Posted July 16, 2009 by Leah Hoffmann
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Thanks to John for our latest “Where to Go” entry… a rich and varied half-year of travel to Canada and within the U.S.
Based out of North Carolina, we have had a fun travel year this year so far. I started with a trip to Lafleche, Saskatchewan at the end of January, where the high temperature was -19 °C, and the low was around -35 °C. Big town, population currently listed as 380. My family homesteaded into Canada in the early 1900’s to a small hamlet located southwest of Lafleche, a much bigger town with current population of around 40.
During the Easter school break, we spent some family time at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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Posted March 3, 2009 by Leah Hoffmann
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By now it’s more than obvious to most of the American East Coast, but in spite of last week’s balmy temperatures, winter is far from over here! After about 12 hours of travel and rerouting and delays, we got back from Canada yesterday to find NYC buried in snow.
There wasn’t much snow up north, but boy, was it cold. That meant plenty of skating if you could stand to be outside, and also plenty of pond hockey that I enjoyed watching from the safety of a nearby bonfire. It was a very impressive operation… there was even a makeshift Zamboni on a tractor to smooth the ice between games.
Other impressive cold weather feats: the SUV parked on ice — I wasn’t there to see it get on or off, alas — and the massive ferry (we were in Wolfe Island, off the coast of Kingston, Ontario) that lumbered through the frozen St. Lawrence river every hour. All in all, a lovely winter weekend!
Posted February 26, 2009 by Leah Hoffmann
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It’s been a pretty good winter up here in the mid-Atlantic—cold but not bone-chilling, a couple decent bouts of snow. Whereas in the summer, I often drive out to the Ramapo Mountains on the weekend to go hiking, in winter we just head to the nearest frozen lake (weather permitting) and skate. And now that the day here in Brooklyn is gorgeous and mild (high of 50!)… we’re headed up to Canada for one last truly wintery weekend. We’ll fly into Syracuse this evening, then drive up to Kingston and catch a ferry to Wolfe Island.
Saturday in Brooklyn: high of 44. Saturday in Wolfe Island: high of 22, and hopefully plenty of ice…
