|
April 28-30, 2023: Back to Slaney's New Camp Part 2 |
|
With vapour barrier complete, French and Stroh moved on to preparing and fitting the plywood paneling in the kitchen. Terry came across an awesome technique online, one that's actually been around for decades and will suit this camp perfectly. Using a tiger torch the boys lightly scorched the plywood to highlight grains in the wood. The sheets will be installed then clear coated for a real tidy finished product.
Meanwhile Slaney and I were progressing well on the ceiling boards.
Time to speed up this slash burn off operation!
As it got dark I decided it was time to throw supper on the stove. Saturday night's menu was moose stew and a special dessert. I chunked up and fried two moose roasts and a couple onions, then added water, cubed turnip and carrot. I moved the pot to the woodstove to simmer while we worked.
As the pot simmered I cubed up potato which will go in once the other vegetables are cooked.
My special dessert is Jell-O no bake cheesecake, an easy to make camp dessert, especially one with no oven (yet). It will be served with canned blueberry pie topping.
Once everything was cooked I thickened up the gravy with a flour/cold water mix and a little beef oxo to enhance the flavour. This was my first time making stew completely on my own (usually Sandra makes it at home with some assistance from me) and it came out great!
We worked pretty late Saturday night getting quite a bit of the ceiling finished, more than enough to protect the vapour barrier from the heat of this monster Acorn Ranger woodstove!
Temporary accommodations as one bedroom is not finished and the other is currently in use as a tool room for the weekend.
Sunday morning we took it a little easier and began our day a little later than normal having gotten a great nights rest. Out breakfast menu today was the exact same as yesterday bacon, eggs, moose sausages and fresh fish white puddings.
After breakfast Slaney and French started assembling a new cell phone booster as there is absolutely no service at camp.
The booster although very temporarily mounted worked great and actually got us a couple bars of LTE cell service! Plenty to stay in touch and be able to check in occasionally with family at home.
Sunday we continued on with the ceiling boards, French also finished sheeting in the outside walls of the utility room making good use of off cuts from the Kitchen job.
Meanwhile Slaney and Stroh handed outside operations, most importantly knocking down a few trees that were very precariously leading towards the cabin. Some were at risk of falling directly onto the cabin, more were causing a lot of shade to the point of moss forming on the roof.
Lunch today was the leftover stew from last night which heated up nicely on low heat.
By suppertime it was time for French. Stroh and I to call it a weekend, pack up and head out to the trucks for the long drive home. Slaney is staying one more night, he carried out a load of unopened leftover insulation while giving a ride to Stroh and some of our bulky tools.
French and I took a different path out of the country today, this one although much longer, completely avoids the flooded marsh. It was a great ride and we were surprised to still come across 3-4' snow drifts in the woods, at this time its a little too narrow for Slaney's track equipped Argo!
It was well and truly dark by the time we got back to town Sunday evening, but the drive was great. We seen one moose east of Gander and a U-Haul van that just smoked another one East of Whitbourne.
One last pic from Terry before he packed up Monday morning. Kitchen walls are now clear coated in Varathane and looking truly spectacular! Up next will be finishing the ceiling, installing cupboards and replacing the two front windows.
Cheers, MIKE
Copyright © 2025 Michael Smith |
