Thanks ffffor the invite Mihun. Out last winter trip out there was about fffive years ago. I'm just getting the fffeeling back in my ffface.
We were actually planning on moving to the 'Peg area a decade ago. We were downtown in January, job hunting at the U of Manitoba. I was impressed by the free plug- ins in all the municipal parking lots, complete with extension cords. I thought "How friendly and civilized." The temperatures were less so. We were bundled up looking quite out of place, as so many students were lounging around between buildings without coats! None of them looked cold. All of them looked perfectly fine with the weather!
We revisited this place again, having gone there one summer visit.
http://www.fortwhyte.org/about
There was a toboggan run, made out of wood. It resembled a logging era chute, and slid tobogganers out onto the frozen pond. We also walked the trails, and bird watched. It was all part of a wonderful winter visit.
We never did end up moving there. Some days I'm okay with that, some days I'm not. It's funny, because so many times I'd think "Well, it'll be nice to visit family again, but I don't know what they see in this place called Manitoba." But I can tell you, every single time we left, I was regretting going home.
It's easy for me to wax teary eyed and sentimental. Our Southern Ontario "cold snap" is in the minus teens. I can go out to push some snow, fill the bird feeders, and never lose the feeling in my face. Mihun, you've got it so bad, it's good!