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Dutchyshen Fun and games in Elk Lake LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityeotText SizeGood afternoon from Elk LakeIm melancholy no more and thats because I can smell the finish line We hopped on a plane from Winnipeg to Toronto yesterday at noon and then flew from Toronto to Timmins home of one of Canadas hottest women country music superstar Shania Twain I was hoping to run into her but no luck there While in Timmins I saw a Curves too bad Kashif wasnt with us he could have used his Curves membershipJennifer was driving like Ricky Bobby and for her passengers Mike Farrell and I it was quite a trip Farrell is the young man who has been producing the local stories and his piece on Johnathon Foster (hes the young autistic boy who works with the Dauphin Kings) was very moving The drive from Timmins to Elk Lake is about three hours and it was pouring rain at one point we had to backtrack after some power lines came down closing the highway The OPP officer on the scene could not have been nicer he said it was going to be a while to which I replied too bad we didnt have some beer He actually chuckled So once we detoured and Hedge scared us with her driving By the way she has a Cadillac CTSV it has 556 horse and none of the guys at the network like to park beside her its emasculating Anyway we made our way through the pitch dark and arrived at around 1130 at night A 12hour travel day and we were all toast but this morning its all good The lodge we are staying at is great and right on the lake it reminds me of my hometown Five hundred and fifty people live here and its the smallest stop on the Kraft Celebration Tour but I think it has the biggest heart and thats no slight to any of the other places This morning Terry Fiset hes the reeve of this town and runs a logging company took us for a tour We did a little fishing and then did a little golfing They have an urban tournament here how funny is that One hole is five yards not five yards in length but you go through five back yards One of the tee boxes is actually from a barge on the lake had I thrown a dart two weeks ago when the tournament was actually played I would have won an IPod but two weeks ago playing with these guys I would have been in the sauce and lucky not to fall into the water Another hole is over a creek and into a toilet thats a tough holeinone We then went quading with Terry and his son Fred thats not his real name but everyone just calls him that They took us mudding and we were covered in it at one point Jennifer got a little rattled and now she kn...