poplar road

Our annual long weekend camp-out (the UNniversary as Richard has shortened it) kicks off with the arrival of about 15 guests in time for dinner tomorrow night. We're exhausted from preparations - yard work, shed reno, grocery shopping, cleaning, and cooking - but buzzed with excitement to see everyone. Richard just finished a pot roast rubbed with Mexican spices, and several roasting chickens are next in the morning, to be shredded ready for burritos with all the trimmings. We still need to make Richard's Road Trip Salsa and chocolate chip pecan cookies, just to name a few, and a whole lot of other things need to be set up in the yard before people begin to arrive, so we're off to bed and rising early to do the heavy labour before the heat drives us inside. Thank goodness for AC or we'd never get a thing done in the afternoons. Looking forward to spending an afternoon with everyone at the river - maybe the water won't be quite so chilly this year given it's been above 30 for most of the last 6 weeks! Anyway, I won't get my prep photos up before the weekend, just ran out of time, so look for highlights of Richard's yard project along with the weekend's festivities (ie food) sometime next week. Happy long weekend, everybody!