Day 8

Day 8: 5/25/15 (Deer River)

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Today’s weather was a little bit "ishy" (some Minnesotan word) so we hung around indoors to spend some time thinking about the days between Minnesota and Montana.  As always, breakfast was amazing.  We had an omelette filled with asparagus from the garden, the morels we foraged, and swiss.  On the side was some sausage, fresh fruit, and toast with homemade jam (they’re going to have to kick us out to make us leave!)  We all kept ourselves busy well into the afternoon before we decided to get out and do something.  We took a mini road trip in the rain to see some of the beautiful north country and to check out Janet and Marty’s favorite watering hole.  Jillian tried a Minnesota beer while Rico stuck with Michelob Golden (what we'd been drinking at the house).  We ordered some fried cheese curds since we didn’t end up getting some in Wisconsin on our drive through (it was late night/early morning driving).  Once we left, Janet and Rico ran into the woods to see if there were any morel mushrooms.  I guess Janet and Marty had overheard that the mushrooms grew in the bar’s backyard.  Unfortunately they came back empty handed.

Once we were back, Janet took on Rico for a few more games of cribbage and ended up beating him three times in a row.  Jillian was busy checking all our expenses to make sure everything was accounted for.  Then we all joined in for a card game called golf which is truly a game of luck and not strategy.  Janet’s phrases throughout the game consisted of, “kill me”, “bite me”, and “stupid, stupid game” – obviously she was a fan.  We dined on our leftover pizza from Chicago and later split a few turkey sandwiches.  For dessert we had apple crisp with vanilla ice cream.  Everyone went to bed with full bellies!

There weren’t very many picture-worthy moments today, but we figured we would share this video of the loon calls at night.  You can’t see anything, but the sound is what we’re sharing here.

Fact:

Janet does not like losing and she really really really likes winning

Lesson:

Don’t talk about morel mushrooms in a bar because then everyone knows about the spot out back and you won't find any anymore

Eat Well; Travel Often

Rico & Jillian