A summer nap at the cabin

The Camplin Cabin

This is the Camplin Cabin, one of my favourite cabins of all time.

Maggi playing fetch at the cabin

Fried Bannock Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 cups of sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• water
• vegetable oil or lard

Directions

1. Mix half the flour with the remaining dry ingredients.
2. Add water until the mixture becomes thick, "like a paper mache paste".
3. Add more flour until the dough feels like a soft earlobe.
4. Heat the oil or lard over a medium-high heat until very hot, but not smoking.
5. Break off small pieces of the dough and flatten each to the size of your palm, about 1/2-inch thick.
6. Place the pieces in the hot oil, turn after about 3 minutes, or when golden brown.
7. Place the bannock on a paper towel to soak up the excess grease.

The Holyoke Cabin

The Holyoke Cabin was the inspiration for wanting a cabin.  You can read the design and build history here.

After realizing that northern Saskatchewan lot prices were out of range, we inquired at Arlington Beach about the possibility of acquiring a place down there.  They had an old rustic cabin that needed some work but was structurally sound. 

We purchased it for $250 at time when cabin prices in Saskatchewan were averaging $300,000.  It is small but was a good deal.  This weblog is an attempt to document life at the cabin, a place to put our architectural links, and share some photography and stories about life at the lake.

Mark trying to figure out what we have gotten ourselves into