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Starkweather Beer Company

 When I moved back to Madison to attend law school in 1987, we moved to a crappy little apartment near the banks of Starkweather Creek on the unfashionable east side.  Today, the east side is booming, and one of the newer brewpubs is called Starkweather Beer Company. It was Saint Pat's Day.  While Guinness is a decent light-bodied stout, I opted for Starkweather's dry Irish Stout, named "Jamestown Jackdaw." Coming in at 5.9 ABV, it had a malty chewable backbone.  It's a new favorite stout for me.  Julia had Late Winter Haze, a New England IPA that didn't have as much fruitiness as she likes in a hazy.  It was still well-executed. We walked down the street to the Harmony Bar, where Julia enjoyed a complete corn beef and cabbage dinner.  I opted for the Reuben sandwich.  Mine was washed down with an Edmund Fitzgerald porter from Great Lakes Brewing.  Julia enjoyed her Chaos Pattern IPA from 3 Sheeps Brewing.  Both are great beers. Justin update:   After a long h

Upper Peninsula: L'Anse

 From August 2021

I was at the L'Anse Township Park because it was the only place that I could get a last minute reservations for the weekend of August 20th.  I found many uncrowded places to hang out during the day in the L'Anse area.  


 

Blueberries were in season.  These were picked from a lady's backyard that morning and sold from her driveway.  The maple syrup had the finest provenance.

 

My campsite was not one of those uncrowded spaces.

 

I had a better plan for the next week at a campground that probably has the strangest system for securing a campsite that I've ever encountered.  In my case, it worked out rather well and was the highlight of this trip. Sometimes, good things do come to those who wait.

 

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