B-10 Rally MI Trip: Siberia of the U.S. (Day 4, May 17)

"Siberia of the U.S."

Mike and I are woke early and enjoyed coffee from our Keurig.  About 8:00am, we went over to the “clubhouse” for more coffee and pastry.  We chatted some with new and old friends.  It had warmed up and the wind had settled down, so we went for a walk and passed one of the five prisons surrounding the campground.  Mike said this area must be the Siberia of the U.S.

At 10:30am, we join the group for local “pasties.”  Each pastie is a crescent of pie pastry, about 6-inches in diameter, filled with sliced steak, potatoes, carrots and rutabagas, served with either gravy or ketchup. The story is that in this area, with its Scandinavian heritage, the miners’ wives would prepare these for their husband’s lunch.  At lunchtime, down in the mines, the miners would put these on their shovels and bake them over a fire.  Served with coleslaw, they were good.

Most of rest of the day, Mike, John and I spent either showing off our RVs and visiting with other campers. Mike was invited to look at several other RVs to discuss and measure for installation of screen doors. 

Cocktail hour started at 3:00pm!  Over BYOB beers and wine, we chatted about places we’ve been in our RVs and places we want to go.  At 4:30pm we took a group picture, and at 5:00pm we shared dinner from a local caterer (sausage and peppers on paninis).  We skipped the “Snatch-0-Bingo” to catch up on e-mails, and, again, enjoyed the retreat to our RV home.