Popcorn 3:30

There is a little known tradition here on the Menominee River called popcorn 3:30. All you need is a brown paper bag, an air popper, some butter, and some good friends with a boat.

Sometimes a little piloting is required, and Sparkles is on the job. Well, because Lori and I are just too relaxed to worry.

We've been having perfect weather, almost everyday we take a little cruise.

It's beautiful here. The weather has been mild. Lori and I have been walking the neighborhood almost every afternoon. The few times it has rained, it's done so during the night, which makes for great sleeping in the motorhome. Raindrops on the roof of a camper is one of my favorite sounds.

Rollin' on the river.... We get underway, Steve turns up the tunes, and off we go!

Happened upon some turtles sunning on a log. Most of them hopped off before I got close enough, the log was covered with them.

The CRV Upgrade is underway. I have more colors coming, purple, blue, and mint green. I am encapsulating rust spots and covering areas where my paint is thinning badly. I've been driving, and loving, this car since 2005. She's tipped over the odometer once, and we're going to do it again, with style, and hopefully a new radio.

Made Chili in the motorhome, and it came out so good!

Now this guy has really come up with a fantastic idea. His house came with a fenced in tennis court. He set up raised beds, broke out the concrete under them, and brought in topsoil. He has SO MUCH STUFF growing in there! Spaghetti Squash! Tomatoes! Peppers! FOOD! Hence it is no longer a tennis court. Let me introduce you to the FOOD COURT!

Such a great idea and use of space. There is an abundance of tame deer around here, and you have to fence with a high fence if you want a garden.  He grows food to feed his family, and any extra he has, he puts out on a little cart for his neighbors. He has to roll it into the enclosure overnight though, otherwise it becomes a lunch cart for the previously mentioned deer.

Lori and I had walked by earlier and this time when we were walking by the guy was out there enjoying the garden and invited us in for a tour. I had to know what this vegetable was.....

Hello Kohlrabi. It kind of looks like it could have grown on an alien planet.  Food Court Farmer whipped out his machete and sliced one up for us to taste. Delicious! sort of like a potato, dense, slightly sweet. I think it would be a great addition just julienned and raw, on a fruit and cheese plate. YUM!