Moving time!

Well, I should now be over halfway through my summer field season. It has been a hot one, with lots of rocks and lots of blackflies.

The wife and I will be moving on my next break out, and this has made me think of new bar tools that i'd love to have in our new place! New tumblers, wine glasses, maybe martini glasses, a muddler. Etc...

I'd looked at the possibility of buying myself some whiskey stones:

For both the nerdy goodness, and the prospect of non-watery cool whiskey. I am, however, worried at the possibility of having the stones scuff up my glasses. Jury is out on this one.

Anywho, I shall post again after the move.

Cheers!

                                                                   wild blueberries!

C-eh-N-eh-D-eh

Happy Canada Day internets!

I thought a nice little update might be to run through some of Canada's more famous cocktails (as it is a bit of a slow day for geologizing up here).

The Caesar

A purely Canadian cocktail which contains vodka, clamato and seasonings of your choice (generally worcestershire and tobasco). Delicious on a hot day, and great for hangovers ;)


Actually....that's almost the only truly Canadian drink I can think of at the moment. There is of course the traditional Rye and Coke, but that can be found anywhere. Good ol' Canadian whiskey.

Hmm....I guess there's always all that Canadian beer too!

Anywho, everybody have a happy and safe Canada Day weekend. Back to work with me!

Cheers!

Shame Shame

Well, I am a wee bit ashamed. I really haven't kept this up at all. Hrm. Maybe I should make it more of a resolution to try to update.

Anywho, it is field season once again. I am up at a different camp, no longer on the mine site. Isolation gives me plenty of time to think/daydream about drinks that I wish I could be having, and that is the truth.

Before I came up to the field the last time, I tried a new scotch. This scotch was much different than the ones I had tried before, a better smoke/peat taste. Needless to say, I enjoyed it immensely. Of course, now that I can't have any, I am craving it.

It was this:

Bowmore 12 yr. A scotch from the Islay region.

This has me wondering if i'd enjoy some of the other more smokey brews as well. I will have to experiment when i'm out!

The other problem is that I have a countertop full of booze, and the Mrs. and I will be moving in September. This should motivate me to try some new cocktails to use up some of the excess before we get possession of our house.

That's all for now!

LC

*Kicks Rocks*

Hm.

Remember when I said I would update this blog during the winter, and then it never happened?
Yeaaaaaaah.  My bad.

I am currently 3.5 weeks into a 4 week stay up at my current drill camp. Things are significantly less snowy, and significantly more buggy than the last time I updated. The drilling is going well, with the "rotary truth machine" teaching us new things about the region all the time. The warm weather, however, has definitely made me want some icy beverages.  The camp that I am staying at is dry, which means that I will be waiting anxiously for my time off to be getting my hands on one!

The girl and I have our summer balcony garden in full swing, and she has graciously planted some mint, which could mean Mojitos, or possibly even Mint Juleps.  Mmmmm.

I have also, for some reason, decided that I need to try a Gimlet. Gin + Lime = ???  Seems like a good plan to me!

I will be picking up a couple of implements when I get home, such as a muddler and a proper lemon/lime juicer.  Darn sick of  hand squeezing my citruses!

That is all for now folks.  I shall hopefully be better at updating this damn thing.  Maybe I should make it like a resolution, or something. Hm.