So how how your winter been going so far?
'kayso... Winter has been stomping around the Haliburton Highlands like a tempermental toddler in need of a time out and (as the Carpenter's song goes) "we've only just begun". (I know the reference is all wrong for the context but the quote works and hey, I could have just said it without the quotes and no reference to a very beautiful song but what can I say? Music feeds my soul.)
Anyhoo. I'll rip this off like a bandage.
We have decided not to have a winter opening. We are so sorry to disappoint but the past two winters we opened and the weather did not cooperate. Some people made the trek but we would never encourage anyone to travel when we wouldn't. We stocked the store and there was more than half left over. That's a big loss that, quite frankly, this tiny business can't afford.
After two weeks of snow, today there is an ice rain warning and right now as I write this, we're getting ice rain. We have cancelled our own plans to meet up with family, visit a friend and a shopping trip and we aren't sure we'll be able to get together with our family over the holidays this year. It's weather. The one thing we have no control over.
This was a very difficult decision. Our winter opening has become a cherished tradition for Bill and I and we'll miss your visits but common sense has to prevail. Winter weather has proven too unpredictable these past few years.
We are so so sorry.
If you are travelling over the next few weeks, please be very careful. Stay safe. ❤️
