Saturday, May 02, 1998

barbecue

Sitting by my small barbecue on Saturday evening drinking cold Tecate in red cans, near sunset. Pork chops and chicken breasts on the cast iron griddle which is on top of the folding grill which is above the hibachi which is full of hot coals which is sitting on two bricks.

Looks funky but it works well.

Really enjoyed sitting there. Had enjoyed a nice day, drove to Ocean Beach with Flynn. This seemed like a really long drive and I wondered why I was doing it. Recycled some oil, got breakfast to go from Little Chef and drove to Point Loma, parked the Campmobile and set up the table, served Flynn breakfast.

The idea had occured to me when we got there. It was fun. It was new. It was worth doing.

We sat and ate and enjoyed the view of wildflowers in the foreground and the breaking waves in the background. Really nice. Then we read a Dr. Suess book then drove to the big playground and then headed home.

Did some gardening at home, Flynn took a nap, I started getting ready to cook dinner about four o'clock. Roasted some potatoes in the 10" Dutch oven, made up a batch of biscuit dough.

After a few turns on the grill I brushed the pork chops and chicken breasts with barbecue sauce and watched them cook the last few minutes.

Satisfying. A good day.