One of these days I'm going to make my way over to the west side and see that rather pretty lake. I've got some epic trips planned with the children, when and if things ever settle with the virus stuff. We just hit Jamestown in history, so I've got every intention of making it up to Virginia soon...it's only a torturous 9 hour drive. But one of these days we will wonder up into your part of the world, and we will learn about how stinky canola is. It will be great:)
I've never had a cabbage roll, but it does sound gag-able.
If you ever visit Canada, go west. There are hidden gems in a place like Saskatchewan, but it's massive and the coolest places are hours apart. Southwest SK is like a desert, for instance. Getting there isn't easy though. Alberta and BC, more out west; mountains, rainforest, the works.
I will, I would like to see that ice-blue lake west of you. Although if we drag ourselves all the way up there, I think we will do a bit of wandering around.
Florida is the same. People come here mostly and hit the beach. I think the interior of Florida is actually much more beautiful.
Quite a few of those lakes out west in the mountains; rivers look like that as well. The one you're probably talking about has a trail leading all the way up a mountain but I'm not sure what shape it's in these days. Goes from lake to raging river as you go up.
Just out my window is a frozen lake but it's not blue like that. White sand and sand dunes. Purple sand as well along the shoreline. But that's all covered in snow. It's one of the hidden gems.
Oh your lake sounds lovely. I can see why you would want to disappear from this art/writing place for a while in the summer and enjoy it. It must be a particularly cold winter for you (I don't keep up with these things), because it has been here. All my plants that usually take the winter are brown and crispy and I've discovered that two of my toes like to lose circulation when cold. Both issues are kind of interesting, and kind of annoying...
It's been cold and more snow than usual, but reminds me more of what it was like when I was a kid. Was getting dry in this area as well so this melt will bring the water table up. Lake dries up a bit and it's almost always windy here during the day in summer and that's what makes the dunes. This place needs work though, not really designed for arctic style weather. Had the pipes freeze up one night. Wasn't a total disaster though but now I'm paranoid.
The cold reminds me of childhood too. It even snowed in inland Florida when I was a kid - the famous snow of '89. Here sand dunes are places you are not allowed to touch and especially not allowed to climb, which makes sense because there are way too many people at the beaches, and they would be flat. Your dunes sound more fun. I wish you luck with your pipes. A few more weeks and the worst of the intensity is over, I assume. I love February: the days are a bit longer, spring starts to ever so subtly trickle in, and there is chocolate for sale in every direction that I can buy for myself:)