Despite some gnarly weather, south central Ontario is looking as gorgeous as ever. Enjoy these awesome webcam shots as well as having a look at what to expect from Mother Nature this week in the long-term weather forecast for the Haliburton Highlands for Saturday, January 14 through Friday, January 20, 2012. Be sure to click the photos to enjoy their full size!
Haliburton Highlands long range Weather Forecast 1.14.12 - 1.20.12
No matter the time of year there is always something to enjoy doing in the Haliburton Highlands but you knew that, right?
With a cool $200 prize for the first place male and female in the open category, Sir Sam’s Ski & Bike is hosting the first bordercross race of the season. Scroll down and click the 2nd image two times to enlarge to full size and read all about it!
If you are more the indoor, stay-warm type like me you may well enjoy the spirits and good company found at The Wild Moose Pub‘s Single Malt Social. Described as a ‘scotch nosing and dinner experience’ you will experience too, a different 1 oz. single malt whisky explained with each course. I hope they do something similar over the summer while I’m there as it sounds like a great evening! (Scroll above and click the image two times to enlarge to full size and read all about it!)
NOW is the time to give to The Fresh Air Fund—in any way you can:
Summer '94
Literally, all my life I’ve had a beautiful summer place to go.
Thanks to my grandparents, I grew up sometimes spending months on a crystal-clear lake in the breathtakingly beautiful Haliburton Highlands in Ontario, Canada. At the time however, my nuclear family had emigrated to Connecticut–just a stone’s throw from the great state of New York and where I spent the rest of my year. My dad kept the radio on especially in the morning and I’d hear PSA’s for The Fresh Air Fund. It was hard as a child to imagine what it would be like stuck in the suburbs all summer long–never mind the inner city! Later, TV adverts made an even more indelible impression on me that I was exceptionally fortunate as there were many kids who were not.
After over 130 years of giving inner-city children the joy of a summer vacation with volunteer host families and at Fund camps, ‘creating unforgettable memories and fresh possibilities,’ no one needs to remind the not-for-profit The Fresh Air Fund of what a fantastic difference spending some of the summer away from the city can make for children.
Read an excerpt from a recent news story on how summer resources for city youth are going to be even more scarce in summer 2011:
NEW YORK — A rising number of children can look forward to excruciatingly boring school breaks this year as budget crises in places such as New York, Washington, D.C., Houston and Detroit rob them of the activities and programs that have long defined summer in the city for urban youngsters.
Swimming pools are being closed. Recreation centers are locking their doors. Library summer reading programs are suffering. Openings for short-term jobs have evaporated.
Yet, with a shift in perspective, do the kids have to be on the losing end?
‘We can’t afford to have children who don’t have positive places to be during the summer’
In New Orleans, Mayor Mitchell Landrieu this year fulfilled a campaign promise to boost city funding for children’s recreation facilities and summer programs, despite the city’s economic difficulties. While last summer, about 700 children participated in sports and literacy activities through the city’s summer camps for children ages 5 to 18, this year the city is expecting to serve 5,000 campers with the help of local organizations, private partnerships and doubled city funds, said Gina Warner, the executive director of the city’s Partnership for Youth Development.
The city – where nine out of 10 recreation sites were damaged by Hurricane Katrina – will be opening 12 pools this year, up from seven the year before and three the year before that. And libraries will be coordinating with the city summer camps to keep children reading, Warner said.
Warner said that while her city faces the same economic struggles as its counterparts around the country, elected officials see the New Orleans summer programs as not only an investment in children, but also a crime-prevention tool.
“We’re a very tourism-dependent city, and so we can’t afford to have children who don’t have positive places to be during the summer,” she said.
I’m starting a semi-regular feature about what I would do for recreation, meals, and entertainment if I were in the Haliburton Highlands at any given time. When we are at our cottage on Maple Lake I will actually be doing some of the myriad activities that are going on year-round in the Haliburton Highlands. Right now, I can only dream <sigh>.
If I were in the Haliburton Highlands on Mother’s Day, the Pinestone Resort for brunch* is where I’d love to be. Just read the menu or have a look at the websitefor more photographs of why the Pinestone Resort is a superb choice for fine dining & accommodations.
My mom passed away earlier this year and I dearly wish I’d had another chance to have a lovely meal out with her. Don’t put off such a perfect opportunity to show your Mom how much she means to you.
This is a non-paid post in support of the province of Ontario, Haliburton Highlands tourism.
Want to know where heaven on earth is? It’s right here in the Haliburton Highlands!
Hey there! Welcome to the second weekend of April!
This week’s weather looks to be fairly normal with no real temperature extremes–high or low–and a moderate amount of precipitation.
Haliburton Highlands Weekend Weather
Friday overnight will be clear with a low temperature of minus 1 °C
Between Friday overnight and Saturday overnight there is no precipitation in the forecast. Temperatures will reach a high on Saturday of 13°C and a low Saturday overnight of 2°C.
Haliburton Highlands Long Term Weather through April 15
Sunday, April 10 expect a cloudy day with showers. The high will be 15°C and the overnight low 2°C. There may be close to 15mm precipitation accumulation.
Monday, there will be a chance of thunderstorms, the high temperature will be 18°C and the low overnight 10°C. There could be close to 10mm precipitation accumulation.
Tuesday, expect isolated showers, a high temperature only of 11°C and a low overnight of 4 °C. Less than 1mm precipitation accumulation is expected.
Wednesday, you’ll have cloudy periods with a high temperature of 13°C. The overnight low will be 2°C. There is no precipitation in the forecast.
Thursday, it will be cloudy with showers with the precipitation (rain) accumulation about 1-3mm, total. The high will be a chilly 9°C and the overnight low, 3°C. There should be less than 1cm of snow accumulation.
Friday, expect a messy day with wet flurries, a high temperature of 11°C, and a low of 3 °C. There should be less than 1cm of snow accumulation.
