Northern Exposure...Summer Beaver: Saturday May 24th........

Monday, May 26, 2008

Saturday May 24th........

So today I walked up to the power station. It was on a dead end road off the beaten trail past the 5 star motel I told you about. The road to the power station is quiet and there are no homes it is basically wooded and on a penninsula. I was half way down the road and I cought a glimpse of vehicles that belonged in a wreck yard, piles of roof tin, and other pieces of old machinery. I, for the first time felt uneasy. I had hoped noone had followed me or better yet that bear had not wakened up from his long winters nap.
I just put my earphones in my ears and pushed the thought out of my head. The day was beautiful I wore a tank top and guess what no

bugs.....
Checked my internet to find out I was still out of luck. I was disappointed as I know that some of you like to keep tabs on me. So after seeing these pictures do you think you may have been a bit uneasy? I just kept thinking I think I have seen a movie like this and I am sure that the person got killed.....

More abandoned vehicles....

Walking up to the power plant.

I still am not sure how this works maybe someone out there reading can post if you have an idea. Do you think it is really run by diesel like a local person told me?

This is so common, one of the first days that I was in town I noticed some men that tied their aluminum boat to a ski-doo and towed it across the ice to some open water. They like to go to the rapids to fish as the fish are spawning and as you know there are not rules for hunting here it is open all year long. In this picture they are carrying the boat but as you can see the open water in front they better hold onto the boat....

6 comments:

Anonymous said...: K..those abandoned vehicles are seriously creepy! The name of the movie could be "I know what you did last Summer(Beaver)"...hahaha

Be careful! OMG...earphones??? How the heck would you hear a bear or a physcopath coming up behind you,if you have music blarring??; May 26, 2008 at 7:18 PM
Anonymous said...: Tell me that Tractor is not scrap metal, the thing looks like it has hardely ever been used...Miss YA Rob; May 27, 2008 at 2:19 AM
Anonymous said...: In regards to the Power Plant it most definetly is a Diesel Generation plant as I found the noted link below on the installation of the System if anyone is interested..Rob

http://www.adcopower.com/projects/pdfs/summerbeaver.pdf.; May 27, 2008 at 2:32 AM
Anonymous said...: Just figured out how to send this kind of message. I'm slow. I'll have to show Vicki if I think of it tomorrow. She was asking. So how does the fish taste??? Getting used to everything up there. When you get back you are going to be so laid back we won't recognize you. Sure hope you are enjoying it
EVE; May 27, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Anonymous said...: Hi Cindy:
Hope you are doing well.
Trying to look after your girls for you. How do you do it?
Everything is going well at Cedar Valley. We will treat you to a great meal when you get back.
Stay safe.
rhonda; May 27, 2008 at 5:33 PM
Anonymous said...: Hi Cyndi, really enjoying your trip and I can tell you are as well...glad you are comfortable in your surroundings or you would not be quite so adventurous....look forward to seeing you soon, hopefully moving day at Betty's...ps pickeral fish fry maybe?

Love Shirley and Jerry; May 28, 2008 at 7:24 AM

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Pemmican, one of the ladies had made this for the feast.......

Pemmican was a staple of the Plains people’s diet with the name originating from the Cree word, “pimikan”, or ‘manufactured grease’. Pemmican was made from buffalo meat, although antelope, deer, elk and moose were also used. It was a mixture of dried meat pounded to a powder, a quantity of rendered fat, Saskatoon berries or choke cherries, and sometimes peppermint leaves. The whole mixture was stored in parfleches, or skin bags, where it could be stored indefinitely. Pemmican was portable and highly nutritious with 1 kilogram equaling 5 kilograms of fresh meat. It was one of the most important contributions native people made to the survival of the Europeans through the harsh Canadian winters.

How to Make Pemmican
To make pemmican the Indians began by cutting meat into thin slices or strips and drying it either in the sun or over a fire. After the meat was dried, it was spread out on a stone-headed mauls and then pounded. This pounded meat was called "beat meat" by the natives. "Beat meat" was then mixed with melted fat and marrow. One early European observer noted that 40 pounds (18kg) of fat were added to 50 pounds (22.6kg) of beat meat. Sometimes a paste made of fruits or berries were added to this mixture.
Pemmican was stored in folded rawhide containers called parfleches. They were flat which made them easy to store and transport. Parfleches were greased along their seams to keep out air and moisture. Pemmican could therefore be kept fresh for years. Three-quarters of a pound (.34kg) of pemmican a day was a sufficient ration of food, although a hard-working traveler might eat between 1 and 2 pounds a day.
"... to make this essential food, the women would cut buffalo meat into very thin strips and hang them on hooks or a rack over a slow, smoky fire. The fire was used mainly to keep flies off the fresh meat. After a day or two the fire was discontinued and the meat was allowed to dry in the sun and wind. Three or four times a day the women would crack the meat open to allow the outsides of the strips to dry. After the drying process, which took about a week, the meat was broken into small pieces and put inside a flour sack. The women then pounded the meat into powder. This powder was mixed with dried berries, and melted buffalo fat was used to bind the substance together into balls. The pemmican balls were then placed into bags made of green (untanned) buffalo hid, and sewn up tightly. A bag of pemmican, made properly, could be cached in the ground for several years and still remain usable.
Rubaboo is the name for a stew made of pemmican and any wild vegetables at hand. Boiled in a pot of water, the chunks of pemmican would fall apart. Additions - the likes of onion, turnip, asparagus, parsley, sage, bullrush root, cattail heads, dandelion root, wild parsnip, wild carrot, mushrooms, pine nuts, daylily roots, or wild rice, would turn it into an appetizing stew.

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