Fishing Lake . . . (bear hunting link here!)

Last week I headed to Fishing Lake with my old work colleague Fiona. The pressure is on as she will be reading this!!!!!

It took us 3 hours to get there from Edmonton, but along the way, we saw the big sausage again!! and we saw a wild bear just before we entered the town. It wasn't as big as I thought a bear would be and it was quite cute, although I'm sure it wouldn't be a good idea to get to close. The town also wasn't as big as I thought it would be either. There are around 300 residents, and they've just got their first pavement!!! CRAZY!!

Fiona's family were lovely and made me feel very welcome. We had lots of food!! including Elk burgers, Bisons burgers and Buffallo saugage. The Elk burgers were the best though.

Her mam acted like a personal chauffer for us, taking us all over to Lloydminster, Elk Point (suprise suprise no Elk here!!!), Fort George, Reill Beach and I'm sure there were other places but I can't remember now! The lake was right by Fiona's house so we headed down there to cool off. Little did she know that it had been lowering for the last 8 years and it was further than she realised. Not to worry though, we took machetties and cleared a path! A sight that would have kept you all amused for hours!!!!

We headed back to Lloydminster on the Friday for Fiona's friends wedding. A real cowboy and cowgirl wedding. It was amazing! I had a great time! The table pieces were plastic cows, bulls and bails, and there were so many cowboy hats it was unreal!!! Congrats Jamie and Terry and I had a great time attemping the two step and whatever the other dance was that I attempted! Can you believe that they do the birdie dance here too!! I thought it was a cheesy english dance but apparently not, and the macarena!!! which I didn't dance to . . . . . honest!

Fiona's brother also dropped of his quad bike so we could have some fun! Initially I followed Fi's dad and took it easy, it was pretty bumpy. We went off piste, until her Dad got trapped over a fallen tree, so we pulled him out, and headed to the sand. There were a few jumps but loads of room to must go crazy and get used to the feel of the bike!!! Her brother took me for a ride and I nearly fell off a few times while he whizzed along. The next time I went on it, I had Fiona on the back and nearly tipped her off by accident a couple of times. Don't think she was impressed by my fearless driving! ooops! The funniest moment though was when Dave drove off with his aunt on the back and returned with her driving and him sitting on the back, He's not the smallest of guys so it looked hilarious!!!

Fiona and I camped out one evening. Dave got the fire going, told us a ghost story about wolves and then left! Thanks Dave! We managed to stay put for a few hours and then went and hid in the trailer, just incase!!!
I finally managed to see some Elk with full antlers which looked amazing, heard some wolves and coyotees howling, but still no moose! Maybe in the rockies . . . .
We also went tubing on the lake, which was so funny. I've never held on to something so tight in all my life and have some funny pictures!!!

I now know how to spot a real cowboy too. Look for the Wranglers, hat, boots and belt buckle.

And I also have an invite to head back in October and go bear hunting with Fi's uncle (Apparently it has to be the right season) so I have to see if my conscience will let me. I have attached a link of the business for all potential hunters out there!

It was a great week, with temperatures around 38 degrees and I was super chilled out when I got back.