Cannington Dogsled Races and Winter Carnival

Today, we visited Cannington.  Yup.  Cannington.  Don't know where that is?  I didn't either, before today.  It's about 87.6 km out of Richmond Hill.  We stayed at a friend's house in Beaverton, and then went with them to the dogsled races today.  Except that the dogsled racing part was canceled due to lack of snow.  As Chris (not my brother) said, "This has the potential of being the most boring Winter Carnival ever."  Yup.  Disappointment!  We wandered around, looking at Metis crafts, dog collars and igloos.  3 of our group went on a dogsled ride, for $2 each.  They really know how to hit people up for money!

When transporting the dogs, they use an add-on for a pick-up truck.  They look like the trucks the dog-catchers use.  6 cells that open on the side, and another 6 on the other side. 

But guess what!  They fit 2 dogs in each cell!  The idea is that they don't move around during transport.

A few games that were happening at various places around the event were: Toilet Seat Toss, the Bigfoot Challenge, and the Tater Toss.  Yeah.  We tried them all!  Toilet Seat Toss was good, clean fun!  : )  It was really just horse-shoes with a toilet seat. 

Bigfoot Challenge had two ski-like boards attached to your feet, and with a team of 2 other people try and navigate an obstacle-free field.  Simple, right?  My team's leader ended up in a face-plant in the snow. 

Tater Toss was a large slingshot that you load with a potato, then let fire at a target.  Pretty fun!

If you think this is stupid (which it kind of is, to a certain extent), how stupid do you think I am?  You have no right to laugh at me!

Ice sculptures!

Just a few thoughts from the day:
Broomball: Hockey for wimps
Lime Perrier: It's like drinking liquid hand sanitizer
Clodhoppers: Amazing!  (I did that for you, Michelle!)
Most kitchen smoke hoods (I have a few specific ones in mind!):  Your home's built in "cone of silence"
How do you get turtle shells, without the turtle?:  They strip.  I think.  Or so I've been told!


L'chiam,

-Sarah Elizabeth
Actually unaffordable, but still true