It was good to finally get back to Gull Lake for the long weekend. As last year I had just arrived in Calgary I had to skip out on the annual festivities.

The year off did me well. Not only did I regain the horseshoe championship (with of course Sandra’s help) I also won the cribbage championship (for the first time I think…maybe 2nd). I probably won’t be invited back next year as the dominance was maybe too much for everybody.

Total winnings $37.

I also flew into Winnipeg this time. I don’t know if I’ll ever make the drive again by myself. Flying is so much easier. Especially now that I actually have somebody to drive me to the airport at 5:30 am (thanks Dee…are we good for 4:30 am in December?)

Took some pictures too of the destruction that happened as the result of the tornado that went through the area on August long weekend. The image on the below is a satellite picture of the road you turn into to head to the cabin. As you can see there’s plenty of trees to the left and ahead of you when you drive down the road. Basically you couldn’t see the lake right when you turned in

Pretty crazy. It obviously was cleaned up and the scene only a couple of weeks ago would’ve been even more dramatic.

There’s more pictures of the long weekend in the gallery.

-Matt