Cooler again, and a busy day running errands and cooking.

Where are we today ?

New Hamburg Ontario

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       Quite cold overnight  when i git u at 6 am  is was 52 F inside (42F outside), great for sleeping, so I turned our heat on and got warmed up nicely in no time.
      First off the result of last night's hockey game. Not great. In the first few minutes of the first period our Grandson blew our his knee, not good. off to the dressing room and got looked after with ice packs  on it then he hobbled away for the night. We did get to see him for a bit but he was in pain hope he gets it taken care of and recovers soon. We did not see the end of the game but I know it was a close one think they were defeated 3-2.

These guys are very large and very fast 15-16 year olds

our grand daughter #3 sat right in front of us and kept looking at me
with wide wonderful eyes sitting with her mom

still looking at me sitting with here dad

       This morning about 8 am I headed into Plattsville, Pettigrew's garage to make an appointment to get our coach serviced next week and the repairs at sometime to our car. Chatted with an old friend there for quite a while then back home.

An intersting sunrise  this morning on my drive to town 

       Now back here my plan today is to cook up a 20 lb turkey I picked up on sale ( 89 cents a lb, that would be .68 cents a lb US dollars) here for our Thanksgiving meal on Monday at my daughter's in Aurora. I like to cook it ahead so it it all ready to serve when we get there, Just reheat it with lots of drippings, gravy and put the skin back on . Works grea, did that in my restaurant for years and works wonderful on the day of.

This be a nice 20 lb turkey
In the oven by 10 am

     Then soon time for lunch Suzie has been helping Sandy do some cleaning and we were all hungry . Lunch to day and (egg mc muffin) Ok a fried egg on an English muffin with peameal bacon and cheese, Much better than Mickey D's.

oh so tasty

      Right after lunch I did grocery run for Sandy to New Hamburg to pick up a few needed items for the weekend here.
      I like to roast a bird breast side down so that the white meat stays moist. In 4 hours it was done to perfection. I let it rest for a while, cool down and remove the meat form the bones, fall apart.

nicely done and moist upside down

    While it was resting I cleaned the wax off and cut up 3 Rhutabaga's. (Simlar to turnip only better) This is a chore, a very hard vegetable. Remove the wax coating and chop up.

3 nice sized ones.

they will be  covered with water and boiled.
then mashed with butter, salt , pepper and brown sugar

       This taken care of then time for me to make a salad  to go with some BBQ;d chicken for supper on their Weber Q.

Breasts for us drumstick for them

Sandy made some rice and veggies and
we enjoyed a very tasty meal together

     A good day for inside work and cooking, no time to read today. Still only 54F at 8 pm another good nights' sleep.
     Just a nice productive day getting things ready for our Thanks giving weekend with families.
     Thanks again for stopping on by. We looking forward to a few days of warmer weather, before it cools off again.

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 Where have we been this summer?

Just enjoying more wonderful weather well we can.

Where are we today ? 

Rock Glen Resort

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    Another warm overnight 63F at 5 am. almost still summer weather. Got a nice walkabout again this morning just over 2 miles by 8 am. Down the road to check out the culvert construction. These guys really know how to handle these machines almost dancing in unison.  

an interesting sunrise this morning

love this old VW camper in excellent shape

    These guys below were right on the job just after 7 am, they sure know there stuff.

almost ready to finish the road

one huge culvert here

    Then about 9 am I whipped into Forest for a nice leisurely drive, pick up a few supplies and check out the tiny farmer's market here, Their season has almost ended.

they still have some fresh local strawberries.

lots of apples and tomatoes as well

these young children were so cute
walking the market, now resting

this busker playing his flute was pretty good

     Back home puttered around a bit enjoyed a light tasty lunch the got this 11 Lb turkey from Melinda to cook for tomorrows dart banquet. I borrowed a roasted from the clubhouse , Kim is cooking the other one. 

this roaster works good from the turkey
 was a bit too big for our oven

Turkey ready to cook, I like to cook it breast side down
so that it is much moister

3 hours later all done and so moist

all the meat off the bones in some juice
ready to reheat tomorrow

now I have all these bones will make
a very tasty turkey soup
in a few days

          3 pm evolved and so did Happy Hour first arrival was Tucker right up on his chair to greet Suzie, Gerry right behind him, he knows where to go.

he is so excited and all over her
she loves it

          A few minute later Ron and Lorree  arrived, then Melinda, We chatted shared stories and solved the worlds problem, nice to catch up with everyone again.

Tucker gets his treat
cause he is a good boy

he even jumped up on  Loree's lap to be rubbed as well
that is rare

        Then when John was done work he stopped in to visit as well and join in the conversations, nice to chat with him when he is not working.

Gerry and John

     After everyone left  I fired up our Weber Q to grill a couple of Shrimp burgers we enjoy from the Real Canadian Superstore . They are so tasty and filling.

English muffins warming in foil

I made some seafood sauce for them, with lettuce
on an English muffin 
That was all we needed tonight

       Today's weather was another very nice warm one in the mid 80'sF and quite comfortable here in the shade. We enjoyed it and are still enjoying it outside after 8:30 pm. We will enjoy as much of this weather as we can get. Too soon cold again !
        Glad that you dropped by and hope you had a very nice day as well, and staying away from the Hurricane on the East coast.

When we head south Oct 18thCountdown

Want to learn more about Membership camping at Rock Glen Family Resort ?

 click this link www.geosuzie.rockglen.com for a tour 

 Where have we been this summer?