A few weeks ago, I flew down to Chapel Hill to visit Kevin. We were planning on going to the island in Canada, but he realized that there was a party in NC that he really wanted to go to, so we switched our plans around, and I went there instead.
Kevin's dream came true that weekend. He finally cooked a whole pig! Being from Ohio, I had never seen this before. We went to this kind of run-down place that sold meat and literally threw a 100 pound pig in the back of his truck, and put a pig cooker on his hitch. We took the pig to his friends house where they put it in a bathtub, and brined it (did I spell that right?) overnight. Then he woke up at 5am, and they started cooking it for the party.
It was SO GOOD. There was so much left over- I think we ate pig for about a week after that party. I had no idea that you could just cook a whole pig, and it would all turn into yummy deliciousness.
During my few days there, we also had fun visiting with his parents and friends. NC is a little hot for me though. 90 in May? Really? But I sucked it up, and had a great week.
After our time down there, we drove back up to Cleveland for a few days, and then went up to the island for a week. While I am still bummed we didn't make the trip to Europe, I think we were honestly just as happy to be in Canada. It's so nice and quiet and private at the house. It was a typical Canada vacation week. Beautiful weather and sunsets, board games, drinks, movies, eating (amazing food, thanks to Kevin's cooking skills). And I went in the water! It was about 55 degrees. I just had to do it. We are going back in a few weeks with my sister and her Frenchie boyfriend, and hopefully we will be able to make it up a few more times.
This unemployment thing isn't so bad. :)
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