Come to Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada! We will take a one hour drive north to our cottage at Victoria Beach on Lake Winnipeg. It is a unique beach community that does not allow cars in the summer months. So we will park in the parking lot and walk down a shady lane to our cottage. We will pass countless cyclists and walkers. We will go to the bakery for pecan loaf and warm Irish bread. We will stop at the tennis courts and watch some pretty decent tennis matches! Then off to the beach (a five minute walk from the cottage) to sit on the world class sand and dip our toes in one of Canada's biggest lakes. Then we will ride our bikes with our golf clubs slung over our shoulder or pulled behind us and play nine holes of golf. Watch out for the squirrels, foxes, deer and sometimes bears! We will end the day with an ice cream cone from the Moonlight Inn. Mmmmm.
In the days following, we can take in Winnipeg's Museum of Human Rights, go to a symphony at the concert hall and maybe take in some ballet at the outdoor stage at Assiniboine Park (we will look at the Leo Mol sculptures and the English Gardens on the way. We can go see a production at the outdoor theater (with a domed roof) at Rainbow Stage. We can take in a Taste of Manitoba where local restaurateurs provide samples of their delicious and often Ethnic food! And in August we will go to Folklorama. Folklorama is the world's largest and longest-running multicultural festival - lots of entertainment and delectable cuisine from countries all around the world. And we will take in a football game - the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Canadian Football League).
If you some back in winter, we can take in a Winnipeg Jets Hockey game (NHL), go skating on the Assiniboine River and have a lovely dinner on the frozen river in a shelter - dress warmly! Could be bison on the menu!
If you like to hunt and fish - you will be in paradise... and this is getting too long so I will leave off here - but there is so much more to see and do (like a side trip up to Churchill to see the polar bears in their natural habitat)....