Heat wave? And got our Weber Q out for supper, Awesome !

Where are we today ?

Plattsville Ontario

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         Well this is much better, almost a heatwave compared to what we have been having, actually felt warm outside this morning and VERY foggy. The snow and freezing rain we got last night was turning to slush. By noon the temperature reached 50f (10c) almost felt like a heatwave after the last few days. And would have been much nicer if the sun was shining. Just that the ground is wet and somewhat muddy. 

last nights snow and ice is melting this morning

not frozen anymore, a good thing

          Suzie had a doctor appointment in New Hamburg this morning and she was back here for lunch. Then she took off to visit her Dad in Stratford and sent me on some errands in Waterloo.
          A very slow foggy drive all the way there and back for both of us. And we were both back home by 3 pm.

yup its foggy

          Now to relax and read a bit then whip up supper. And it was so warm out just had to bring out our Weber Q 100. We were having major grilling withdrawal. Gonna grill a couple of boneless pork chops to add to a salad and was really wonderful !

Now our Weber Q is happy and so are we!

now this is the way it is supposed to be

wonderful, huge chops and lotsa leftovers too !

           Nice that the cold snap has left us now and the weather Gods predict rising temps for the next while, looks like a trend that we will love!

            Thanks for the visit, love it when you stop on by.

            As I am posting this we are having a heavy spring rain, this is the way it is supposed to be in mid April.

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Monday, a new week and tying up loose ends.

Where are we today ?

Plattsville Ontario

          We are still at "Camp Awesome" here in Plattsville. And have had a busy summer with family stuff, also enjoyed our time here with our hosts John, Lea and their son Jamie. Thanks so much guys!
          Today Suzie ran some errands with her parents and I just hung out here and mowed some more acreage with the John Deere tractor (big red one still not working). I picked up Suzie in New Hamburg when she was done and we back home in time to enjoy our books and the dogs in the warm afternoon sun.

gonna miss "Camp Awesome" but will be back,
If they will have us.

          Was supposed to be an over cast day but ended up being really nice so, for supper tonight we decided to BBQ a nice 2 pound eye of the round roast on our Weber Q. Marinated it for a couple, hours in olive oil, vinegar, steak spice, sea salt, pepper and garlic. Then two layers of foil and my small trivet on the preheated grill. Fat side up close the lid on high and let go for about 45 minutes. Turned down half way, add a couple tatters for another 45 minutes. Heated up the oven for some Yorkshire Pudding (I cheat and use the mix).

         I took off the roast and taters (let them rest) and grilled our fresh asparagus for ten minutes or so..

 medium well done 150 F, Guess I did it too long. Prefer rare,
but was still tasty and pretty tender.

Yorkshire Pudding , love it!

Was a very tasty supper,
More leftovers again, love it!

          Another great day keeping us busy here, but did get to enjoy our books for a bit and sunshine too!
          Our plan for tomorrow is to head to Rock Glen Resort for a maybe a couple weeks, (full hookups! We have had most of the summer with only 15 amp electric, no water and no sewer) This will surely be a treat for us.
          Are we excited?  Ya think so. 
          Thanks for stopping in for a visit and hope you too enjoyed another great sunny fall day.

Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle. 

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Busy day for a Sunday but we had fun and got things done too !

Where are we today ?

Plattsville Ontario

           Here it is sunday morning, kinda cool and overcast.

