Take me to the river

Jamie and I were able to take a long weekend and went down to her parents place in Buffalo City Wisconsin. Buffalo City is a little place on the Mississippi halfway between Wabasha and Winona on the Wisconsin side of the river. We enjoyed a couple days of relaxing and pontooning down the river.











Since we left on Wednesday we knew we would not have our part of box 10 (which was amazing by the way) until we got back on Saturday. Luckily the last few boxes have contained some good storage veggies, and we've put off eating them for just this weekend.
First we chopped up the beets, carrots and potatoes, and then tossed them with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper.











Then we wrapped them up in tinfoil and put them in the fire.












All this was supplemented with Thousand Hills Hot dogs purchased at the Bluff Country Co-op. A nice store in the middle of Winona, Minnesota. Go Co-op!
This fireside feast was washed down with a couple of Wisconsin brews, Leinenkugel and New Glarus. It was great to be able to leave home and still have a local fireside feast.
Speaking of local eating, in case you don't have the fortune of having a lively co-op community where you live, the four week span from August 15- September 15 has been designated as the "Eat Local America!" month. It's rather fun to look at what is on your plate, and realize that one could actually trace everything you are consuming to it's source. And not just a virtual understanding either, but actually get in a vehicle and go see these places today.