Today is a food day. Alice made crepes with blueberries, raspberries, bananas, pears, nectarines, yogurt, powdered sugar, and maple syrup. Then Tricia and I went to get water. The water here tastes like iron but there are a few public artesian sweet water wells. After that we drove to Washburn, about 20 miles, and bought Amish raised chickens. Tricia dropped me off at the school in Cornucopia for their annual fish fry. I happened to be standing in line next to Les Touve who is somewhat of a local historian and story teller. He has lived in this area all his life, graduating from Port Wing high school (the first high school in Wisconsin, he says) in 1946. He said the entire area around here was originally a Swedish community established in the 1880’s. The dinner was good, all you can eat whitefish, potato salad, bread, and vegetable trays with onion, carrots, radishes, and celery, along with tartar sauce and lemons. After the fish fry I walked back to Romans Point along the beach. Meanwhile Randy had been working on and improving his alcohol stove and getting the outdoor wood pizza oven (Chas built) fired up for cooking the chickens. For dinner we had chicken, boiled new potatoes with butter, sauteed brussels sprouts, and Bunny Tracks ice cream. Yes, no pedaling, but plenty of fueling up.
Greg