The lake- August 17
We arrived at the lake a bit after 3. Everyone else was already here, and after greetings were exchanged we started to plan for the week's meals. Mark, Ping, and I ended up mostly taking over that task, and after figuring out what all we were going to make we conscripted Chris and Jeff into accompanying us to the grocery store.
The grocery trip was surprisingly fun. I ended up sending everyone else out on errands around the store, and we filled the entire shopping cart with food. There were plenty of smart aleck remarks, and monty python quotes. At the end Chris had to go find soap and such, so he gave us the keys to load up the car, and we just managed to start driving away by the time he came running up to the car.
Back at the cabin we decided that the lasagna dinner still sounded like a good idea for today, and I made nearly everyone else my sou chefs. Dinner was done in probably around an hour, despite plenty of distractions. We had a truly magnificent thunder storm that was right on top of us. A couple of the strikes were loud enough to be deafening. It even managed to knock out the power for a bit.
Dinner was vegetarian lasagna, caesar salad, and garlic bread. All of which was eaten. One of the best compliments a cook could get. There was also plenty of red wine and rum and coke. After dinner Chris went for a swim in the lake. I wasn't quite in the mood for cold, dark, and wet, so I stayed behind to write. It's now a quarter to 10, and folks are mostly sitting around quietly chatting. I think I'll go join them.
The grocery trip was surprisingly fun. I ended up sending everyone else out on errands around the store, and we filled the entire shopping cart with food. There were plenty of smart aleck remarks, and monty python quotes. At the end Chris had to go find soap and such, so he gave us the keys to load up the car, and we just managed to start driving away by the time he came running up to the car.
Back at the cabin we decided that the lasagna dinner still sounded like a good idea for today, and I made nearly everyone else my sou chefs. Dinner was done in probably around an hour, despite plenty of distractions. We had a truly magnificent thunder storm that was right on top of us. A couple of the strikes were loud enough to be deafening. It even managed to knock out the power for a bit.
Dinner was vegetarian lasagna, caesar salad, and garlic bread. All of which was eaten. One of the best compliments a cook could get. There was also plenty of red wine and rum and coke. After dinner Chris went for a swim in the lake. I wasn't quite in the mood for cold, dark, and wet, so I stayed behind to write. It's now a quarter to 10, and folks are mostly sitting around quietly chatting. I think I'll go join them.