CHEESEDAYS BEGIN

WRITTEN BY REX

CHEESEDAYS BEGINS!!! WE HAVE TWO LARGE CAMPSITES AND A CABIN THAT SLEEPS SIX. THIS MORNING MARY AND I DID THE PREP WORK FOR OUR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFASTS. I STARTED BY FIRRING UP THE BIGG gASS GRILL AND FRYING UP 15 POUNDS OF SAUSAGE, THEN DICED UP 5 POUNDS OF HAM. MY MOM ARRIVED FROM GREEN BAY AT 2:30. THE PLAN WAS TO MEET WITH HANS AND NEIL AT 5:00 PM AT PUMPLES TAVERN IN NEW GLARUS.

THE TAVERN IS A LANDMARK IN OUR FAMILY HISTORY AS GRANDPA JOHN ROOMED UPSTAIRS THERE AS A FRESH IMMIGRANT (1921 OR 1923) AND STOOD ON THE STREET TO DO DAY LABOR FOR THE AREA SWISS FARMERS. THE SECOND REASON WE ALWAYS DO THIS TAVERN IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE LIMBURGER CHEESE SANDWICHES ON THE MENU. I SKIPPED THE RAW ONION THIS TIME.

IT TOOK THE REST OF THE EVENING TO BAR HOP OUR WAY BACK TO BRODHEAD, AND WE ENJOYED THE FIRST NIGHT VISIT AND DRUNK....................