interesting sunrise this morning

          So my project first thing, after coffees and computing, was to take our laundry to the New Hamburg Laundromat, figure it would not be too busy. And sure enough not many people do laundry here at 8 am, (nobody actually) on a Sunday morning. Great stuff, got three loads washed and dried in less than an hour. Then stopped by the grocery store and home in good time. Suzie put the laundry away, we had a bite for lunch then off to visit her Gramma in the nursing home in Tavistock. Now Gramma is sure a character, telling us stories and jokes, she sure is pretty spry for a young lady of 98 years young. Like and I quote: " The food its not great, nothing to write home about but will keep me alive, sure do like the butterscotch pudding though".
            From here off to Waterloo, stop at Wally World,  Staples , and Sobeys, just to see if any bargoons. Then a nice visit with my mom, chat, catchup and check her computer, new batteries in her thermostat just to make sure all is working good.
            Back home shorty after 4 o'clock, preheat our Weber Q 100 to roast a chicken (we do love our whole chickens on the Q !). 80 minutes and done to perfection. Roast some taters and steam some broccoli. Whipped up a little Swiss Chalet sauce  just to make it the way we love it.
            The other day I cleaned up the burner on our Weber, just ran a paper clip through the holes as some were almost plugged, BBQ sauce and stuff. Works much better now, lights quicker with the original built in lighter and cooks more evenly again. Doing pretty good considering I use use this Weber Q almost everyday of the year for over 4 years now.

sure hit the spot and lotsa leftovers too,
another meal or two

        Another great day, but fall is sure in the air, we will soon be on the road heading south to a warmer place, not sure where yet and which way we are going but does not really matter to us, everyday is an adventure once we hit the road. And as Suzie's Gramma says  we are "Gypsies"
         Thanks for for stopping on in for a peek, hope ya'll had a wonderful Sunday too, wherever you are.

Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle. 

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Moving on down the road, and another Weber large meal.

Where are we today ?

Plattsville Ontario

       

This is a delayed posting for thursday.

           Wonderful warm morning, no frost today we loving it. Morning fog, is  common at this time of year in this area.

         When I took my early morning drive to Plattsville, a friend of Suzie's parents the dropped by to take them to Timmies (Tim Horton Donut shop) for their usual morning ritual chatting with friends, looks like they are getting back to normal.
          Now we have a mission accomplished for now and things are getting back to normal at their house. So after lunch we secured the coach and moved back to "Camp Awesome" at John and Lea's in Plattsville. Molly and Buddy came to say hello and welcome back.
          Only takes a few minutes to level coach, open slide, open awning and set up our dish. Get out the lawn chairs and enjoy our books for a while.

Molly says Hi!

Buddy says Hi too.

Suzie has treats???

         Then after her last school bus run Lea stopped to visit us at our house. And a great visit we had, she does not have to work tonight for a change. So this impromptu social hour and we getting hungry so I fired up our Weber Q 100.

         They were having chicken for supper too so I said bring it down and we cook it all up on our Q. So there you have it roasting 14 potatoes, 4 bone in chicken breasts, 3 chicken thighs and 3 chicken legs enough for 5 hungry people.

Our Amazing Weber Q-100 does it again

            But with the grill full of meat and potatoes, I compromised by cooking up the fresh asparagus and corn in the microwave this works pretty good too.

oh so tasty, looks like I have
 a fingerprint on the lens

         John was not home from work yet so we ate in our house, did saved him his share for supper.

         Now Buddy and Molly wait until we are done then come to get a treat from Jamie.

Good dogs

        Last night after we headed in for some reason was having problem with my photos, got them into Picasa but editing they went in limbo. This has happened a few times over the years and all I can do is wait. I restart computer, restart Picasa but just need to wait. So thats why no posting last night. After over an hour on friday morning they finally just magically appeared.

Molly says thanks for stopping by,
hmm you smell good!

        We thanks you too, nice to be back here at our huge 5 acre site at "Camp Awesome".
I think in a few more days and we will actually go to a real campground for a bit.

Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle. 

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Part 2 of summer vacation, a nice visit from relatives and, a tasty supper.

Where are we today ? 

Rock Glen Resort Arkona Ontario

         Our nice weather is returning, warmer and blue skies , really just lovin' it. The standard morning coffees, computing and walkabout, chat with a few people and enjoy our books outside for a bit. 

         Then a quick bite to eat and I head out to do the laundry in town, Suzie sort the stuff and load it in the machines to let them do their magic, while I read my book.

