summer at Base Camp

...summer time when the living is easy

 

Base Camp is in it's first summer

 we opened at the tail end of August last year

 and we are experiencing what volume is like.

 

~ Feeling blessed ~

 

Have a great weekend! 

orange you happy?

Super simple and delicious recipe for orange cake in Sunset Magazine. I never know what to do with the oranges that are on the fringe of  "shall I eat these or throw them out"...well, now I do! Here is the recipe for Whole Orange Cake.
Take a bite...it will make you happy!

Go....Diva!

 

Research tells us that fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate

-Sandra Boyton

I will be visting prairie sisters in Kalsipell today
- lots of great vendors and artists, should be really fun!

Wishing you a sweet weekend :)



 

In search of delicious

Beautiful sunny Montana morning and we are heading out.

Swollen rivers with all the Glacier run off

 Past forests fires

new growth is starting to emerge.

Beautiful views of the peaks in the distance

Sometimes I feel like Peer Gynt in Soria Moria (Norwegian Folk tale)

Can it get any more beautiful and majestic?

Why...yes it can!

Could this be what we are searching for ?

A home of yesteryear.

Here it is...!

30min of heading north on dirt roads...we arrived.

This merc is famous for it's bakery.

Folks come from far distances just to devour their cinnamon rolls and bear claws.

Looks like a peaceful place to cop a seat.

...and have a little picnic

my sons paw wrapped around a Huckleberry bearclaw.

oh...it is sooo good.

My "bunny" is feeling so much better.

 Eating and enjoying the summer day.

Even the butterflies seem to do little happy dances.

...I don't know if the Huckelberry Bear claw was more delicious or...the view?

Maybe both?

 Either way it was a lovely day.

Happy Weekend.

Happy Campers!

The sun is shining

 and our hearts are happy

 Chef and feel like we can breathe

Finished taping and sheet rocking

so

this weekend we painted the interior of Base Camp Cafe!

Chef wants to frame my paint pants-

thinks they are a work of art

with all the paint I have gotten on them over the years.

We  picked a warm "latte" color

It's an incredible feeling to feel that we are

 on the other side

and accomplishing our dream

Now the fun stuff starts

all the finish work

landscaping

and of course

fine tuning the menu

Weaver gravel did an amazing job

 with all their digging and getting the pipes ready to install

and asphalting the parking

 here is the finished ADA parking

All I can say is that we have

major happiness infusion

here @ 140!

 Happy Campers

weeeee!

BASE CAMP CAFE

Amazing how things can change in a year.

Last year Pierre was " laid off " ( indefinitely)

from a company he had worked with for close to 8 years.

Without any notice or compensation.

Can you tell I am bitter?

Well, I decided to do something about it.

I found this little house.

For Sale

 And before Pierre had a chance to think...

we bought it!

Welcome to

 " Base camp cafe"

Hopefully due to open this spring.

This is the dining room

You'll be ordering a delicious coffee from a barista here.

Standing in the kitchen

This is the temp. stove

 A little Christmas spirit.

Breakfast of champions

This is the path way to the office and storage

and....

My new studio

Where I will be dyeing my yarn

Out door seating

 picnic tables and a wood burning pizza oven

so customers can dine al fresco

and mange!

Back in the entry way

So now all we have to do is come up with a boat load of cash

to replace the under ground water pipes the city requires that we take care of.

 A nice little surprise.

So easy!

All which has to be done before

they give us any permits to start the renno on the inside.

There is so much red tape with zoning and the city

it's not even funny!



Welcome to :

" Pipe dream cafe"

Bring it on!