SUNDAY, the aftermath.

I say that because I am tired.
I think I woke up three times last night with leg cramps.  It must mean I am lacking something.  Maybe brains.  I don't know but it is driving me crazy.  Legs, be gone.  I mean cramps, be gone.  I really feel like I am going to die from pain when the cramps strike.  Time to see my Doctor I guess.
Let's see, what to report.  The sale went well, we sure had fun, bought chances on some baskets from the craft sale, was fun.  Found some earrings and of course a new watch.  Kill me I have so many but they look like jewelry, this one has a double row of blue beads.  I love it, and for $5.00.   I found some wonderful jelly from Dawn.  She makes the best jelly.  Some earrings of course, buy two pair for $3.00 each and get the third pair free.  Now can you beat that.
Certainly found enough stuff at our booth to buy.  We made nearly $800.00 with our bake goods and crafts.
It is Sunday and we have church and our Men's chorus this afternoon.  I am bringing Skee to both.  Will be fun, Jim is going fishing to the hot pond today and not available.
Today is Reformation Sunday, we wear Red to church.
I hear Jim up, it is going on 8, I had best get at it, busy day and we are cooking a chicken today, FUN,  with mashed potatoes and gravy, maybe some stuffing.  We will see.
Later.

FRIDAY - THE COUNTDOWN

Well yesterday was super busy but I think almost every day I have managed to go across the street.and have coffee with June and Linda.  I had to have them be guinnie pigs for my pie, bread and cookies.
I have some serious pie making to do today, I made at least 6 dozen sugar cookies and 10 dozen oatmeal-date-pecan cookies, had to have Jim bake most of the oatmeal ones because I had WELCA and Bible study, it is Deborah we studied last night.  I have the book "Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World".  I will read a few pages when I do my deviations in the morning.  What would I do without the quite time in the morning.  I so wish you could see Makons in the morning.  She lies on her back making goofy noises just hoping you will notice her.  She sure is a good girl so much of the time except when she wants to bite everybody.
I have 4 pies to make today so I had best get at it, I managed to write out a few notes today, I still like to send cards.
We are getting ready for LEFSE next weekend, hip hip hooray!

RUM RAISEN APPLE PIE

I got everything ready yesterday and made it today, it sure looks pretty.  The proof is in the tasting.  I will rake 2 pieces over to June and Linda's to see what they think, of course I have Jim who is the ultimate taster.  It was Jim that said he wanted raise a in his apple pie so I went online.  We have to wait and see now.  It sure was fun.  I mean how mulch fun can one person have in a day.
Have to call Heidi. Later.

It is Monday morning and it is going to be a busy week

I need to finish emptying out the camper, what a job, it is like moving.  I need to go over to June and Linda's for coffee this morning.  Lots to see and talk about.  We have our Fall Bazaar this weekend and I have a funeral down in Minneota, it is a 5 1/2 drive from here.   Nancy' Mom died in her sleep two days ago.  What a wonderful way to go.
I plan on baking apple pies and am going to make one today to start with.
 We had such a good time in Door County.  Our last dinner out was The White Gull Inn.  It was expensive but delicious.  I brought home 2 bottles of wine for Carrie, non I was interested in, one a Cranberry I think and one a Rasberry, she mentioned a winery to us and we found it, it was fun.  I got a Cab and a Guerstameiner for wine club.
We went to a couple of other ones but the real fun were the drives.  The colors were spectacular.  It was snowing out when we came home and it started again just now.  Have to shower.  Later.

Saturday and our last day here.

