It's weekend so it's #OurWawar time, for the first time, with parents who've been aching to see the first property a child of theirs bought hehe. They kept comparing the Catskills ecology, water, and general everfresh feel to the Kashmir Valley (which they visited in 2018). 
When I filled up a bottle with the stream water and they drank it, both instantly said, tastes like the stream water in Kashmir.
We got the fire going and Mom's first order was, of course, bhutta! What better way for Indian Americans on American Indian land to start camp?
We got the fire going and Mom's first order was, of course, bhutta! What better way for Indian Americans on American Indian land to start camp?
The bhutta is thought of as a quintessentially Indian snack. Fire roasted corn with salt, red chilli powder.
But it's originally an American Indian snack cos both corn and chilies originated in the American first nations.
But it's originally an American Indian snack cos both corn and chilies originated in the American first nations.
Mom is totally stunned with how gorgeous a shade of green there is everywhere you look! And how there is some lake or creek or pond somewhere!
To us people from Sahyadris, places like Catskills or Scotland or Eastern Iceland are like paradise! Monsoon looks half the year!
To us people from Sahyadris, places like Catskills or Scotland or Eastern Iceland are like paradise! Monsoon looks half the year!
Like other visitors to #OurWawar, mom really got into foraging wood food the fire. And was amazed at how much 70 years of fallen wood means in these regions!
We sat relaxing by the fire. Now ending the day with whiskey distilled from "proudly unprocessed Catskills stream water"
We sat relaxing by the fire. Now ending the day with whiskey distilled from "proudly unprocessed Catskills stream water"
Even though they've been to the US many times, this is their first time in late spring. So they're seeing the familiar landscapes in entirely new colors. Flowers are in bloom everywhere. It's a great season if you don't have pollen allergies.
@k_rupal is less thrilled.
@k_rupal is less thrilled.
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