A good friend of mine came down to visit from London, Ontario. She made her way here Thursday and left this morning. We had a amazing long weekend! She got here close to supper, so we chatted a while and then made some pizzas for supper. I used a naan bread pizza dough, the sauce was roasted peppers, pureed, and some hot sauce, then topped it with saute onions, peppers and mushrooms, then added some shredded chicken with bbq sauce, and added goat cheese. It was so good!! We then decided to take a nice long walk, we were gone about an hour and a half, and walked down a trail near by that my neighbor told me about. I have gone down a small part of it, but then it goes quite a bit into the woods so waited to finally have someone to walk down there with me, and it was beautiful.
Friday we started our morning with a very hearty breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, almonds and maple syrup, and also had a smoothie. We packed up a lunch and made sure to have plenty of water, and got ready and headed out to Mer bleue. I found it online at some point and new I had to take her there. The trail and bog was about 10 km, and it was the perfect day for a hike. The trail started off with a nice wooded area
That led us to a picnic area, with tables, and also information about the bog. It was just about that time for lunch so we sat down and ate. We had left over pizza, some coleslaw, and for dessert the gluten free chocolate quinoa cupcakes. We then set out to walk along the bog
It was pretty amazing to walk along the board walk through the bog. The way they set it up it loops around back to the picnic area
Then we walked back along the hiking trail to get back to the car. Since we got plenty of exercise, what better way to finish the day by going to Le Nordic, it's a spa in Chelsea, Quebec.
They have added more cabins, and have relocated their entrance. We only went for the pools, saunas, and also their floating pool called Kalla. I have gone a few times but could never try Kalla and apparently it's like you've slept for a few hours, some really do fall asleep also. We started with the hot tub, then went into the sauna with eucalyptus, then went into the cold pool, which was very, very cold! Then went for the Kalla. It was weird seeing people just floating there, but it was an amazing experience. They have cushions that you can put to support your neck so we grabbed that, but it was hard to get comfortable with that, it was to thick, and it started to give me a headache, so I got rid of it, but I couldn't seem to shake off the headache so it was hard to really enjoy the experience. They do say for your first time it's hard to get the full benefit, they suggest going in a second time but we didn't go. I'll have to try it again some other time. We then went to get something to drink, then enjoyed the warm pool, then laid down for a while on the beds that they have. We were hungry at that point so we sat down to eat
We shared an appetizer of a 3 year old cheddar cheese, some toasted nuts, grapes, bread, and a few slices of strawberries, one blackberry, and a yellow cherry. I had the red wine and she had white. It was so good! Our main meal, which we got the same, but I had smoked salmon and she had the chicken, it was a beet and spinach salad. Our dessert was a smoothie with chia seeds, an orange compote of sorts, and a blueberry tart. The meal was delicious! We then got ready and came home, we both were pretty tired, but it was an incredible day, and so glad we had beautiful weather.
Saturday wasn't quite as nice. The morning started off ok cause it was cloudy, but we again had a wonderful breakfast of an omelette with onions, mushrooms, tomatoes and feta cheese and topped it with some salsa, and we had toast and a smoothie. We then set out to go to a vineyard called Domaine Perrault in Navan
It was beautiful there, and they were preparing for a wedding outdoors, they had tents set up and we could hear the band preparing. Inside they had a beautiful little store were the lady there talked to us about their land and their wines. We got to try a few, and I bought 4 different wines, 2 white and 2 reds, and Dallas bought a few as well. She also told us about another vineyard near by, they help each other out when needed, and since they were out of the rose wines, she suggested we go there cause they had some in stock. Since we were in the area, we thought why not. It was a beautiful place as well called Etter
I absolutely love that sign that they have! We got to try a few of their wines as well including one that is almost ready, but not quite ready to sell yet. It was a white wine and it was so good!! I'll have to go back to get that one. We also got the opportunity to know about their land, which they only have been open a few months, well they have been there for years, but could only open a 4 months ago once they had a good amount of bottles ready since it does take time to prepare wine. We got a tour of the back as well, he explained how it all works, and it was very interesting to know the process and how it all works. I also bought 4 bottles there, I got 2 reds, a rose and a port. We left there and headed for the butcher's so we can get beautiful steaks for our supper, and I bought a few other things I needed. We then stopped at a stand along the way to pick up a basket of apples. We stopped off at home to drop everything off, then headed out for a late lunch at Panera, which I also bought one of their loaf of bread, the honey wheat. We then went to the movies since it was raining. When we got home we cooked a delicious meal of steaks and potatoes on the BBQ, yes I barbecued in the rain, but it wasn't that bad. We had saute onion and peppers with red wine and the vegetable spice from Epicure. We opened one of the red wines and supper was delicious!! Dallas prepared the dessert, we had an apple crumble.
Before she set off to go home, we had another amazing breakfast. We had a BLT with bacon I got at the butcher's, it was a molasses black pepper bacon, and we had that with a smoothie. The weekend went by way to fast, but it was an amazing weekend! It's another gloomy day outside, so I'm working on some laundry and will probably keep busy with getting things done around the house. Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!
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