Oh You Rugged Reliable Car You!
scenic lunch spot en route
NOTE: Honda Canada invited me to test the CRV and blog about my overnight stay at Lake Sacacomie with them.. I have editorial control of the content and wrote honestly and openly about the experience. I hope you enjoy and comment as you see fit.
I spent the night with Honda and now I have a crush on them.
Not quite the big blushing gushing sputtering Rob Lowe kind I’ve harbored for twenty years. More the kind of crush you get on your big brothers red-headed friend because he knows how to take a toaster apart and put it back together again kind.
Me and five other bloggers were invited to hang out with Honda Canada for a night, in order to test drive the new CRV in “real life” conditions. Oy – If only this were my real life. Honda put together the most thoughtful well planned event I’ve had the pleasure of attending and now I kind of want to marry them. Or at least, spend another night together, frolicking and exploring (safely) through the forests of Lake Sacacomie.
Now forty one, my tastes have changed. I no longer crave macaroni and cheese with ketchup or frosting on toast. I’d always thought of myself more a convertible girl but now I’d take the adventurous spirit of an all wheel drive with the reliable safety of a CRV. {For a round up of all the cars features, visit their site}
Here’s the big thing though: The event left me with the impression that if Honda puts as much detail into making their vehicles as they do into creating awesome events {and presumably they do}, this is absolutely a car worth checking out {ps. they were already on my short list}
The whole weekend had the feeling of balancing the rugged with the reliable, which is how I like my men car. We toured along smaller roads, arriving mid afternoon (after a canoe ride!!) at our final destination, Hotel Sacacomie near the Mastigouche wildlife sanctuary. Once we were settled in -and after a peaceful massage – we were taken on a beaver and bear watch. I wonder if the weekend was meant to reflect the car: exciting, yet safe…
Excitement Factor: Driving through the winding, undisturbed, gravel back roads
Safety Factor: Honda put up road signs to ensure no one got lost. Also, there was a USB charger in the middle console so we were always *connected*.
photo courtesy of montreal.com
Excitement Factor: Getting into a 12 person canoe on an increasingly foggy rainy afternoon (BTW, I was the annoyingly competitive person in the back of the canoe, barking at everybody to “stroke paddle paddle paddle” and snapping at the ones not keeping up.)
Safety Factor: The canoe tripper who put us all at ease with his gentle french folk songs.
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