Any body having a labor day picnic, are you hitting the road for a good time.

Fuel is cheap in Florida.

 

Fuel is not cheap in Norway. $1.6 for one litre diesel.

 

Finished my obligatory family hike with picnic lunch and BBQ burgers for dinner. Sorry, no pictures.

 

So far this weekend our family has made:
- 2 ea, one gallon bags of dried watermelon.
- 2 different types of beef jerky
- smoked chicken legs
- smoked salt

And sometime this week, it's time to grill the fajita meat.
Tomorrow it's burgers at the son's house.

 

Attended the Minnesota State Fair today. Spending the day in Stillwater on the Minn/Wisconsin border tomorrow.

 

Attended the Minnesota State Fair today. Spending the day in Stillwater on the Minn/Wisconsin border tomorrow.

Did you get your deep-fried cheese curd and see the cow statue carved from butter? Take a ride down the giant slide?

 

Did you get your deep-fried cheese curd and see the cow statue carved from butter? Take a ride down the giant slide?

Those must be mainstays, because they had them all. I didn't do any of these things, but I sipped some locally brewed honey wheat beer, saw some real cows, looked at some really old farm machinery and visited the Minnesota Dept of Natural Resources. And finally, I ate some deep-fried cheese curd at P. D. Pappys in Stillwater.

 

Those must be mainstays, because they had them all. I didn't do any of these things, but I sipped some locally brewed honey wheat beer, saw some real cows, looked at some really old farm machinery and visited the Minnesota Dept of Natural Resources. And finally, I ate some deep-fried cheese curd at P. D. Pappys in Stillwater.

We used to go every year and those were the "must see" items, along with the old farm implement area (aka - "Machinery Hill") that you mentioned. How could I forget "Machinery Hill"!

 

My fiancee and I went to a dance at a campground about 40 miles north of where I live. Live band playing old Country and Rock n' Roll music. Met her family there and had an amazing dinner (grilled chicken and fresh venison -- her father is a hunter) and had a great time. Made for a pretty late night though

Matt

 

There is a neighborhood association at my summer home. We have a Labor Day picnic every year. I am on the board of directors, and help organize. Hamburgers, Hot ogs and whatever the families bring, like chili, quahogs, salads, deserrts... My job is Games Master. I run several games for the children, such as sack race, leaky cup race, pickle spit, etc... There's usual a couple dozen children of all ages (up to 18)