Home in Barrie
We are back at our old site in the Barrie KOA just north of Barrie, Ontario, for our fourth full summer at this beautiful park. The site is just as we left it and now in full summer blossom. We reserve it and pay in full for the summer by the first of April and the rent covers all utilities ... simple life ... just add wine and some occasional food, eh.
The picture above is looking directly east and the community hall just for the permanent residents is visible to the rear of the Flying Scotsman. After a bit of a trouble filled trip up here the bus and the car are now in fine shape and we are enjoying chatting with the neighbors. A lot of the folks in this park are Canadian and yet they go to Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California for the snowy winter months.
Below is another view of our site just to show the large space we have and the mature trees giving us shade in the evenings.
When you come to visit us you can end up in one of these transient sites just to the end of our street. 90 feet long with wrought iron furniture and bench and a stone fire pit to roast the marshers on. This is what you should demand from the parks that claim to be the best rated ones.
Now that we are back in Barrie we decided to continue the gastropub theme we found out about in New York. Right downtown on Dunlop Street is the Local Gastropub by name and here are a couple of samples of their art we tried out.
In front of me is the hot sausage board. This is German exemplified. Two mildly spicy brats with a fresh salad, a maple honey dipped pretzel, a slab of aged white cheddar, and really nice dipping mustard. Washed down with a medium lager from Creemore (been to the brewery) a really neat plate.
Jo-Anne had their Cesar salad poutine ... Yeah I know there are so many things wrong with that idea for ingredients ... but wait.
They started with the poutine in the cast iron pan (nice fat fries covered with cheese curd and gravy) and then laid a warm bed of wilted greens, pulled chicken, cheese, tomatoes, and the salad dressing over that. If there is a definition of comfort food this one is pretty close to it ... back on the diet!!
