It's unusual to have such perfect summer weather in early June but that's how fortunate we were to be invited to Wood Lake near Bracebridge in the Muskokas to visit John and Cheryl. John's cousin Mark and his wife Louise are the other half-owners of "Mull Bain Lodge". They came all the way from Tanzania Africa on a 2 week visit. You may recall we had a great time with them before Christmas on our Caribbean cruise aboard the Oosterdam.
Good photo ops are easy to find in this northern paradise. The morning mist on the lake gave a feeling of great solitude, with only nature all around us.
Perfectly calm, the lake reflected the sky above.
Captain John took us out for a ride around Wood Lake. Surprisingly we didn't see anyone else on the whole lake. We had it all to ourselves.
I provided ballast to the bow for a nice smooth ride.
My donation to the cause was 4 mosquito net hats, which came in handy for the yard work. Mark models one for us.
John cooked up a dynamite breakfast.
Food always tastes better in the oxygen-rich outdoors.
Packed for travel. I took a 9 lb.pork shoulder to spin on my Ronco Rotisserie. I injected it with smoke and spices the night before and iced it for the trip north. Cheryl and John's daughter Jess and her husband Tyler came by for dinner on Thursday. With Holly and Barry it made a total of ten of us.
Three hours on the rotisserie and three more in the oven at 250F and the pork turns so tender it falls apart. Pulled pork is the result. Mmmmm! We ate every last scrap but I think everybody had their fill.
Barry wanted to try out the new chain saw.
Cheryl's first ride on the ATV.
My "Indian guide hat" actually kept the mosquitoes off my neck. I don't know if Holly knew what to think.
It would be hard to find a nicer place.
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