       Got back home and find out Suzie's Mom and Dad are driving out for a visit. So a quick trip back to the store, grabbed a chicken to grill (we all love chicken).

        They arrived and we had nice visit enjoying this great sunny day. 

        Then I fired up our Weber Q, threw on 4 potatoes in foil to bake and dropped a chicken sprayed with olive oil and coated with chicken spice. 75 minutes later reading 180 f we done. Steam some broccoli, whipped up a batch of Swiss Chalet dipping sauce. that we all love with our chicken and we had and awesome feast.

Our Weber Q-100 does it again

sure hit the spot

        Supper done, dishes done, visit a bit more then her Mom and Dad hit the road back home, before it gets dark.
        Another fun day here in the life of us fulltime rv'ers. Great company, great weather and a pretty tasty, filling supper to boot.
        Thanks for stopping by, (you come visit I cook you supper too). Hope y'all had a great August 1st. This is the beginning of the last half of our summer holidays that I remember as a kid, way back in the last century when I went to school.

 Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle.

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Rainy day and Tuna portions on the Weber Q.

Where are we today ?

Rock Glen Resort Arkona Ontario

        Hmm, warm day but overcast and rain began before noon, just kinda carried on all day long, 7 pm and still raining. But we did have an afternoon of enjoying our books outside under our awning, pretty warm and the rain on our canopy we really enjoyed.
        Mid afternoon Trish dropped by to chat for a while and we had a nice visit, just catching up with stuff.

rainy day again, but still nice

        Now I can eventually start to prep supper. Tonight we gonna do some Tuna Steaks on the grill and I came up with the recipe below. Added a rice pilaf and corn on the cob done on our Weber Q 100.

        This is recipe I found for grilling Tuna Steaks. All was good but they were dry, think a lot less time on the grill would be better. More like 1-2 minutes one side, turn over and 3 minutes on the other and would be awesome. Not matter all was very tasty.

Ingredients
 olive oil
Old Bay Seasoning 
lime juice
lemon juice
tuna steak
Directions

1. Combine Olive Oil, Old Bay, Lime and Lemon Juice.
2. Mix Well.
3. Pour over Tuna Steaks and marinade 20 minutes, turning occasionally.

4. Make sure grill is hot – place steaks in hottest section and Sear steaks 1 to 2 minutes per side to seal in the juices.
5. Finish cooking just slightly away from the hottest area – 8 to 10 minutes per inch of thickness. Maybe 3 minutes be better (next time).

this is what we grilled

looking good

very tasty thou

         After supper enjoyed more rain and more reading and even had the sun shining on our site thru the rain drops.
        Sure could worse, like colder, but still had a great relaxing day. hope you did too.
        Thanks for stopping by!

Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle.

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Warmed up again and enjoyed every minute of the day!

Where are we today ?

Rock Glen resort Arkona Ontario

        Wow what a wonderful day today! Started off sunny and warm and just got better as the day progressed. Morning walkabouts, coffee and computing then a quick trip to the store. Fill our R/O water jug and picked up a few needed supplies.
        Then seeing as it was such a wonderful day, my back feels good and we have morning shade I set to work to wax the passenger side of our coach. I did the cleaning, compounding, and polishing the other day now just need to wax. This the easy part so by noon all the upper part was done.

nice and shiny

         Grabbed a quick bite for lunch, then I proceeded to hand wash and wax the lower compartment doors.
         Another walkabout, chat with a few new people arriving today then grabbed our books to enjoy more of this wonderful day.

nice sunny site and blue skies

        Then eventually time to fire up our Weber Q for supper. Tonight corn on the cob (in foil after I soaked it in water for a while) potatoes slices coated with olive oil and a few no salt spices, couple pork chops (coated with olive oil and Mr's Dash spice), then grilled a couple peaches (lightly brushed with olive oil) for a few minutes.

quick and easy meal

less than 30 minutes we had very tasty supper,
The grilled peaches so sweet and tasty,
enhanced the flavour of the pork chops.

