Have you ever eaten elk? Or deer? Well, we hadn't but that has changed since last Friday night when Jim and Linda threw an impromptu venison BBQ!
They were leaving the campground and had some elk and deer in their freezer that they didn't want to take with them on the road so they figured we might as well all have a sample.
They made some huge elk burgers, big slabs of (white tail) deer steaks and side dishes were brought by all attending.
The weather was great so we could actually hang around the BBQ outside for a while while the meat was cooking.

We both really liked the elk, the deer a little less but that might have been because it was a little too rare for our taste.
We only had a small group showing up, I guess not everybody was brave enough to try it, so there was way too much meat and I ended up overeating as usual at these potlucks. I swear, next time I'll eat less, I'm always stuffed!

I had a good laugh over Sue's T-shirt that she had specially made somewhere:

 

She and her husband have woken up in the mornings on more than one occasion during their travels asking each other " Where the f.. are we?" so they call themselves proud members of the' Fugarwi Tribe' :)

After the meal some hung around to play poker. James is trying to teach me (I'm a terrible card player) so until I'll get the hang of it I prefer to just watch.  (they try to make me play but I'm pretty sure it's only because they want my money! Not that the stakes are that high, the buy-in is only $5, but still...)

I've been working hard on my New Years resolutions and I'm proud to say that I made good on one of them! Voila, I finally finished my socks!
They came out really good, fit me like a glove (or a sock) and are really comfy. They have a nice circle pattern on the cuff but it's rather hard to see  in the picture because of the striped wool I used.

 

So now I can start something new. I have a couple of different hand spun yarns laying around, now I just have to figure out what to make ?

 

Nothing much else to report for now other than the fact that tomorrow is going to be an important day for us!

It will be the day of our 12-1/2 wedding anniversary. Can you believe it? Twelve and a half years?!

 

Now I probably have to explain to my American audience that in the Dutch culture, the 12-1/2 year wedding anniversary is a huge deal. While some might mark their tenth anniversary as an important milestone here, it’s the 12-1/2 anniversary (half of 25) that brings on the congratulations and celebration in the Netherlands.

The Dutch don’t hold any significance for 5, 10, 20, 30 and 40 year anniversaries but choose to celebrate the all too metric 12.5 years (!), 25 year and 50 year anniversaries only!! Funny!

 

So although this would normally (if you have your family or friends around) ask for a big party we've decided to keep it small and private and finally make that day trip to Kingman tomorrow, have a nice drive through the mountains and come back via Laughlin where we'll have a nice dinner at one of the casinos.

I'll post about it soon but here's one of our wedding pictures of

8-19-2000, ...ahw....how cute!