Well good morning guys.
It is -30 below here in Canada and I can feel the insides of my nostrils freezing.
I feel like icicles are forming and my lips are freezing so I can't even speak properly.
But anyways today we are going to give you guys a cottage tour as you already know we
are planning to go to Florida for our winter vacation but that fell through and my family
decided to rent a log cabin.
A beautiful log cabin so we spending eight nights here out in the forest.
We are like 30 minutes north of Kingston and Seeley's Bay.
We are by a lake.
Beautiful area my dog is here.
I'm getting mauled by the dog.
Hey Togo.
Hey baby Togo.
The German Shepherd.
So anyways this video is going to be the cabin tour because it is a beautiful home.
So let's go inside before we freeze, take our layers off and we'll begin the tour.
Come along.
Togo.
Come here.
Come Togo.
Okay so now that we're inside of the house thawing out we're finally going to begin the
tour so we're going to start with the ground level.
Right now we're in the mud room so we've got this collection of boots and winter clothing
sprawled all over the place.
Check out that guys.
All of the boots.
So yeah and let's start with the living area because I feel like that is the best part
of the house.
That is the best part of the house.
Come on over.
We've got my parents hanging out.
They are escaping.
Sorry we were going.
They are running away out the living room.
Now they're running away.
Haha.
Yeah, but this is the living area.
This is where we've been hanging out every single day.
We have this massive fireplace that heats up the whole space.
So I would say this is probably my favorite part of the house.
Just right here.
We've all just been hanging out including the dog.
Seriously.
Like the dog is the smartest one in the house.
It ends up sleeping here at night.
Yeah, it just curls up on the blanket right in front of the fireplace.
Yeah, it just is mesmerized by the fire more or less.
Yeah, so this is the living area.
We have like these three big leather couches, lots of pillows.
We also brought lots of like fuzzy blankets from home so we can just hangout here.
And yeah, if you look up at you can really see this is a log cabin.
Yeah.
Like you have these massive tree trunks that kind of act as your walls.
I've got to show you guys this.
Yeah.
Check out this guys.
It is pretty insane.
Yeah.
And they've also decorated it like the Olympics.
The 2010 Olympics which were hosted in Canada.
So they have like a lot of cool little details like the banners and there is also sports
equipment like snowshoes.
Yeah.
Skiis.
Sleds.
And in the basement they have even more sports equipment.
Yeah.
They have more posters they have like a foosball table.
Mmmhmm.
An air hockey table.
Like yeah but we'll get to the basement soon enough.
They are sports lovers for sure.
They are.
So lets continue here.
So then we have this um like open kitchen and dining area.
Yep.
So we have this massive table like with banquets.
We've been seven people.
We're going to be eight people later this week and it has been perfectly fine.
There is plenty of space for us all.
Um and then this massive kitchen.
Like this is the first time I have seen a kitchen that has two sinks.
Two sinks.
And they are not small either.
Yeah.
So here is the first one and if I move over here.
Here is the second one.
We've got some dirty dishes in there.
Oh yeah.
We've got dirty dishes and it looks like we're going to have some nice meat dish tonight.
We're going to be making empanadas.
Check out the views guys.
This is where the car is.
It has been snowing and the temperature has been you know below -30.
It is almost we've been going out we've been embracing it yes but man we can't go out for
too long at that temperature.
Hahaha.
No.
Also as you can see we've brought enough food to feel to feed a small army.
Yeah.
And we are a small army.
We are.
We all like our food in this family.
Yeah.
And so um yeah we've been eating really well here.
Lots of family meals.
Lots of snacks.
Lots of hot chocolate.
Lots of coffee.
Yeah, so why don't you go show the bedrooms on the floor.
Actually one more thing.
I need to show you the wine.
What is it called?
The wine rack?
Yeah.
The wine rack.
So this looks like an old canoe that has been turned into a wine rack.
Yeah, check that out.
And a funny story we went to the LCBO before coming out here and we bought enough wine
for what we thought would be 8 days.
So I think we brought like 10 bottles with us.
Ten or eleven.
That is going to be enough and today is what day four.
And there is one left.
One lonely bottle left.
And there is one on the table.
And that is it.
Yeah, so I think we underestimated but the good thing about that is that both of my sisters
had to go back to Toronto.
Yep.
For work.
So they're going to come back with more wine.
They're coming back with more wine.
Um yeah.
Okay so let's continue.
Let's show the bedrooms here.
Okay.
The bedrooms.
My beautiful dog.
Pouch.
Hey pouch.
And look he has got his nice little sweater on.
Togo.
With his name.
There is his name.
He won't let me show his name.
Let me show the name.
Togo togo togo.
There is his name.
