Ditto to ST's comments re: that boot-sucking gray clay.  Still one of my favorite entry points... especially when the BH wheel barrow is available for use!

Jimbo   

Bill
In the pic from a couple days ago with OS sporting the blaze orange...
There's a lid that looks like it's from a rubbermade 'action packer' container. can you tell me how that container was utilized? kitchen stuff or food, etc?
Tim

That’s the lid from one of two action packer containers that held our food. One contained breakfasts and some of our lunch stuff, while the other held dinner sides and some of the lunch items. We relied on fish for all but the first night, which was steaks and baked potatoes.

Those lids came in handy for fanning the fires as needed and also as a work area for meal prep. I was surprised that there was no picture of the infamous pink flamingo stew. You did notice Jimbo’s mascot behind Bo and me. It led us all over Quetico. It was on that trip that we learned to follow the bird.

zski wrote on Apr 29^th, 2018 at 3:27am:


Too bad you weren’t on the trip! Pepto bismol was exactly the same reaction the rest of the guys had when I did the reveal. It was hard not to laugh when they were all commenting about how great it smelled as they approached the kitchen. Then the reveal...

For those wondering how I pulled it off, I sent everyone out fishing while I prepared it. I used flour for thickener and white color. I used Red food coloring, I had smuggled in to achieve the exact desired shade of pink. IC assisted but did not help in any way. Chunks of laker provided the meat. Now the secret is out...

The pink stew was a one time event. It was based on a laker chowder recipe which is posted in the recipes section. I added flour and a few drops of red food coloring to the chowder. Unfortunately, pink flamingos are too scarce in Quetico, and as such, are a protected species, so I substituted a couple of lakers instead. If you’ve never eaten pinks, they taste a little like chicken.