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Keep Your Eyes on the Stars, and Your Feet on the Ground
Food and Drink / North Dakota / USA

Keep Your Eyes on the Stars, and Your Feet on the Ground

June 29, 2015August 13, 2020

The country owes a lot to Teddy Roosevelt, including the quote that titles this blog entry. Roosevelt’s vision around conservation is credited with inspiring much of the national park system–and …

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Meeting Up with the Matchmaker
Food and Drink / Minnesota / USA

Meeting Up with the Matchmaker

June 29, 2015August 19, 2020

To think that wagon trains used to take months to get to the west, and sometimes there were…um…adventures (see: Donner Party). Nowadays, of course, one can drive half way across …

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Curds and Weigh Stations
Food and Drink / USA / Wisconsin

Curds and Weigh Stations

June 26, 2015March 1, 2021

After a long drive along a bunch of interstates (and a few blue highways), I’m in Stoughton, Wisconsin, a town of about 12,000 on the Yahara River about 30 miles …

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If you see a fork in the road, take it.
Michigan / Minnesota / North Dakota / Ohio / South Dakota / USA / Wyoming

If you see a fork in the road, take it.

June 26, 2015August 25, 2020

A cross country trip by car is a cultural cliché in the US, helped along by National Lampoon’s Vacation, the book Blue Highways, catchy quotes from Yogi Berra, and untold …

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Cookin’ Cousins
Cabins / PATC Cabins / USA / Virginia

Cookin’ Cousins

May 18, 2015January 4, 2021

This weekend we did a quick overnight trip to Humphrey Cabin, a Potomac Appalachian Trail Club property near Elkton, Virginia. Souzz’s cousin Maureen joined us, as well. Mo and Souzz …

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Ford, Edison…and Charcoal?
Food and Drink / Michigan / USA

Ford, Edison…and Charcoal?

January 13, 2015September 14, 2020

Over the years, I had some terrific conversations with my friend Kevin while standing over a grill. Prepping meals outside in all sorts of weather, we covered a lot of …

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Max Out
Cabins / Food and Drink / PATC Cabins / USA / Virginia

Max Out

December 8, 2014January 4, 2021

One of these days, I’ll surely grow up. But as I drag my feet in that process, my good friend KB’s son Max seems to be accelerating. Max is nine …

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Zog Cooks His Meat
Cabins / Food and Drink / PATC Cabins / Pennsylvania / USA

Zog Cooks His Meat

November 17, 2014January 28, 2021

Caveman graffiti from an old Far Side comic, quoted in the title above, inspired our most recent primal cooking experience. This past weekend, we lucked into a last minute cancellation …

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Cakewalk
Food and Drink / USA / West Virginia

Cakewalk

October 27, 2014September 25, 2022

When a task is easy or effortless, it’s sometimes called a “cakewalk.” Suzy was first introduced to the term at her grammar school fair, where she bought a ticket, walked …

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Trapped In Delaware
Delaware / Food and Drink / USA

Trapped In Delaware

October 6, 2014August 13, 2020

First, some background: a few months back, we had a scheme to catch Dungeness crabs while on a kayaking trip in Glacier Bay, Alaska. The plan was to cook them …

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