Okay, so bedrooms.
We have 2 bedrooms on this floor.
And we have double beds in every single room.
So yeah as you can see basically the whole house is just these massive logs as their
walls.
It is amazing.
It feels so cozy and toasty in here.
It sure does.
And we have a giant telescope.
Giant telescope.
Yeah.
And then check out the views from here.
Look at how much snow we've got.
Woah!
We haven't spent a whole lot of time on the balcony.
Sam tried shoveling on our first night here.
I did.
But it needs some more.
Look at those icicles.
Man.
Yeah.
Oh yeah.
This is like quintessential Canadian winter weather.
Yeah.
In the heart of winter.
Even these are so Canadian.
Yeah, like check this out.
Yeah.
And I'll show you the bedroom right next door.
Togo.
Watch out.
Baby Togo.
And the dog has been a great vacation for the dog too.
The dog is loving it.
He's loving it here.
Yeah, so this room is also quite similar.
Also another double bed.
And like it is all kind of like country living decorated.
Yellows and reds and greens.
Yep.
So yeah it is really nice.
Um, and then we have a bathroom here on the ground floor.
So we'll show you that quickly before we head on upstairs.
Yeah, this is 3 levels.
There is a basement and there is also an upstairs too.
Yeah.
Come Togo.
Come Togo show us the bathroom.
Show us the bathroom.
So yeah we have a big shower.
Toilets.
Sink.
Yeah.
This is the shower here.
Here is the bathroom.
And the sink.
Also they left us reading material in the bathroom.
We have a whole bunch of National Geographics.
They must have known I was coming.
Because I like to read in the bathroom.
Oh man.
They knew I was coming.
Haha.
Okay let's go upstairs now.
Yeah.
So now we head on upstairs and the stairs are pretty amazing.
Like check this out guys.
These are the stairs that freak me out a little bit because there is gaps in between each
step.
And I feel like if your socks are slippery you could really get your foot caught in there.
But anyways.
Well look at this.
I'm filming without even touching the railing right now.
Haha.
If that is not freaky I don't know what is.
Yeah, so this is the second floor.
And once you get up here we're going to get you to turn around so you can show the views.
Yeah, check out this guys.
Check that out.
Woah.
It is basically forest.
I'm going to zoom in.
And a lake out there.
The lake is frozen over.
Zooming in for you guys.
Look at that.
Wow.
Amaze-balls.
Amazeballs.
Absolutely amazeballs.
So let's start with the game room.
Yep.
There must be some lights here.
There we go.
So yeah we've been spending a bit of time up here actually because this place is stalked
with board games.
We have a collection of like yeah puzzles, monopoly, trivial pursuit.
So we've been playing games at night.
And heat rises so we've been coming here for strategic reasons.
Yeah.
But yeah this has been where we've been playing most of the games right here.
Yeah, there is like a nice big sectional.
We have a tv.
This is pretty cool.
This makes me think of the Disney movie Sleeping Beauty.
Haha.
But yeah that is the game room so now let's continue in the opposite direction and we
have more bedrooms to show you.
Yeah, we do.
I forget how many bedrooms there are but it can sleep 10 people.
We can fit 10 people.
10 people and that is not like sleeping on the couch or anything like some of these.
No you've got your own room your own bed.
Okay, I'm just turning on the light here for us.
Yeah, so both of my sisters have been sleeping up here so this is one of the bedrooms again
double beds.
Very cool Canadian details.
Yeah, the details.
The ducks.
The loons.
Look at that.
Yeah and I also like how they have antiques like that looks like an old little crib I
think for a baby.
Yeah.
It looks like a crib.
I think it is.
Yeah.
I think it is.
It rocks.
It rocks like a crib.
So you can rock to sleep.
So right next door we have the other bedroom.
We'll show you that quickly.
I know this is probably starting to getting to look very similar and repetitive because
it is basically just like double beds in every single room.
But they have made effort to have different you know there is different pictures, there
is different kinds of decorations in every room.
So they've put some effort into making every room.
This one has a rocking chair.
I hadn't even noticed this.
I haven't really been in here.
Yeah, we also have lots of farming equipment yes decorating this house.
Like up there.
I don't even know what that is called?
But I know it is farming equipment.
Okay and with that we're going to conclude the tour of the second level.
Now we're going to head down into the basement.
Oh we didn't show the bathroom.
Oh right.
Oh so the bathroom.
There is a huge bathtub in here.
Ooh.
This is the envy.
I envy the people on this top floor.
I haven't even been in here.
Can you imagine having a bubble bath with like a glass of wine in here.
Nice bath, shower, toilet.
Yep.
Cool.
