Sunday, July 26, 2009

Friday: of atlatls and tomahawks and turkey




Still posting over at the other blog. We cooked up a major food fest. Fifty pounds of turkey and all the family trimmings made dinner amazing. Tim brought 300 ears of sweet corn from the Scattergood Farm and School and that was still delicious this evening.




Here is the travel news from Friday

Thursday: The first full day of food





I'm still posting over at my travel blog. Today featured delicious foods in beautiful presentations.

Thursday in a nutshell



This was a lunch fruit platter. We just served fruit and sandwiches. For dinner we made lemon/garlic chicken, rice, roasted turnips. It was another amazing day of food.

Moving into Camp



I'm posting at the travel blog. Find the narrative here:

We Move Into Camp

Shopping for the Big Reunion



A quick hunting and gathering post at my travel blog.

Hunting and Gathering

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Shopping with Liz

We are busily preparing for the family reunion. The first one that I remember was 40 years ago in 1969 at the Isaak Walton League clubhouse in Madison, SD.

Yesterday Liz and I filled two flatbeds at Sam's Club Warehouse. Now, I have my issues with Sam's Club and Wal-Mart, but when you are shopping for 50 people for 5 days, sometimes you just need the big box of whatever!

We have been doing this shopping for a few reunions now, and the excel spreadsheet has become a google docs spreadsheet and now we are able to collaborate around who is bringing what and who will be where and when.

Liz and I purchased 18 loaves of bread, so many rolls and buns, 30 lbs of pork, 25 lbs of chicken pieces, 25 lbs of turkey, dozens of eggs, lbs of cheese and deli meat, flour, sugar, olive oil, bacon, sausage, and tons of other items- my cousin Tim is bringing the produce from the wholesaler that he uses.

So, the tremor of excitement is running through the girls, and my sister stil has a "to-do" list that is impressive. As soon as I can I will post that photo I took of the sky outside of Sioux Falls on our way home from round one of hunting and gathering.

Gorgeous--
 
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