Cornucopia, Wisconsin , don't blink

Cornucopia, Wisconsin
July 16, 2009
Marcia’s Home Town. We arrived here and stayed at a new camp ground..no one else here but us wow…campers go wild! We have spent three days visiting with Marcia’s cousins (Walley and his wife Coleen, Delores- the “seniors of their family now”) and other friends in town. We also saw Hillary’s God -Mother’s(Sheri who was also a child hood friend) mother..Dorothy Swensen. She is still looking great and renting cabins and says she is 29(+). We promised to come back for her 100th birthday..but she didn’t say when that would be. “Cornie” is a great town that you would be proud to be from or visit. Very small: one gas station(for sale if you want a new business), post office(the most Northern in Wisconsin), general store (Elhers..wood floors and a nail bin) and two taverns(“Fish Lips” and “Village Inn”..we played pool and ate at the former). Lots (who knows how many that is) of folks are retiring here… but not if you need Walmart or Home Depot! We spent time visiting Marcia’s old “home”. Her Dad sold the property on Lake Superior(150+ acres..1200+ lake frontage, cliffs on the lake with sandy beaches) in order to retire, many years ago. House has been torn down and another is being built…no character like her old one and in a different place. The picture is Marcia standing where her front door step was and the view is something that she took for granted growing up. Not so now. We walked the grounds and got nostalgic. As Marcia said..”Great to be around other people who speak like me!”
So, we’ll be off to Sault Ste Marie and then across Canada to home. I will have put on about 13K miles by the time we are home. Wow. What a road trip. I’ll spend some time reflecting on all of this. I am looking forward to getting back, but it is a bit bitter sweet getting back..I do hate to admit. Eight cord of wood waiting to be cut and split.