Spring Break 2016

Dates

  • We have the cabin the nights of Sat-Tues April 9-12, depart on Wednesday the 13th.
  • Jim/Lindsay arrive at Seatac at 10am on Sat Apr 9
  • John/Laura/Jacob arrive at Seatac at 11am on Sat Apr 9
  • Jim/Lindsay depart Seatac 7:25pm on Wed Apr 13
  • John/Laura/Jacob depart Seatac 11:35am Fri Apr 15

Food

  • 4 dinners
  • 4 breakfasts
  • 4 lunches
  • additional stuff
    • s’mores
    • beverages
      • coffee
      • New Amsterdam Gin
      • Tequilla
      • Lime juice and simple syrup (or access to sugar) for Gimlets or margaritas
      • Other Booze
      • Pineapple or pear juice and soda water for Mocktails for the pregnant lady.
    • Snacks
      • String Cheese
      • Fruit Oranges, Apples, Bananas
      • Raisins
  • Matt will probably go to: PCC, TraderJoes
  • We have a full kitchen and a grill
  • we can bring stuff like nice knives/cutting boards, good coffee maker/grinder/etc

Dinners:

  • dinner: steak, caesar salad, green beans or broccoli, wine, mushrooms! morels should be in season
  • dinner: assemble yourself mexican; 2 types of meat, beans, greens, toppings (I love toppings!), salsas, nachos!
  • dinner: pork chops, salmon, grilled veggies (cauliflour?)
  • dinner: burgers, brats, hotdots, fries, salad, mushrooms! morels should be in season

Backup Dinners:

  • dinner: grilled salmon, maybe shrimp? grilled asparagus and potatoes, salad
  • dinner: pizzas, salad
  • we could pick up rotisserie chicken the first night if we wanted to keep it easy (but I think we’ll have enough time to cook)
  • lots of veggies

Lunches:

  • make your own sandwich; chicken salad, tuna salad, greens, tomatoes, cheese, pickles, condiments, chips, Peanut Butter
  • Grilled (pronounced Gorilla) Cheese Sandwiches and Organic Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato Soup

Breakfasts:

  • Frittata – Eggs, Potatoes, sausage, onions, Feta
  • Taggart Standard – sausage/potato/onion/spinach/mushroom/egg/Green enchilada sauce/corn tortilla toast
  • bacon, eggs, sauted greens, GF pancakes

Supplies

  • pack’n’play for Jacob (there is one at the cabin, but don’t know the state)
    *Baby Gate
  • queen air mattress (there is one at the cabin, but don’t know the state)
  • toddler potty
  • Cast Iron skillets
  • metal spatula
  • rubber spatula
  • coffee grinder
  • coffee maker
  • good cutting board and knives
  • sharpening stone
  • stick blender/whisk/container
  • aprons
  • oil bottle spout
  • salt and pepper shakers
  • some spices

Shopping lists

Costco

TJ’s

  • two bunches of bananas
  • bag of limes
  • bag of oranges
  • pineapple juice, pear juice
  • rice tortillas
  • corn torillas (PCC if they don’t have organic)
  • whipping cream
  • yukon gold potatoes
  • yellow onions
  • container cherry toms
  • slicing toms
  • two packages broccoli
  • one califlower
  • 4 bags spinach
  • 2 bags romaine
  • 2 bags herb salad mix
  • kind bars
  • fruit leathers
  • 2 bags fries
  • chocolate bars (for smores)
  • chocolate almonds
  • dark chocolate pb cups
  • Tortilla chips, 2 bags
  • Salsa, red and green
  • 2 cans green chiles
  • cookies
  • hummus
  • potato chips, 4 bags
  • cheese
    • shredded mex mix
    • shredded moz
    • sliced goat
    • goat gouda
    • sliced havarti
    • sliced munster or cheddar
  • salami
  • 5 dozen eggs
  • 4 packages bacon
  • 2 jars of mayo
  • jar of mustard
  • box GF pancake mix
  • 2 cans black olives
  • jar olives
  • jar dill pickles
  • 2 cans black beans
  • raisins
  • craisins
  • pisachios
  • nuts?
  • wine
  • New Amsterdam Gin if they have it
  • some sort of Tequilla

PCC

  • steak, 4lbs
  • chicken breast, 4lbs
  • ground beef 4lbs
  • 2 packages brauts
  • 2lbs salmon filet
  • 2lbs porkchops
  • bfast pork sausage, 2 packages
  • quart half’n’half
  • 4-6 avocados
  • 3 loaves GF sandwich bread
  • 2 loaves gluten sandwich bread
  • fancy gluten bread
  • parmesean cheese
  • feta cheese
  • goat cheddar
  • fancy cheese
  • 2 lb sliced ham
  • 2 lb sliced turkey
  • bag of carrots
  • cucumber
  • green beans
  • shitake mushrooms
  • berries
  • bottle of olive oil
  • GF crackers
  • gluten crackers
  • apples and pears
  • 2 jars peanut butter
  • coffee: 2 types 1lbs caf, 1lb decaf
  • marshmallows
  • GF graham crackers
  • gluten graham crackers

other existing

  • container of sugar
  • brown rice flour
  • container of salt
  • small containers of spices
  • limes/lemons
  • container of honey
  • hot dogs
  • walnuts
  • almonds
  • dried salmon
  • beef jerky
  • cora’s cheese
  • 3 blocks of butter

Shellfish

  • shellfish safety map
  • There will be good low tides at Sat 1:09pm, Sun 1:56pm, Mon 2:46pm, Tue 3:40pm
    tide table
  • Mason county fishing license retail vendor list. Options: Fred Meyer in Shelton, Verle’s on the way to Shelton, Walmart on 101 north of town.
  • Beach DNR-24 (Harstine Island State Park, MC Micken Island State Park) looks like the best bet
  • shellfish guide
  • how to shuck oysters
  • daily limit on clams is 40, not to exceed 10lbs in the shell, min size 1.5"
  • daily limit on oysters is 18, min size 2.5"
  • rules
  • cool youtube channel on fishing in WA
  • tools
    • small shovel
    • hand rake
    • boots
    • gloves
    • plastic shellfish gauge
    • shucking knife
    • ID guide