The Yakfest Foundation
since 1989
Yakfest 73
Raccoon Creek State Park
Lakeside Lodge
March 11-18, 2024 (At 410 pm the Old Man arrives. No winner.)
The Thirty-Fifth Anniversary
A wide temperature range 30 - 72° but we had good weather for most of the stay. No complaints here.
Three fires but Guy the magic firestarter had some trouble getting fires started!
Movies
Guns of Navarone
Casablanca
Shrimp, steak and port
Pancakes and bacon. Eggs, bacon
French press coffee
Grilled romaine and Manhattan clam chowder (Guy)
Dave's Puttanesca
The finest vegetable peeler!
Sausage cooked in anchovy oil then served on muffins with habanero cheese.
Wildflower area - Hungerford Cabin - Nature Center
Chicken and rice soup (Mark) and salad
Soups and soda bread
Figs from Mark G.
We were sad to learn that the Kraken was too sick to join us this time. Incredibly, he contacted Buck to pick up cookies and banana bread that his mom made for us despite Paulie not being in attendance. Mrs. Conn is simply the best!
We had dinner on Wednesday night at Cole’s Pub. Guy ordered a sausage-stuffed hot pepper dinner and 30 minutes later, after everyone else had finished eating, he received a stuffed hot pepper sandwich. Needless to say, Guy has ordered his last meal there.
On Friday we made a trip to The Strip in downtown Pittsburgh. A fun time was had by all. We stopped at Pennsylvania Macaroni for scamorza cheese (and a lot more), Helltown tap room, and Wholey's to buy cod for a Lenten fish fry.
Fish dinner
Fried fish
Shrimp
Pierogis
Cole slaw
Chow:
Plenty of soups:
Attendance Roll
Buck, Guy, Sean, the Old Man, Dave, and Uncle Vince.
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