Missing our company already.....

We were so lucky to have Mom and Dad Sinc come up this past week. They came on Sunday eve and stayed through until Wednesday am. They did a ton of driving this week.... 6 to K and J's in AB and then another 6 from their place to ours in La Ronge. After all that, another 7.5 home to F.Q. Thats a lot of driving in less than a week... at least in our books :)

Monday, we decided to take them up to Otter Rapids which is on the Churchill River. We took uncle Lloyd up here a few weeks ago... when there wasn't any snow on the ground and a few degress warmer!

It is beautiful to hike in here... and fish. Even though we proved yet AGAIN that we don't think there is any fish left in the North! ugh. Sorry for the disappointment mom and dad :(

This pic doesn't really do it justice.... but some of those rapids are quite high, it would be quite a ride on a kayak!!! If I figure out how to do it, I will try to post a video of the rapids from when we were there with Uncle Lloyd.

This pic is from the time we were up fishing with Uncle Lloyd.

Where's Waldo??????

Had to take a pic of this... the one on the right is Dad's fishing tackle... it used to be his dad's fishing tackle. Grandpa Sinc has been gone now for 20 years. Love the Laura Secord Box in there too. lol.... ;)

This is a pic on the way back from Otter Rapids. Missinipe is approx 80 kms from La Ronge.

On this same road trip, we took them to see the oldest building in Saskatchewan, the church at Stanley Mission. Didn't get to go in side, as it is only accessible by boat.

Here is a pic from the hotel window. We booked mom and dad in at the Harbour Inn as we don't have any place for company to stay in our 400 sq ft bachelor suite! They wanted us to come and stay with them, so we got a little suite looking out onto Lac La Ronge. Right outside our room was a float plane. We didn't get to see him take off as he was taking his sweet time packing up the plane, etc. and we wanted to get on with our day.


This is a pic of the only fur trading post left in La Ronge. At one time, there used to be 4 right here in La Ronge. This store is called Roberston Trading Post. The man you see with Dean and Mom in this pic is Scott. He now owns the store. He Dad used to run it. So this is a family business being passed on through the generations. Scott knows cree and speaks with many of his customers/suppliers with it as some of them only know cree here. The fur trading business is a dying business. Scott says especially the way the economy is now, a fur will average only 12.00 a fur, and it COSTS him 55 per fur to tan it. He also informed us that when he was a boy, they virtually lived in every little town and community along the Churchill River. There is a TON of taxidermy in this store, old animal traps, birch bark art (a full size canoe out of birch bark as well as a toboggan) If you ever get the chance to come to La Ronge, this is definitely a place worth visiting!

Tuesday was a beautiful day outside, so it was perfect to go on another little hike. So this is where we found ourselves, at Nemeiben again!! Its a beautiful little spot and an easy easy hike.

And yes, they are still out boating even with the snow. In fact, looks like this couple plans to fish, and canoe at the same time????

There is a little creek flowing through this trail.... it had very unique looking icicles forming in it...

Do you see what I see???

Tuesday Night we had supper with Jeannie and Jayden. The other three were away. We are so glad to have great friends like these up here in the North! They welcomed us with warmth and open arms.