Thank the good spirit(s) the weather finally broke; last night's storms pushed out the humidity leaving us warm but dry.
My lovely wife and I headed out to the lake this afternoon for our planned meet-up with brdavidson and his kids. We brought our pooch Maia along with us, and had a lovely sit in the shade while Brian's kids tackled the jungle gym.
Brian brought a pile of estates for me to clean up, including a stunner transition Barling Canadian which looks like it's only been smoked a handful of times in the last 50 years. So after jawing a bit, and feeding and watering the kids we hit the lake.
We all waded out to about knee deep and plucked "keeper" rocks from the shore of Lake Ontario. Brian and I enjoyed a pipe, I finally smoked Carter Hall for the first time and do see why it's such a popular blend... especially for breaking in a new pipe. Anyway, we watched a couple knuckleheads jump into the creek from a pedestrian bridge without doing serious damage :crazy:, got wet, played with the kids and the dog, and generally yucked it up. The weather was grand, the company outstanding, what a lovely couple of hours spent on a Saturday.
Nothing beats good people.
Thanks Brian for being a pal, and to yer young lad for my going away hug.
Awesomeness.
Oh, to keep this pipe-ish I smoked one of my "learning curve" estates, a BB&S (Barlings Second) that I pooched the stem cleaning on by sanding it off the pipe. Boo for workmanship, yay for keeping this pipe in my collection. It smokes like a charm!
-- Pat
My lovely wife and I headed out to the lake this afternoon for our planned meet-up with brdavidson and his kids. We brought our pooch Maia along with us, and had a lovely sit in the shade while Brian's kids tackled the jungle gym.
Brian brought a pile of estates for me to clean up, including a stunner transition Barling Canadian which looks like it's only been smoked a handful of times in the last 50 years. So after jawing a bit, and feeding and watering the kids we hit the lake.
We all waded out to about knee deep and plucked "keeper" rocks from the shore of Lake Ontario. Brian and I enjoyed a pipe, I finally smoked Carter Hall for the first time and do see why it's such a popular blend... especially for breaking in a new pipe. Anyway, we watched a couple knuckleheads jump into the creek from a pedestrian bridge without doing serious damage :crazy:, got wet, played with the kids and the dog, and generally yucked it up. The weather was grand, the company outstanding, what a lovely couple of hours spent on a Saturday.
Nothing beats good people.
Thanks Brian for being a pal, and to yer young lad for my going away hug.
Awesomeness.
Oh, to keep this pipe-ish I smoked one of my "learning curve" estates, a BB&S (Barlings Second) that I pooched the stem cleaning on by sanding it off the pipe. Boo for workmanship, yay for keeping this pipe in my collection. It smokes like a charm!
-- Pat
