sauna shower

After an ambitious of 'bout of napping yesterday, I actually did some productive cottage work by stacking firewood, moving some birch logs from a pile behind our cabin to a pile closer to the boathouse, and stacking cedar logs against the outside of the boathouse:





I also washed my hair in the sauna by heating up some water in a big pot on the electric coals, mixing it with cold lake water in a portable shower bag. Those shower bags are wonderful on camping trips; I remember some of our campmates on the Nahanni canoe trip had a bigger version that could hold more water. The plastic is black, so on a good day you can just leave the filled bag out on a rock to heat up in the sun.

I used biodegradable Camp Suds from Mountain Co-op; just a small amount will produce a LOT of suds! The most awkward part is holding the bag above your head with one hand, washing with your other hand. Jeff and I usually take turns doing this, but he was busy at the time.

The effort is well worth it, however! Even on camping trips, I start feeling really grungy if I don't get to stick my head in water once a day. This was more of a challenge on the Nahanni trip because of the glacially-cold water, but some of us still did it (screaming lustily in the process, of course).





Jeff and JBR put in the water system later in the afternoon, however, so now we have running water. The only thing better than a sauna shower is the outdoor shower. Too bad we can't have that back in the city. :-)

Ginny arrived around dinnertime, with dinner. In celebration of Mother's Day weekend (and because Ginny had had a pretty stressful week at the restaurant), Jeff made some yummy salmon and cream cheese appetizers:





Jeff and I are heading back to the city this afternoon. Hey, I (finally) updated Waiting For Frodo yesterday. Click on the image below to get the full cartoon:

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Today's Blatherpics:

	Jeff patiently let me decorate his knee last night.
	Woodpile I stacked.
	JBR in his comfortable cottage gear.
	Jeff made these appetizers for his mom's arrival: smoked salmon, onions, cream cheese, capers, onions.
	My most recent Waiting For Frodo strip.