Topic: CdB Beast Feast: August 13 - 14

[Dani]

Thanks for the info, especially for the tip to call beforehand! The lamb sausages were indeed sold out until next Thursday - so I'll have to try to be patient, not really one of my strong sides...

[Larry W]

The hunk of meat and sausages were purchased @ Brian's Butchery ... in the Ikea neighbourhood.
http://www.briansbutchery.com/

All sausages are made on site, quickly frozen since no preservatives are added.
Phone ahead, just to make sure they have packages left.

Larry

and now I don't remember who brought those delicious lamb sausages and where they were from. I'm dying to eat them again - please help!

[Dani]

I enjoyed the beast feast so much that I may have had a borderline too high dose of Whiskey, and now I don't remember who brought those delicious lamb sausages and where they were from. I'm dying to eat them again - please help!

[juliahardwick]

Shuttle, salmon, tatters, salads, tequila, company, drytop...all fantastic. Thanks to all the organizers and cooks.
Julia

[Larry W]

Hi

Happy everyone had a good time and thanks for participating ...

In the end I only cooked the potatoes and beef, all the other food was prepared by everyone else ... Oh just trying to be ever so humble. The beef was the easy part, baking the potatoes was the challenge. I made notes for the next time.

The shuttle was new wrinkle in the Beast Feast weekend.
Pros:
nobody got lost to the put in
the group got on the river at the same time
a later start Saturday ... good for those coming up from Ottawa just for the day ***
everybody gets off the river at about the same time for cocktail hour.
cost is insignificant.
It felt like a CdB club adventure

It takes about 30 minutes to load 26 boats on the trailer and bus ... the process was a bit smoother on Sunday

Cons:
"herding cats"

*** This used to be a weekend event when people came up Friday evening for 2 nights of camping. I hope this new wrinkle doesn't change that.

Some of the photos that ended up on my camera. Liz was playing photographer for a while ..
https://picasaweb.google.com/larrywong12345/BeastFeast2011?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Larry

[glissboy]

I think the only one we have left to thank is
...
Mr Rototiller.

[Sandra K]

Yes! Special thanks to Larry for being the 'Beast Master'. You rock!
Also, thanks to Liz, Christian and Paul for organizing behind the scenes. Much appreciated (hope I didn't miss anyone else . Seeing the boys load the shuttle the first day was quite the sight! Almost worth the $96...

The people in this club are almost as much fun as paddling.

Thanks for all the fun and laughter.
Sandra

[ChristianG]

Hello all.

The weekend was great, and despite the intermittent rain, Larry managed to cook us an amazing meal! With the help of a large group of people of course...

Kayakers are a very independent sort indeed... The suggestion to get the Bonnet Rouge bus/trailer for the shuttle was not originally met with high enthusiasm. Still, after using that service for the two days and seeing how things were made simpler and easier on the paddlers, it's clear that from now on this should be part of the Beast Feast, and paid for by the club. It's only 96$ per day, and that's really a small fraction of the total food and prizes costs for the weekend. As a comparison, myself I spent over 250$ just for prizes. That does not include what I spent for corn, potatoes, salads, condiments, snacks etc.

Finally, let's thank Paddle Shack for the amazing prizes they gave us. I hope that Julia will be able to enjoy her new dry top for years to come!

Cheers!

--Christian

[ChristianG]

Describe the container... I picked up one! --C.

[Chris E]

Thanks for a great day of paddling and a great supper guys!

So I may have let a couple things near the picnic tables on saturday night, I'm sure the beer found a good home, but did anyone happen to pick up a tupperware container that isn't theirs?

Thanks

Chris

[liz edwards]

It was rather excellent. We found a lone bootie on the road on the way home and it looked rather sad, wet and smelly so we felt sorry for it and took it with us. Either some one can claim this size nine cutie or it can become the official "drink from the bootie" vessel. Sufficiently icky enough for the purpose.

Just what constitutes a drink from a bootie anyway? I thought a beer was the price of rescue. As for that awful thing, we'd have to do with Larry, that's just too much.

[CaroDulu]

Thank you everyone!

I had an excellent time ;-)
I am very glad that I met club members.

You are an awesome bunch!
I had a Blast!

Now, i'll work on my roll!!
Cheers,
Caroline

[Paul Potvin]

Great Beast Feast Larry! Everything was well done. It was great seeing everyone paddling the same river at the same time.
Thank you again!

Paul:)

[Peter Kayaky Karwacki]

thank you very much for a well planned event. Great food, great people and great paddling.

[juliahardwick]

Leaving Wendy's place at 8:30. Room for one more.
Julia