If you've ever been a mushroom enthusiast, you may know what this is...we didn't. Apparently, it's a big deal here. They come up every year at a certain time and people go wild hunting for them. The bigger the better...just do a google search to see what they can grow to be. They go for ridiculous prices, like $80-$100 per lb. To our surprise, we discovered we had some growing in our yard. So, one day we hunted all over the property for them. This is what we found:
There are black and brown morels. We fried them up and ate them for dinner. Nothing too spectacular... maybe I need to learn how to cook them better. I'm just glad we didn't have any gastrointestinal issues due to them- that was my concern- we are definitely no experts! So, we'll have to see if they show up next year. Good Northern Michigan experience:).
We also found a Blue Bird nest to watch for the Spring. Four eggs eventually made their way into the nest. And two baby birds eventually hatched. Unfortunately, they fell out of their nests...it was pretty...but the kids got a good feel for how nature works :(
Lastly, we enjoyed MANY bone fires. Shane wanted to try burning our own trash to save a few $'s...but when you produce as much trash as our family of 5 does, it is definitely worth the few $'s! Here is Cade enjoying his time with one of them.
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