Peterborough Farmer's Market on another perfect , sunny warm summer day and some wonderful bear carvings.

Where are we today ?

Galvin Bay Resort Buckhorn Ontario

Clic on a pic to enlarge it

        Just another wonderful day here in paradise. Lovely cool night for sleeping with the windows open. The morning sun on our site shortly after 5 am, warming up nicely. Coffees, computing, etc, and a few walkabouts then about 8:30 Suzie ready to head on out.
        Our first stop is the Peterborough Farmer's Market only 20 minutes away. We always enjoy checking out this market, see what's new and what is in season. Did not buy much just a fresh made sausage roll to share, and some fresh local strawberries, but the weather is wonderful and nice to check things out and explore a bit.

heading down George St to the market

       As usual the market is pretty busy on a Saturday Morning, but not really too crowded.

the market is dog friendly,
but this guy is almost a horse!

this guy has it right, reminds me of Peter and Bea's dog Molly

       We did buy a quart of fresh local strawberries, so very sweet and tender.

Hula hoops can you do one?
I did many years ago

we shared a sausage roll from here 

wood fired pizza oven

        After the market we drove by the Peterborough Lift Lock number 21. It is a hydraulic lift lock built in 1903 and is amazing to watch.

lock #21 

the road under the lock

      After here stopped at the No Frills in town and picked up a chicken for $1.00 a lb, now can't turn that down. We do love our chicken.

     Then Giant Tiger looking for deals. but nothing there we needed.

       Now home by 11 am , time for a light lunch, putter around for a while, enjoy our e-readers in the shade and a couple walkabouts. Worked up an appetite so a tasty treat on a hot sunny day,  a rare t but sure  hit the spot.

perfect on a hot sunny day,
got on sale the other day

      A walkabout by the garbage a recycle area, looking for signs of bears. But not too likely they have installed an electric fence to keep the bears away. It appears to be working.

      Now there is many black bears in this area so when some of the trees were cut down the new owners commissioned a chain saw carver to sculpt some bears here around the park a few years ago. Love these carvings.

Bear chainsaw carvings

nice walkway behind us

        Had thought about going to the pool but was very busy today, lotsa kids there, maybe on another hot day. Nice to see them riding in the back of the pickups like we used to do so many years ago. Only in the  campground with slow speeds of 10 kph (6.2 mph) everyone has a great time.

      Then time to fire up our Weber Q, preheat on high 15 minutes , turn to low and set our oiled and spiced chicken right on the grill. Close the lid and do not open it for 1 hour. It works like a convection oven.  Internal temp should be about 175f, (this was a 3 lb chicken, not stuffed).

ready to cook

      While the chicken was on the grill doing it's thing Neighbors behind us Norm and Pat had a group for "Happy Hour" so we joined them and could still watch our Weber Q. we extra Happy for and hour the the chicken is cooked, gotta love it !

Fun times with old and new friends

         After about 60 minutes checked the bird and pretty well done, so whipped up a salad and set some fresh asparagus on the grill.

done to perfection, moist and tender
crispy skin, love it

one of our favorite meals

        Now again left over chicken and bones. Not a problem great for lunches and another pot of homemade chicken noodle soup. Waste not, want not and is soo good for you too.

       Thanks for stopping by and hope your Saturday was a great one as well.

Check out the interactive map below to see where we have been this summer