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Taken In Quartzsite Arizona Dec 7th 2015

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Cooler now but still comfortable weather for shorts.Smelts for supper.

Where are we today ? 
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      After yesterday's rain the temperatures have cooled down a bit And we enjoyed a good night's sleep. Much cooler today high about 74F with a cool breeze,  much cooler in the shade. Feels like our winter temperatures in the south west desert. With clear blue cloudless skies.
      I headed out for a nice walkabout the campground and up the  hill out to the road and back almost 2 miles.
past the ponds these lily pads are even getting bigger
wanting to take over the west pond
the washouts on the hill
from last nights rain
looking back down to the campground
heading back to our site
the mini  golf looks wonderful
      After lunch I took a nice country drive to Forest, picked up few groceries then drove up hwy 21 through the reserve towards Grand Bend and back through Thedford to Arkona, just because I could.
passed this huge field of sunflowers
such a beautiful sight to see
wind turbines everywhere around
 here close to Lake Huron
so pretty to see
this is legal now in Canada
everyone wants to cash in
       Now a nice relaxing afternoon enjoying our e-readers outside for the fresh air, and warming sunshine, your can feel fall is in the air.
what a perfect afternoon relaxing
        We also enjoyed a quiet happy hour reading, chat with few people that walked by and even Dorothy  (the cat lady here) dropped off a few more cucumbers for us from her garden, Thanks Dorothy we do enjoy these garden fresh veggies.
        Supper time tonight we will enjoy some smelts I picked up the other day at Food Basics in Strahroy. We have not had these for a few years.
8 smelts each just enough for a meal
love these
a light breading with this fish crisp we enjoy
not long in our Fry Daddy about 3-4 minutes
slightly over done but still tasty 
added to our salad we did enjoy these smelts
        After supper down to the clubhouse for Thursday night darts we enjoy always a fun social time. Maybe win maybe not no matter we enjoy it anyway.
       It was a really enjoyable relaxing day with this still decent summer weather.
       Want to thank y'all for dropping in and always hope you enjoyed your day as mush as we did.
Want to learn more about Membership camping at Rock Glen Family Resort ?
 click this link www.geosuzie.rockglen.com to book a tour 
 Where have we been this Summer ?

24 comments:

  1. Nice to know you can cook things without the Weber Q. You're a man of many talents! ;c)

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    1. Sometimes we need to cook different ways and enjoy all this tasty food.

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  2. Sun Flowers! we don't see fields of them like that. Pretty cool. We used smelt for bait, ot dinner :) But it looks pretty good. Do you use a batter?

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    1. The Sun flower fields are amazing to see. When I come across them.
      I use a light breading for most of our fish this worked well for the smelts as well

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  3. Such pretty sunflowers. Do they sell them just in Canada or export some out?

    I have often wanted to ask you does the campground remain open during the winter months? Does the area receive a lot of snow during the winter?

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    1. The sunflowers are harvested for sun flower seeds you v=can buy in the stores, Not sure where they go.
      This campground is open year round but no water from mid October until May 1st. too cold.
      Lotsa snow in this area possibly 2-3 at times, and very cold. The do have cabins with water to rent though if we wanted.

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    2. Thanks for your reply George...I have an inquiring mind :)

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  4. Ww have lotsa cucumbers lunch salads and sharing with friends as well. Do love the sunflower fields when we can find them.
    Cannabis has always been around and will continue to be. Our funds are doing very well we have ni need to change things at this point in time. Never know about those investments maybe a bit would make you rich!

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    1. We have lotsa cucumbers lunch salads and sharing with friends as well. Do love the sunflower fields when we can find them.
      Cannabis has always been around and will continue to be. Our funds are doing very well we have ni need to change things at this point in time. Never know about those investments maybe a bit would make you rich!

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  5. Great pictures of the sunflower fields. We drove out of our way in Kansas one year to see some sunflower fields but we were to late and they were done blooming.

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    1. Thank you , it was so nice to see the fields, first one I have seen this year

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  6. I have never seen a sunflower field like that before, really pretty to see.

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  7. Love the sunflower fields...I remember them being over 6 foot tall and now everywhere they seem to bloom at 3 foot or so..progress I guess..give me the old fashioned ones! They are beautiful though..like they're always happy...kind of like you George! :) How nice to get the fresh veggies! Nothing tastes better!

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    1. I remember them very tall as well liked them better.
      The fresh veggies are wonderful.

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  8. Medicine of the earth ... LOL. Yeah, they are everywhere.
    Smelt? I don't think I'll be making THAT recipe. It's halibut for me!!

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    1. Yes they are everywhere. These smelts were not the best we have had still prefer perch or pickerel.

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  9. I'm looking forward to saying it's cooler here - I love fried fish.

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    1. These smelts were ok nit the best fish we have had though.

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  10. Love the Sunflowers, of course!
    The cukes look delicious and my Dad used cook up smelt all the time. I loved them.

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    1. Yes I knew you would like the sunflowers, they are so pretty.
      we used to eat the smelts to at our cottage in the spring when they were running so tasty.

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  11. I love sunflowers. They are the state flower for Kansas, so they are extra special to me. I recently found a list of some around the state and we are going to visit a couple of them soon.

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    1. They are beautiful to see, enjoy you tour before they are done.

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