Our first campout of the season was well attended, especially considering the weather, which was terrible. We had 10 rigs come out, 19 people in all. All of those attending were members:
The opening to the left is another big dining room, which also held the buffet table. We split our group 1/2 at the long table on the right, and 1/2 on a similar table in the other room:
We arrived in Bengough about 2:00, Tuesday, May 20. Our initial plan was to play bean bag toss (cornhole) in the afternoon, but it was raining so that was out. By luck we had found out about a drop-in center in town (thanks Jim and Carolynn!) and were able to phone and book it for our first day in Bengough.
It was a perfect place for us ladies to make our hats. The material/flowers/trim table:
The glue gun table:
Extra hats were made for those who couldn't be there or couldn't make one. Try on time for some of them:
The guys went off for coffee, and/or stayed and played on the pool table. Doug and Harv were trying out the shuffleboard table - it was not very level. The guys actually came back the next morning and levelled the table for the drop-in center:
We also had our pot luck supper at the center. The table on the far right got to go first, the nearest table second, and our table, the one on the far left, last. A few stragglers came later:
After supper Barb and her helpers brought this out:
What a big surprise! Barb had made 50 cupcakes, so we had cupcakes every day!
Congratulations to Fred and Pat, Doug and Janet, and Harv and Nancy (me!)
Most of us stayed after supper and played cards. We played "Sweep" at our table and had a blast. It was a very fun night.
Even the deer wanted to join our group:
The gals at the drop-in center told us that coffee was on every day at 10am for $2, so we took advantage of that for Wednesday morning coffee. About 11:15 we all left for lunch at the General Store in Big Beaver. If it wasn't for the rain it would have been a very scenic drive through Big Muddy Valley:
Aust’s General Store, a well-known general store located in Big Beaver, was run by the Aust family for more than 60 years. The store has been in the community since 1928, starting when the railway came.
The Aust family closed up shop in 2022. Soon afterwards Sheri and Stacey Anderson decided to continue the legacy of the store that touted the tagline, “If we don’t have it – you don’t need it.” They will continue one of the last few general stores left in the province:
We arrived there about noon, and had barely sat down when the gals started delivering our lunch - hot turkey sandwiches - which were hot, and had excellent gravy, which is hard to find. The vegetable side (potatoes, carrots, celery, peas, and maybe more that I can't remember) was delicious. I don't know what spices they used on them, but they were perfect. All homemade (although maybe not the gravy). When one of us asked for cranberry sauce, it quickly appeared, as did anything else that we asked for. They don't have a menu, they just have a daily lunch special:
The store certainly lived up to its slogan:
The steps going up to the second floor were very steep:
Almost ready to go - but there is ice cream just before you leave, so a lot of us had to stay a few more minutes to enjoy that:
We had some fun on the way out:
That night we drove over to Bud's BBQ in Ogema for another excellent meal. I loved the fact that they sold the meat on your plate by the pound - I could order 1/4 pound of ribs, while other's might order 1/2 pound, or 3/4 pound. It was great:
Our last morning coffee at the drop-in center, and here are the gals who opened it up and put on the big pot of coffee for us every morning. Very helpful ladies - one offered to babysit Gracie (Kathy's dog) if we decided to go out for supper again that night. They were grateful that the guys levelled out their shuffleboard table, as they were having a family fun night soon:
Our final morning:
After lunch on our own we spent the afternoon playing bean bag baseball - the parking lot in the campground had dried up quite nicely:
Rather than going out for supper again, the group opted for a wiener roast. The camp kitchen wasn't much, but it did work for roasting hot dogs. Roger and Harv are getting theirs cooking:
We ate around the campfire, and visited until the cold got to us - then time for bed:
The next morning we all headed home fairly early.
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