How to turn National Beer Day into Beer Week

We had SO many leftovers last weekend that we postponed the beer-can-in-the-chicken butt recipe until mid week.  Here's the proud chef extricating the can from the cavity. The chicken was moist and tender and did not reek of stale beer.  It was very tasty.  This weekend we went to the coast for whale watching and Judd got a hot tip from the inn keeper that the brew master at Bandon Brewery was "cracking a new keg open" that evening.  That's where we started and Judd said the One Eyed Jack was a great IPA.  Unfortunately, it's not sold in any stores (and Bandon is a 3 hour drive from our house.)  This prompted Judd to spontaneously take home a growler.

It's Pear Blossom Week in Medford and I drive by an orchard every day on my way home.  The scraggly weird trees have been barren all winter and it seemed almost overnight that they popped with blooms. Table Rock is in the distance.

More about whale watching soon.