by kenny

I was introduced to morel mushrooms while living in John Day and at the time had no idea they were a delicacy. But besides being really tasty, I learned they are a pretty big deal. A pound of morels on Ebay can easily fetch $100 dollars. There are tales, most of them tall, about people protecting their secret morel locations with gunfire. Every time we find them, we toss around the idea of selling them, but somehow they all end up in our bellies rather than packaged and sent to a corner of the earth sadly deprived of these God-designed mushrooms.

I think we went three times this year and got over 5 pounds each time. And I wish we had the time to get more. There are many others like me who have caught the mushroom fever. In Michigan and Wisconsin their are morel clubs where people gather to hunt for the mushrooms together. There are morel festivals with contests to see who can catch the most, find the largest morel, and so on. I hope as we travel we get hunt for morels in different states where they are available. This fall, shaggy manes.

by kenny

Our friend, Ben Willis, turned 25 on Tuesday and yesterday we celebrated at his house with a StreetFighter II (or any video game) theme. Ben was E. Honda. Jen was Dhalsim. Brandon was M. Bison. Jayme was Mario. Laura was the game Pong. I was Ken. Kevan was Chun Li. Brian was Vault Dweller from Fallout. StreetFighter II was played and watched (the movie). Food was eaten. Good times were had.