{"id":2690,"date":"2011-05-27T13:53:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T18:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tssaweber.com\/WP\/?p=2690"},"modified":"2011-06-30T20:32:13","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T01:32:13","slug":"up-north-in-the-driftless-area-of-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tssaweber.com\/WP\/2011\/05\/up-north-in-the-driftless-area-of-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Up North in the Driftless Area of Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Like every year in mid May I go up North morel and turkey hunting. Sylvia was able to get two days off from work and did join me (at least for the morel part). Stephan with his demanding job (aka girlfriend) at Goodwill had no time to support this tradition.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Unfortunately it was unusually cold for May and the morels were not abundantly available like in other years<\/span><\/div>\n
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The Lonely Morel and Oreo<\/p><\/div>\n

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but I was lucky to outsmart a big gobbler,\u00a0 not an easy task.<\/span><\/div>\n
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With the little morels we found<\/span><\/div>\n
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I concentrated a little bit more on fishing. May is a good month up here,\u00a0 there is still plenty of cold water in the spring creeks and the fish are very hungry and aggressive.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Salmon trout, a sign of excellent water quality!!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And last but not least bred baking needed some time too, \u00a0I wouldn\u2019t call this simple cabin bread anymore because it has a preferment and the dough is retarded overnight (as the blisters proof) but still no KitchenAid mixer,\u00a0 scale or any other fancy tools <\/span><\/div>\n
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In one sentence:\u00a0 Spring in the Driftless Area in Wisconsin at its very best\u2026\u2026. Thomas<\/span><\/div>\n
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Chris Parker, organic farmer, reseeding alfalfa with his immaculate John Deere tractor<\/p><\/div>\n

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Corky Roethel from "The Badgerland Pheasant Farm LLC" shot this picture!!!<\/p><\/div>\n