The time has flown. On Wednesday we drove the whole island.  It was a fun drive.  We went all the way to Northport where you catch the ferry to Washington Island,   It was $26 for the car and $13 per person, we weren't really interested in going but it was fun going between Gils Rock and Northport, they have a road that swivels, maybe I am not explaining it well, it is much like the crazy curves road in San Francisco, too fun.  They have puzzles and stuff with the road as a subject.
We had fun going through Ellison Bay, Sister Bay, Ephrain, Fish Creek, Juddville, Egg Harbor, Baileys Harbor, Jacksonsport, Whitefish Bay and Sturgeon Bay.
On Thursday we mostly went North as far as Egg Harbor, Jim ate at the camper and I stopped at a McDonald's for their wings.  For dinner we went to The White Gull Inn, the guy who owns it is a frat buddy of Jon Fryxell.  It was a fancy dinner and yummy.  No disappointment there.  We have visited two wineries on the island.  I don't even remember which ones but I want to visit more today.  There are some big doings at one of the communities today with a parade and all.  It rained late yesterday, we went down to Sturgeon Bay yesterday for some shopping and on the way ate breakfast at The Town Hall Bakery and it was superb.  $35 but super good.  The island is expensive, who knew.
We stopped at a county park, Cave Point County Park, I guess it's the only county park in a State Park.  It is in White Fish Dunes State Park, we didn't get to the Dunes but walked all over the County Park.
The kids just loved it.
Sure is sunny today, little Otto threw up during the night so we had to change the bedding, ulnar just like having a kid.
I here Jim, need to beat him to the shower.
A new adventure awaits us today!
By the way the leaves are spectacular and it is at peak!

FRIDAY - FRIDAY - FRIDAY

We have done so much in just two days, where to start, it would be fun to pick out some highlights.  Let's see, on Wednesday we drove all around the island, it was cold and rainy but we just didn't care.   We did go to a county park, it had a really long dirt driveway but was so worth it, there was an orchard three quarters of the way there and leaves here are at their peak so it's so wonderful with every turn in the road we see a new view with Lake Michigan as a backdrop, when we got to the end of the park that overlooks the lake it was sheer cliffs of limestone, it so reminded me of scenes in "The Last of the  Mohichans."  That was one of my favorite movies, the sceanry and of course Daniel Day Louis.  We took some wonderful pictures and since I did bring my camera but forgot the charger I am silly in that area.  All our pictures are on my and Jim's phone.  Technology, is it truly our friend, it is if you know what you are doing, and we don't.
We had breakfast in Baileys Harbor at a well known place, The Harbor Fish Market & Grille, it was a lovely place, Jim of course had his stuffed Cherry stuffed French toast and of course everything in Door County involves Cherries.  So many cherry orchards and apple orchards.
We had dinner that night at Casey's BBQ and Smokehouse in Egg Harbor because Jim heard about their ribs, he thought were super, so were the sweet potatoe fries.   I of course didn't have the ribs and regreted it.  
I am going to have to run because Jim is up now and want's to get going.  

IT IS TUESDAY - I THINK

I am trying to finish my last entry but it is not cooperating so to heck with it.
We drove from Ashland WI to Mosinee WI yesterday and the drive was lovely, leaves are looking good, for a part of the trip I had my eyes closed, I got up at 4am, anyway Jim was lucky enough to see a Bear chewing on something in the woods.  Heck when Sharon was up in August and we were driving from Federal Dam to Grand Rapids she saw a bear cross the road and I had my eyes closed then too.  Do we see a pattern here?
The name of the campground is Lake DuBay Shores and we are located in Central WI on the Wisconsin River.  Big Lake but the campgrounds is 50 years old and kind of dumpy, at least the sites seem to be.  I had a nice fire in the afternoon and I had a bag full of driftwood to start the fire with and you wouldn't believe the pine cones just lying around.  They were so full of sap or pine tar that it really was a nice fire and we had some logs from Carrie and David's Cabin.
I wish you could hear the rain, Dot would go nuts, she loves rain so much, we are just waiting for it to get light out.
What miserable weather.
I have a brother and sister, Lynn who will be 74 and Sonja who will be 76 today.  They share same day birthdays.  I talked to my brother Mark last night and he was in at Buba's Bar with Lynn yesterday afternoon, it was already raining in Minneota, I knew I had better have my fire yesterday because the rain was coming.  They are also saying the nice weather is over with.  What do they know, is nice weather a state of mind.  It may have to be.