Lake and Goats and Cheese and Salmon!

 Hello!!!! Guess where we are??? We are at the lake!!! And guess who is with us today??

Otto and Rose!!! We are going to go paddleboarding! Well... the humans are... and maybe Otto. There is waaaayyyyy too much tipping over on the paddleboard!

It's so pretty here! 

Ahhhh... this is the life...

Navy Beanie has never been to a lake like this! I guess they didn't have big lakes on Mouse Island. He wanted to take control of the paddleboard but... it's hard to paddle with short little arms...

See... out there... there's a paddleboard with heads in the water next to it... the humans fell off again!

Alright... now for the real adventure!! We are at Goats on the Roof!!! Why are we here? Because the Old Country Market has....

A truly amazing selection of cheeses!!!

Navy is a bit stunned... so this visit might take a while...

This is a Salt Spring Island goat cheese... beary good!!

Sooooo many options!!!

Navy Beanie has been quite deprived during his sojourn on the seashore you know... ate nothing but seaweed (gross).

There's lots of British cheeses here...

But not only that... they have a fresh bakery section!!!

With Bear Claws!!!

And Chocolate Croissants!!!

So mmannyyyy choices!!! OK... we have to pick something!!! Navy chose the Juliette brie cheese from Salt Spring. Excellent choice...

And I chose some smoked salmon nuggets...

So many options!!!!

Yum!!!!

Oh... Single Malt Whiskey Cheese... seems to be popular...

Chocolate Fudge Cheese??? Not so popular...

Sometimes... too many choices is not a good thing!! Navy Beanie is wondering if he's made the right choice! Enough!! Let's get out of here!!

"Pssst... just wanted to say... Cocoa... if you're reading this... they have..."

Fresh Cheese bread!!!!!

"OMG!!!"

Right then... we are home and... eating... in no particular order... some mint chocolate chip ice cream... cause we're hot and sweaty!

And then a chocolate croissant... yummers!

It was beary good... but maybe next time we'll get two!

And then Navy had some brie on cheesebread... yum!!!

Soooo very good!

And yes... I had some smoked salmon nuggets!!!!

A Flying Visit...

Hullo!! We are going on a trip!!! I know.... so exciting... not sure where we're going yet, but we are going. 

"And look, Sandy, there's even a salmon sandwich in here!" Really?? Well... it must be true cause mice have excellent noses! Yum... I'm sure Mama won't mind if I eat her sandwich...

Alright folks... see you in a bit!

***burp*** Oops... sorry, didn't realize we were live again! That sandwich was super yummy! Now we're just waiting for our flight... Mama looks a bit peeved but... hey... you don't keep us stuffies happy and you have noooooo idea of what could happen. Although Cocoa is looking slightly peeved too that there was no cheese in... hang on...

"I smells something.... in this little suitcase... something..."

"Yes... something cheesy... in here!!"

The nose always knows you know!

And we're here!! The flights were packed and there was no way we were coming out to have a look around..

And we're visiting Gramma!!!!

Whew... we're both exhaustipated (as Beanie would say)... time for a nap maybe?

"Nope... time to track down the cheese!!"

And here it is!! A huge (ginormous) block of Jarlsberg cheese... oh yummmmmm!!!!!

Mama brought two blocks up... one for Gramma and one for meeeee!!!!

Oh... and look what's hanging around in the fridge!

"oooohhhhh Saaannnndddyyyy!! Come check this out! There's something special in the fridge...."

Oooh... could it be??

It is!!! It's salmon... oh yum!!!!

Who has the best Gramma ever??? We do!

And she's patching up a pair of mitts for Mama...

And making some pot holders...

And this mystery project is apparently stuffie related!

Maybe mitts for stuffies??? We'll have to wait and see.

Anyhow... time to cook the salmon... yum!!

First... cut it in half and ditch the tail bit (that goes into soup)...

And then one side gets mayo and mustard and the other side is just seasoned.

"Yes but... where does the cheese go??? We can't have salmon without cheese!?"

Er... well... honestly... fish and cheese really don't go well together - fish is a delicate flavour and cheese can be a bit too strong...

"That's an old stuffie's tale!!! Cheese and fish have a long and happy relationship! Look at this link! If the Smithsonian says cheese and fish go together... then they go together! Hmph... What do you think readers???"