Rumbling through the wilderness

We still don't have much luck with the weather, we got up this morning to rain. There was a little sunny break during our ATV tour but for most of the day it rained and rained, lame.

So we did the Black Diamond ATV Treasure Hunt Tour this morning. We picked this particular tour because from the description we had this seemed like the best one where we could actually go at our own pace and take breaks to take photos. One assumption we made, which turned out to be incorrect, is that we would have our own ATV each. We were actually in one ATV with a guide driving. After a quick discussion after we realised this we were happy to continue that way.

The tour took us to dry riverbeds, through thick forest, up the mountains and we even got to spot a moose and her two calves close up. The mountains in the distance had fresh snow on their peaks so they looked especially nice today, even with the grey clouds hanging around. Simone has better moose pics on her blog as I didn't have my telephoto lens with me today.

We had a little break after about an hour to have a fully cooked breakfast. We had fruit, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, juice, panfried potatoes, hot chocolate, bacon and reindeer sausage. We could have as much as we wanted. Breakfast of champions!

Yesterday I made a reservation at local restaurant 229 Parks that has been recommended to us by locals and, as subsequent research has shown, which comes highly regarded by the foodie folks on the interwebs. This place is not really advertised locally and the sign on the roadside is easily missed. The building itself, which was built by the owners themselves, has no name on it. They go by reputation alone and judging by the fully booked place they don't need any help getting patrons into the place.

One of the things they pride themselves on is using fresh, organic local ingredients according to availability. This also means the menu changes almost daily, hence there is no menu available on their website.

Simone and I shared a serve of spicy spot prawns on homemade pasta, with crispy prosciutto. The level of spice was just right and we both agreed this was a great and tasty dish.

For my entree I had the fresh scallops, which apparently sold out the night before. They were cooked to perfection, silky smooth and the prosciutto with it made it even better. Now don't think that every dish on the menu comes with prosciutto, it just works out that the ones we ordered did.

Simone had the halibut, which was also very tasty. Head chef Laura actually served us the two entrees herself.

 For dessert Simone had two scoops of homemade vanilla bean and chocolate icecream and I chose the icecream sandwich, based on an online recommendation. My serve was huge! I could barely finish it and it only cost $7.