walk around Vaughan Mills shopping center on the way home!

Other notes for tourists - it would be good to go in the summer and enjoy the free canoes and paddle boats. Also, the St. Marie Among the Hurons center would be open, along with the Huronia Museum! How fun is that???

Thanks Anne and Howard!