Here lamby, lamby!
July 1, 2010 - Canada Day
Neighbors down the dock, famous Fred and Judy, have talked about it for years - the Lamb Bake on Saturna Island. The nautical types head for Winter Cove for the big event and this year I was there!
Over one hundred boats drop anchor or raft up in Winter Cove while the ferries and road fill with daytrippers, augmenting a spirited local population for the pleasantly barbarous occasion. Seven hundred meals are served - but I leap ahead!
Shortly before Canada Day twenty-seven happy little lambs are selected from the frolicking flocks. Then led, bleating and mewing to Campbells for induction into the Canada Day celebrations.
Off t
o the right is the last picture of this joyous bleating lot. By the morning of the festivities they are much changed. Off to the left is the last class photo of 2010!
My next photo is a sizzler!
Hit
the beer gardens, listen to musicians, watch the dunk tank and cruise the Saturna Island Art kiosk! To build appetites we hike through specatular flora in the Gulf Islands National Park. Along the way I meet old friends - Joan from Spindrift, Ellen (and vicariously Michel) from Mexico sailing days, a personal hero Bill Austen from the Maritime Ecology Centre all the while scoping out the action. All in all a most memorable Canada Day!
1 comment:
Hey Uncle Norman,
That does look like a rather memorable Canada Day. I'm some what curious about the cooking method. That must be one mother of a fire to cook all those lambs. How long do they have to roast them for and how much wood does an open air "oven" such as this consume? Quite the visual feast, I'm sure.
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