FEASTIVUS: Another night, another holiday feast of roast beast (apologies, PETA et al). The vegetable dishes were every bit as delicious as the meat. This was part of Christmas dinner in Siletz.
There were some decadent desserts, too. Mine contribution ended up being a bona fide cake wreck! I made a six layer banana cake with peanut butter and marshmallow filling, butter cream frosting, topped by toasted coconut and ringed in Whoppers malted balls. Apparently that was all a bit too much for the cake dish it perched atop. As I was smoothing the buttercream, the cake went for a roll off the stand and down onto the counter, next stop kitchen sink. I was able to catch it before it hit the sink, but let's just say it was a little worse for the wear. We got it back up on the cake stand and I made it look mostly OK externally, but it was still super unstable. As soon as I started cutting it after dinner, it basically exploded. Sigh.
This morning brought bright sunshine here, near the Central Oregon coast. We went for a little walk.
Peeking through the moss covered trees, we could see the Siletz River
This canoe didn't quite make it to the Siletz, though. ...
Annabelle had a one-sided conversation with this fisherman ...
And we admired another friendly-faced, statuesque riverside resident.
We'll be heading back to Seattle tomorrow, after a week of being holiday road warriors. I bet our fish will be happy to see us.
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