2018 Summer RV Trip – Days 23&24 – Casino & Hanging Around

After experiencing the crowds on Saturday, we decided to stay close to home on Sunday beginning with a breakfast trip just up the road to the Dancing Crane Coffee House but it turned out that all they had to eat was a few sweet rolls, ice cream, and pasties so we bought a half dozen frozen ones to go, and went back to the RV where Bev and I had a very good pasty and Pat had a meat loaf sandwich.  It was unique though.

After a relaxing afternoon, we headed down to Brimley for a late lunch at Jack’s Grub & Pub.  Arriving at 3:30pm we pretty well had the place to ourselves.  The cook is Polish and we went there for the specialties – Perogies for Pat and Cabbage Rolls for Bev and I but before the main course we had our first ever Poutine as an appetizer – French fries topped with cheese curds and brown gravy.  It was very good but a little hard to eat as they used mozzarella cheese – we’ll be making his at home with curds from Sweetwater Valley Farms.  These shots are of Pat’s and Bev’s meals.

The cabbage rolls came with mashed potatoes and the stuffing was very good but the sauce was way too sweet for me and I left most of it on my plate – we never add sugar to tomatoes.

After supper, we stopped at the casino across the road from the campground and made a small donation to the local tribe.  We could have left ahead but did just what they count on – kept playing until we lost.

The plan for Monday was a visit to the Soo Locks, but I wanted to wait another day, so we went to Brimley to the post office, the bakery, and the IGA.  Then we went the other way to get a shot of an older Indian burial grounds and a pond that is like many in the area and why we see the “watch for moose” signs.

The wood houses in the burial grounds are spirit houses containing things the deceased might need in the next world.

Then we stopped at the Dancing Crane Coffee House for a cup of delicious coffee, ice cream for the girls, and a dozen frozen pasties for the road for me.

Our supper plan was grilled brats that we had bought from home but while at the IGA, they had a sausage called Cudighi so I decided to buy a pack of links and grill them as well – gotta try everything local that we can.   After the normal pork butt, salt, and pepper, the ingredients list is somewhat unusual for sausage with wine, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and gloves.

I cooked some peppers, onions, and mushrooms to go with the sausages and we thought the Cudighi was very good and went back later for four more pounds.

Then after supper, I fried a pound of breakfast sausage in the same pan as the veggies, then I used that pan with all of the previous flavors to make some gravy for my pasties using a can of beef consommé – turned out very good. 

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South

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Larry

8/12 – 8/13/18 Event Dates