Paella over the fire

Whoa Nelly.

Stine and Lynn came up to the river. Stine pulled off the best camp fire dinner I've ever had.

Paella.

I didn't get the detailed method but basically: sear the chicken in the pan over the hot coals until brown, then add aromatics, broth/stock, rice and cook slowly. There's some spice thing going on there that I didn't get. And there was even one local morel diced up in there.  Good eats.

We're inspired to try a stewed beef dish tonight on the coals. More on that later.

Boyds Country Inn: "Trekkies and Testes"

Yes. Those are deep fried beef testicles.

There's a lot going for Boyd's Country Inn:

• They have free WiFi. At the edges of Ferry County, this is rare bird.
• They have Northern Ales beer on tap. It's the Amber, which is my least favorite, but the thought is nice. They should run the lager.
• They have deep-fried bull testicles (in season only -- which, apparently is spring. They buy a bunch, have a testicle festival, then freeze the rest).
• They play rad movies on the TV above the bar. To wit: today, it's Star Wars. 'Nuff said.
• It's the closest boozer to the river place (4 miles).

Btw: "Trekkies and Testes" was what the owner said after I praised the menu + TV entertainment  she was spinning. Natural born marketer there.

Yes. That is C3P0 on TV.