We spent the last weekend at Brenda’s family cottage in Erieau.  It’s an interesting place, built by her dad and other relatives out of materials savaged from CP (or was it CN) rail.  The wood was salvaged from boxcars, much of the furniture from a decommissioned caboose, and clothesline made from steel rails driven into the ground.  We’ve visited before, but this was really the first time at the cottage that was “kid friendly”.

Most of our time was split between fishing off the back-yard dock and swimming at the large beach on the lake side.  After three days, our tally of fish was 55 Blue Gill all caught with either a Dora the Explorer or Finding Nemo kids fishing rod.

Katlyn and Graeme had some good times playing Tetris head to head on her pink Game Boy DS, which looked surprisingly at home in Graeme’s hands.  Unfortunately I didn’t have my digital camera with me, but caught a couple of shots with the Blackberry. 

On Saturday evening we headed over to my Aunt and Uncle’s farm to say hi to everyone.  It was a quick in-and-out because they’re in the middle of tobacco harvest season and free time was at a minimum.  They treated us to the full “city slicker” tour including a walk around the main farm area, some horse rides for the girls, and a driving tour of the vast Brush empire along the lake in Blenheim.