Well..there's different types of weekend exercises. Some are more laid back than others. (EX Sweetcorn, the rifle shoot weekend....The Christmas dinner weekend, etc.)
The majority of the other weekend exercises are live-fire artillery exercises held at CFB Gagetown, NB. For these we'd leave Friday afternoon, get there and get ready Friday night, fire the guns pretty much all day Saturday and pack up Sunday to get ready to come home.
By the way, are either of you coming to the "Soldier for a day" this Thursday? (October 6th)
You'll learn a lot about what we do if you come...4 pm - 9 pm at the Yarmouth Armouries.