Zach LarkinsVACATION (Part 6)
"Sometime in the morning, a simple thought may occur to you,
And you'll hold her, and tell her all the things,
You never told her,
Your love has shown me things, I never thought I could see.
I didn't know, it could be done so easily,
Now I know,
You're where it is for me..................."
The Monkees
TBH has gained permission from the resort owners to cook on the wood stove. This is a good deal for her. I am always up before she is, so it is my sorry butt that crawls out of bed to re-light the fire. It didn't really get cold overnight, but getting out of a nice, warm, snugly bed will always cause the shrinkage factor to make its presence known in a man. As she softly snored away, I lit the fire, took care of business and put a cast iron skillet on the stove. Once heated, I threw in some bacon and tossed some bread in the toaster. I swear, TBH has a strange sense of radar because as soon as I was ready to plate bacon and tomato sandwiches for our breakfast, she woke up. I wonder if I got sucked in??????????
Our plans are to head out to Meldrum Bay and revisit the lighthouse there. It was a nice trip last year and we wanted to go through it at a more leisurely pace. It is a bit of a drive, being about ˝ hour away, but the roads are nice and straight with the occasional sweeping turn to keep you interested. We passed a couple of more wind mills and saw some deer running across the road in front of us. Deer bounding across the road is a big deal for city folks like us. We've never seen anything like it before. One stood in the middle of the road and struck a pose for us before scampering off. I think he was used to getting his picture taken the way he just stood there all cool, calm and collected. Unfortunately, by the time we got the camera out, he must have remembered another appointment and was gone in a flash. We saw 4 deer on this trip alone and every one of the sightings made our jaws drop. It was marvelous.
We got to the lighthouse and wandered around, looking at what the light keepers had to contend with and how they lived in the late 1800's. Believe me, it's a desolate life that I wouldn't undertake. Visions of ‘The Shining' danced through my head. We left and came back via Gore Bay where I talked TBH into buying a pair of moccasins. I had bought a pair last year to use as slippers and they are so comfortable they make your feet melt. She had often wondered about this, and later that evening, back at the cabin when she had put them on, she knew what I was talking about. We went through yet another craft shop and picked up a couple more T-shirts. We had a drink next door at the 2nd floor restaurant we visited last year and then headed back home.
It was still pretty early, so as we passed through Mindemoya, I noticed that the store that sells red deer meat was open. Well, of course we stopped and I picked up three chops of the stuff for that night's dinner. Arriving back at the cabin, we decided to head down to the lake for a swim. This is not easy to do as TBH doesn't know how to swim. So we confined our activities to floating and paddling around the marina. Marina might be a misnomer here. It is just a long dock with a bunch of fishing boats tied up to it, but it is shallow and once you've passed the rocks and stones, has a sandy bottom. We frolicked in the water way beyond the time our fingers started getting wrinkled and then headed back to the cabin. I lit the hibachi, while she threw some spuds on the stove to cook.
She wasn't sure about the deer meat and so I had to cook her a ham steak, but like a trooper, she had a bite of my chop and found it just a tad strong for her. It was indeed a bit strong, but not like lamb. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't eat it too often. It was a novel experience and I'm glad I tried it. You can only die once and now I had another food to put down on my list of ‘Weird Things I've Eaten'.
Isaac showed up and sat down to chat with us. TBH hauled out the Skip-Bo deck and we got into a game of that. His Mom showed up to tell him that it was dinner time and he said he'd be there as soon as the game was over. The little con man knew the game might last an hour, but he was in no hurry to go home. With the sun setting, we called it a day and Isaac went back home. I don't know if he got fed or not, but he did get a bottle of raspberry water and a bag of chips out of us while he was there. I know he didn't starve as he was back the next night for more.
The next day we woke up to rain, but it ended within a few minutes and the temperature quickly climbed to 30*C (about 85*F). We went back to the cigarette girl and picked up our stash. She asked me if we ever got ‘down south' which threw me for a loop. I automatically thought of Florida and then it struck me that pretty much everything is south from here. I said yes and told her where we were from. She proceeded to hook me up with a contact much closer to home and I thanked her profusely. She'll get our business when we return next year, but it's nice knowing there is someone close who will deal, even if it does have to be on the Q.T.
We spent most of the rest of the afternoon at a museum in Sheguiandah, where they have an amazing assortment of fossils. I mean prehistoric fossils. I usually associate sea fossils with the southern climes and so was stunned to find that they exist here too. Of course, it's only common sense that they would, but like I said, I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed. I was expecting Indian relics and such and in the out buildings they have a fine collection of antique farming equipment. The main museum is dedicated to the gone-by days of plying the lake, with a mock pilot house showing what the sailors had to live in while steering their ships, various mounted animals, old type-writers and telegraphs, section dedicated to the Native veterans, and of course the fossils that some genius just knew had to be there.
We headed back for home and along the way, I got the scare of my life. You'll have to wait to hear about it though. It's coming in the next installment.
(To be cont'd)
And you'll hold her, and tell her all the things,
You never told her,
Your love has shown me things, I never thought I could see.