        That was it for today, pretty productive, great weather and a tasty supper. A little walkabout then relax in the evening sun, enjoying more reading time.
        Does it get much better? Think not, life is good!
        Thank ya'al for stopping by for a peek, hope you had a good day too.

Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle.

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Monday is a great day, taking it easy and having fun!

Where are we today ? 

Rock Glen Resort Arkona Ontario

        Another great day, its almost warm. A bit of sunshine here and temps about 59f (14c)so with our snowsuits on we managed to read outside for a while!

         After a light lunch wandered over to visit our friend Trish and  chat for a while. Suzie got a doggie fix with a few neighbors dropping by with puppies!

        But now looking for a quiet afternoon headed back on home to enjoy our books for a while. Love this lifestyle!

         Now I had my chicken wing craving again so just thawed out a few wings, cut up a some taters for fries and some celery and carrot sticks just to make it kinda healthy.

fresh cut fries

wings are done

now we have a feast!
Wings fries, hot sauce,
veggies and dip, even have
 cold beer here too!

       Think we had a good day? Yep we sure did really hit the spot!

       Thanks for dropping on by and hope yours was good too!

 Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle.

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Pinery Fleamarket and an awesome roast beef on our Weber Q

Where are we today ?

Rock Glen resort Arkona Ontario

         Sunday morning and all is great here in Arkona, but we are just having some real funky weather! Hot , cold, cloudy, sunny, rainy, more sunshine but we are enjoying whatever happens by being outside.
         Up early as usual coffees, computing walkabouts and Suzie had her shower we are ready to head out by 8:30 this morning. Dropped by to say goodbye to Rob and Pat, they are packing up and heading out this morning. Then we are off to the Pinery Fleamarket in Grand bend, our favorite place to head on a Sunday morning when we are in the area. Lotsa vendors here this weekend before our Canadian long weekend. Not sure if we will be here for the long weekend we could be real busy then.
        Just love wandering thru the trees in the shade for this fleamarket, a lot on these vendors have been here for years, but then again we get to know them too. Always new stuff to see.

this chip truck is always here

my half order of small fries perfect

        Suzie heads over to John's Books, took in 15 paper backs and he lets her take 11 books away free! We like to deal with John.

Suzie at Johns' Books

        Saw some cool signs and shirts here with neat sayings, so put a few together to show you below.

lots of good info here

        We always enjoy the walkabout here, checking things out and people watching is cheap fun and kill a couple hours too, fresh air and a walkabout.

burgers and fries

ice cream and drinks

antique kiddie rides

fresh produce

and a few HOT RODS

Our Free books for today, good deal !

        Now back in time for quick sandwich and fruit for lunch, read for a while with this funky, warm and cold weather. We enjoyed reading our books outside for most of the day, bundled up from the cool temps.

kinda cool, for a while about 4:30pm

        Finally about 4:30 gonna fire up our Weber Q. Have a small (1-1/2 lb) top sirloin roast beef to cook. So a double layer of tin foil, small trivet and a after marinating in olive oil, vinegar, Montreal steak spice, pepper, sea salt and garlic for a few hours set on our preheated grill.
          I tried something different tonight and put on some water soaked mesquite wood chips wrapped in foil. Now to keep the smoke in the grill I added some foil to the side vents on this Weber Q 100. And you know what?
         After abut 70 minutes of grilling this roast and potatoes and not opening the lid hardly at all, we had a very nicely smoke flavoured meal!

beginning

low and slow worked awesome

added corn on the cob last 30 minutes

By 6 pm warmed up pretty nice

excellent BBQ'd roast beef

         Now very happy with our mesquite smoked roast beef dinner, head outside to read for a while, then a short walkabout and had a visit for our friend Mike. Pretty soon getting dark and time to head back inside, almost 9 pm and getting cool again.
         Thanks once again for your visit and hope you had an awesome day too!

Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle.

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