We decided to have a quiet day today in our beautiful Cascadel mountain woods house. A minor hiccough in that the hot water was not working and we needed to get in touch with the owner who had to organise to get a neighbour in to fix it but it took all day and three visits by two different neighbours before it was working again.
The house is lovely. It is an A frame and has a cathedral ceiling. All the rooms have beautiful views out onto the woods.
Yesterday, Alastair spoke to a lady at the community centre about 400 metres down the road and she invited us to the community fire meeting and free barbecue today.
So we all went along at lunchtime. Alastair had a great time talking to the firefighters here and checking out all the fire equipment. We all got to meet some of the very friendly people around here and talk to them and enjoy some really good home-cooked barbecue and salads. It was just great - a real piece of American culture.
We then spent the rest of the afternoon wandering around the beautiful woods that have little brooks and creeks flowing through them everywhere and wide grassy meadows with little patches of wildflowers.
We went to a local Mexican restaurant tonight. Food was excellent. We were later told by the bloke who came to fix the hot water that the man who runs the restaurant is a 5-star chef - and the food certainly reflected that. All the adults had pork tenderloins cooked with two different types of chillies, Katherine had chicken and Ellen has Quesadillas - tortillas folded over with cheese in between and then grilled. We had black beans, rice, asparagus and pumpkin with our meals. All delicious.
Carlene
Hey guys,
ReplyDeleteBeen a bit busy. Started holidays and had my grandmother die, so I haven't had time to get on here till now.
Georgie sitting with me so this bit is from her: Hi Ellen and Katherine. I hope you're having a good time. I miss you and so does Georgia Bell. It must be fantastic over there. I'll see you girls soon. Love GP
The change of pace must be nice. The photos of the woods reminds me of around Seattle...all those tall pines (or Douglas Firs or whatever they are)....
Wonder if you'll see one of those Californian Redwoods girls?
Georgia wants you to keep an eye out for a mountain lion...and I think you should keep an eye out for Beorn (not sure if you read that chapter of The Hobbit). If you don't know, he's a character that turns into a black bear!
Carlene and Alastair: sounds like the barbecue was a bit of fun. I bet some of those salads were different to home.
Can't wait to hear about your adventures around that area. Take care, keep enjoying yourselves and we'll read all about it in the next day or so...
Cheers,
Matt, Bec, Georgia and Freyja
Hi Matt,
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your grandmother.
We had a great time at the barbecue. The food was really good and the salads were much simpler and more wholesome than the ones that you get in the restaurants and takeaway places over here. They didn't have any of those fussy, sweet dressings they put on everything in the restaurants.
Carlene