I didn't know, it could be done so easily,
Now I know,
You're where it is for me..................."
The Monkees
TBH has gained permission from the resort owners to cook on the wood stove. This is a good deal for her. I am always up before she is, so it is my sorry butt that crawls out of bed to re-light the fire. It didn't really get cold overnight, but getting out of a nice, warm, snugly bed will always cause the shrinkage factor to make its presence known in a man. As she softly snored away, I lit the fire, took care of business and put a cast iron skillet on the stove. Once heated, I threw in some bacon and tossed some bread in the toaster. I swear, TBH has a strange sense of radar because as soon as I was ready to plate bacon and tomato sandwiches for our breakfast, she woke up. I wonder if I got sucked in??????????
Our plans are to head out to Meldrum Bay and revisit the lighthouse there. It was a nice trip last year and we wanted to go through it at a more leisurely pace. It is a bit of a drive, being about ˝ hour away, but the roads are nice and straight with the occasional sweeping turn to keep you interested. We passed a couple of more wind mills and saw some deer running across the road in front of us. Deer bounding across the road is a big deal for city folks like us. We've never seen anything like it before. One stood in the middle of the road and struck a pose for us before scampering off. I think he was used to getting his picture taken the way he just stood there all cool, calm and collected. Unfortunately, by the time we got the camera out, he must have remembered another appointment and was gone in a flash. We saw 4 deer on this trip alone and every one of the sightings made our jaws drop. It was marvelous.
We got to the lighthouse and wandered around, looking at what the light keepers had to contend with and how they lived in the late 1800's. Believe me, it's a desolate life that I wouldn't undertake. Visions of ‘The Shining' danced through my head. We left and came back via Gore Bay where I talked TBH into buying a pair of moccasins. I had bought a pair last year to use as slippers and they are so comfortable they make your feet melt. She had often wondered about this, and later that evening, back at the cabin when she had put them on, she knew what I was talking about. We went through yet another craft shop and picked up a couple more T-shirts. We had a drink next door at the 2nd floor restaurant we visited last year and then headed back home.
It was still pretty early, so as we passed through Mindemoya, I noticed that the store that sells red deer meat was open. Well, of course we stopped and I picked up three chops of the stuff for that night's dinner. Arriving back at the cabin, we decided to head down to the lake for a swim. This is not easy to do as TBH doesn't know how to swim. So we confined our activities to floating and paddling around the marina. Marina might be a misnomer here. It is just a long dock with a bunch of fishing boats tied up to it, but it is shallow and once you've passed the rocks and stones, has a sandy bottom. We frolicked in the water way beyond the time our fingers started getting wrinkled and then headed back to the cabin. I lit the hibachi, while she threw some spuds on the stove to cook.
She wasn't sure about the deer meat and so I had to cook her a ham steak, but like a trooper, she had a bite of my chop and found it just a tad strong for her. It was indeed a bit strong, but not like lamb. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't eat it too often. It was a novel experience and I'm glad I tried it. You can only die once and now I had another food to put down on my list of ‘Weird Things I've Eaten'.
Isaac showed up and sat down to chat with us. TBH hauled out the Skip-Bo deck and we got into a game of that. His Mom showed up to tell him that it was dinner time and he said he'd be there as soon as the game was over. The little con man knew the game might last an hour, but he was in no hurry to go home. With the sun setting, we called it a day and Isaac went back home. I don't know if he got fed or not, but he did get a bottle of raspberry water and a bag of chips out of us while he was there. I know he didn't starve as he was back the next night for more.
The next day we woke up to rain, but it ended within a few minutes and the temperature quickly climbed to 30*C (about 85*F). We went back to the cigarette girl and picked up our stash. She asked me if we ever got ‘down south' which threw me for a loop. I automatically thought of Florida and then it struck me that pretty much everything is south from here. I said yes and told her where we were from. She proceeded to hook me up with a contact much closer to home and I thanked her profusely. She'll get our business when we return next year, but it's nice knowing there is someone close who will deal, even if it does have to be on the Q.T.
We spent most of the rest of the afternoon at a museum in Sheguiandah, where they have an amazing assortment of fossils. I mean prehistoric fossils. I usually associate sea fossils with the southern climes and so was stunned to find that they exist here too. Of course, it's only common sense that they would, but like I said, I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed. I was expecting Indian relics and such and in the out buildings they have a fine collection of antique farming equipment. The main museum is dedicated to the gone-by days of plying the lake, with a mock pilot house showing what the sailors had to live in while steering their ships, various mounted animals, old type-writers and telegraphs, section dedicated to the Native veterans, and of course the fossils that some genius just knew had to be there.
We headed back for home and along the way, I got the scare of my life. You'll have to wait to hear about it though. It's coming in the next installment.
(To be cont'd)
ya gotta stop makin me envious dude! LOLOL I need a vacation right now dammit and I can't take one!
I'm so glad you and YBH had so much fun...makes you appreciate life and each other a whole lot more when ya don't have the day to day pressures of life...
Great read buddy,
Take care,
Nick
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