Okay now we are going to conclude the tour of the second floor and take you to the basement
aka the man cave where I'm also hanging out.
So I think yeah you've been invited into the man cave.
That is where we are staying in at night.
Okay let's go.
Okay guys so we've shown you the ground level, we've given you a tour of the upstairs.
Now we're going to the dungeon.
The cellar where we're staying.
Let's go down to the basement.
Haha.
I actually love it down here.
We have the most space out of anyone staying here but the only downfall is that it is the
coldest place by far in the whole apartment.
Not apartment.
House.
Mansion.
Yeah, this is like a mansion cabin.
This is not an apartment.
Okay so as we go into here I've been doing a little work at this table.
This has been a great little table to have.
We've got three chairs and couches.
All nearby the uh wood burning stove.
Oh yeah.
We have a much smaller version.
This actually reminds me a lot of the one I used to have in Vancouver Island in Gold
River.
It was probably about this size.
And we've been keeping that going like all day and all night except for when it doesn't.
Like sometime in the middle of the night I'll be like oh my gosh it is so cold at like 4
in the morning.
What is wrong I come out here and like it has stopped working.
But you know what?
It is only cold if you like stick your arm out from underneath the blankets.
Otherwise it is nice and toasty.
Yeah, they've given us really nice blankets.
Yeah.
And we also brought some of our own fleece blankets.
Yes.
So and we've bundled up before we go to bed.
We put on like our sweatpants, we put on our long underwear.
In true Canadian style.
True Canadian style for sure.
Okay, so let's move on.
Um, so I'll show you guys the game room first.
This is a really really cool place.
So over here we have the foosball table.
I don't know if you guys are good at foosball.
I'm pretty bad.
I remember being in a tournament not that long ago oh my gosh.
I was losing badly.
And this is cool if we turn around here this is like one of the old fashioned school desks.
Oh my gosh.
Look at that.
This is where you'd keep your school supplies.
You know what?
I used to have those when I went to school oh yeah.
In Montreal.
Yeah, I'm old enough to have used one of those desks too.
Yep.
They are definitely not new.
And then over here this is cool because we ended up going to Kingston for a year and
this is the local hockey team the Kingston Frontenacs.
We saw them play a few times.
We did.
I dragged you to a few games.
Yep, you sure did.
Yep and then over here we got an air hockey table and if you guys don't know this is one
of the more famous um Canadian hockey players from Quebec.
Beliveau.
Jean Beliveau he like won so many Stanley Cups.
Like yeah he was one of the best players of all-time.
And over here it looks like there is a karaoke machine we haven't even tried that out yet.
And just like a couch.
And a tv.
Of course we never watch tv.
So even the rest of the family hasn't been watching tv.
We do Netflix and we all have our own like computers and phones and devices for doing
our own thing.
Okay, so I will show you guys the bathroom before we go to the bedroom.
Okay.
So our bathroom is smaller but again it has a really nice sized shower.
Like amazing water pressure here.
Like absolutely amazing water pressure.
Nice hot water.
So it is actually you would think like when it is this cold you would think like taking
a shower would be torturous but it is actually a joy.
A joy.
It is a joy.
It is really really nice being in there with the hot water.
And then again it is nicely decorated.
You can see over here there is stones and feathers.
Looks like there is shells.
And then antlers.
And yeah just aside from that it is a basic.
It is your basic standard washroom.
And by far guys this is the largest place we've ever done a tour of.
So yeah I know.
Not even close.
This feels like it is taking forever.
The bedroom.
Come on in here.
So this is our bedroom.
This is our bedroom.
This is where we've been sleeping.
And it is nice and cozy.
Um man they've picked out really good quality mattresses.
You can see look at the layers of sheets we have so we have oh yeah.
Those two furry blankets I've brought from home.
Next one.
Next fleece.
I sleep in between them like a sandwich.
And then of course we have the bedsheets so we've got basically three layers going on
plus all of the warm clothes that we've put on.
So yeah we're going to sleep and it is nice and warm.
Um, yeah basically that really concludes the what is inside of the place.
Yeah.
But what we can do is take you out to the balcony and show you some more of the views.
Okay, time to bundle up.
Time to bundle up.
Again.
We're going back out.
So last spot to show you guys is the balcony which probably has two feet of snow.
We haven't really been shoveling here.
And a dog right in front of us.
And the dog.
And so yeah we'll show you the views.
We've got the lake right there.
This must be beautiful in the summertime.
We also have a barbecue.
Yeah.
We're not going to be barbecuing this time of year.
So we'll leave you with views, icicles and a few shots of me shoveling the snow.
How is that.
And my dog playing in the snow.
And the dog playing too.
Togo.
Come here Togo.
Come.
Woah.
Haha.