More winter activities: where Karen's been

I spent the past week and a half with Dale and we did so many fun things together 

He took us on another trip back to Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville (about 2.5 hours from Toronto) for some winter activities :)
I must say that our two trips to Deerhurst Resort in the past month and a half has really changed my way of thinking when it comes to enjoying Canadian winters. There are so many fun winter activities to do!

One of the winter activities Dale took me on was skiing
I haven't been skiing in ages - it's been over 10 years since I last skied, but it was just as fun as I  remembered it to be
We skied at Hidden Valley ski resort which is just a few minutes drive away from Deerhurst
It's a great ski spot for beginners like me :)

I stuck to the green hills and only managed one easy blue run.
I liked the "Lazy Lady" run because it was really quiet and almost nobody was on that run
Mind you, I don't know what is lazy about that run. At some points on that run you have to cross country ski so you're anything but lazy if you want to make it to bottom of the hill!

I love snow covered trees, don't you?

The view was beautiful at the top of some hills. You can see the lake up ahead

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Another fun activity that Dale booked for us was horse back riding!
It was my first time on a horse

I was a bit anxious the first few minutes up there - I thought I was going to fall off, or the horse would kick or jump or something crazy like that....but everything went well and it was a really nice experience (I just needed some extra help getting off the horse)

My horse Bubba was so cute! Do you see how he has curly hair?! 
He was really a funny horse and kept trying to munch on every weed/wild vegetation he saw growing along the path haha. He even tried to eat the ornamental Christmas wreath along the barn door that you can see in the picture below :S
He was a very good horse though :)

Getting on the horse wasn't too bad since there was a platform to help us on

It was just the three of us for the horse back riding - our guide Christie, Dale and myself
We all had our own horses but here is the guide just walking Bubba and I away from the platform

Look at Bubba! He looks so funny here - it looks like he's laughing!

I'm playing with Alice here - one of the husky puppies that was born to a couple of Deerhurst's husky dog sleds
Alice followed us while we were horse back riding
You can read my post on my first dog sledding experience at Deerhurst here

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Because I had such a blast snowmobiling last month at Deerhurst with Dale (you can read my post here), he booked us again for snowmobiling
But this time instead of booking the snowmobiles for an hour and a half, Dale booked them for the whole afternoon :) Yay!

Dale rented the snowmobiles from the same company as last time - Baysville Marina 
They're a reliable company and Dale is really happy with how Steve and Chris run it...although this time the snowmobiles had a bit more wear and tear on them. The snowmobile I was on had its suspension blown :S But it still did the job

Last month when Dale and I went snowmobiling, we had to drive 30 minutes from Deerhurst to Baysville because there was not enough snow to snowmobile at the resort
This time, we got lucky and there was a ton of snow!
So the snowmobile rental company drove up the snowmobiles to Deerhurst which allowed both Dale and I to explore the trails around the resort we stayed at :)

It was a ton of fun and the trails around Deerhurst Resort are just as scenic as the trails around Baysville


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I had such a great three nights at Deerhurst with Dale. These past two trips to Deerhurst have been really special to me :)
Dale is really such a great guy - he always looks after me, always puts me first and has been so supportive of everything

Our drive from Deerhurst back to Toronto - we went through a couple of snow squalls like this one

What have you been up to the past week and half?