recovery, meals, and trip
Aug. 28th, 2006 10:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winterbadgerFeeling much better; thanks for all the good wishes! I came home, napped, drank lots of tea, napped some more, played Carcasonne with Chris and Mel, and partook of a very tasty dinner (crabmeat baked in green peppers on a bed of mango and red pepper). Delicious!
Speaking of dinners, not as fancy as a Mel meal, but I did make one I was rather pleased with last night--sauteed zucchini (courgette?) and yellow squash (marrow?), tatties & neeps (mashed potatoes and turnips), and corned beef brisket. Simple but tasty.
So, Chris and Mel have been helping me out with advice on my vacation. I've settled on a rough plan to spend two days in and around Mabou, two days around Dingwall, two days around Ingonish, and a day each at Fortress Louisbourg and St. Peter's and the Bras d'Or lakes. Rservations for the last two days confirmed, and emails in to places for the other nights. Activities to be spread around the trip are lots of sightseeing, lots of hiking and some birdwatching, a whale watch, maybe some cycling and/or kayaking, and of course touring the recreated 18th century fort and town of Fortress Louisbourg.
I need to plan what I'm going to take along. Looks like high temperatures on Cape Breton are running in the 60s (*F: 15*C-20*C) right now with varying degrees of cloudy and showers. So I'm thinking layers: some t-shirts and a couple of long-sleeved shirts with a fleece or two, a rain jacket, a hat, several changes of socks, hiking boots, and some plain comfortable shoes. All the usual necessaries, of course (undershorts, toothbrush, etc.) Camera, binos, a book or two, a journal and pencils. A day pack and my camelback or some water bottles). I'm tempted to get one of those collapsible walking poles; I really liked the ones Chris and Mel have. I have a nice hiking stick, but it's wood and not easy to take on a plane. I suppose I might take swimming clobber, just in case I have a chance to go down to a beach (FWIW, cold water doesn't bother me; I've swum happily off the coast of Maine). What am I forgetting?
And who would like a postcard? Comment with your address and I'll send you one. :-)
Speaking of dinners, not as fancy as a Mel meal, but I did make one I was rather pleased with last night--sauteed zucchini (courgette?) and yellow squash (marrow?), tatties & neeps (mashed potatoes and turnips), and corned beef brisket. Simple but tasty.
So, Chris and Mel have been helping me out with advice on my vacation. I've settled on a rough plan to spend two days in and around Mabou, two days around Dingwall, two days around Ingonish, and a day each at Fortress Louisbourg and St. Peter's and the Bras d'Or lakes. Rservations for the last two days confirmed, and emails in to places for the other nights. Activities to be spread around the trip are lots of sightseeing, lots of hiking and some birdwatching, a whale watch, maybe some cycling and/or kayaking, and of course touring the recreated 18th century fort and town of Fortress Louisbourg.
I need to plan what I'm going to take along. Looks like high temperatures on Cape Breton are running in the 60s (*F: 15*C-20*C) right now with varying degrees of cloudy and showers. So I'm thinking layers: some t-shirts and a couple of long-sleeved shirts with a fleece or two, a rain jacket, a hat, several changes of socks, hiking boots, and some plain comfortable shoes. All the usual necessaries, of course (undershorts, toothbrush, etc.) Camera, binos, a book or two, a journal and pencils. A day pack and my camelback or some water bottles). I'm tempted to get one of those collapsible walking poles; I really liked the ones Chris and Mel have. I have a nice hiking stick, but it's wood and not easy to take on a plane. I suppose I might take swimming clobber, just in case I have a chance to go down to a beach (FWIW, cold water doesn't bother me; I've swum happily off the coast of Maine). What am I forgetting?
And who would like a postcard? Comment with your address and I'll send you one. :-)
