Winter hasn't shown it's ugly face here in southern Newfoundland as of yet this year and today is February 2. Yesterday I went with 3 of my golfing buddies for a cookup in the Newfoundland outdoors. It was a beautiful sometimes sunny day with temperatures just below the freezing point.
Two friends Edmund and John go to this area just south of Lewin's Cove around Big Salmonier Brook to cut some wood to burn and while there they usually cook up a lunch. Having teased us with photos of their past cook ups we invited ourselves along for the next time.
Yesterday my friend Ches and I hiked into where they are cutting the wood. The boys go on their ATV's but since it was only a 15 minute walked we hiked there to meet them for lunch. They had a great place cleared for a cook up complete with seats for us around the fire. Lunch consisted of beans, bologna and wieners along with fresh homemade bread and toutons. As well Ches brought along some dried salt cod which we cooked in and on the fire. We complemented the lunch with steeped tea, coffee as well as date squares & apricot cake for dessert. The walk back out took a little longer. Ha! Ha!
We had a great chat during our lunch and left with the feeling that we would be doing the same thing again someday before the winter was out.
Below are some photos around the fire and of the beautiful outdoors area there around Big Salmonier Brook. Since the fish was a little salt we had to drink some fresh water! :-) Acutally when I saw the ice it brought back memories of growing up in Lamaline playing hockey on the pond. To get a drink you would have to cut a hole in the ice, lie down and drink to your heart's content. No water bottles in those days! The water was some cold and fresh too!
Cheers to all. Stay safe. Enjoy
Barry
L to R: John, me, Ches
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