I had three main missions for today (I took the day off). One was to obtain some ham in a not-too-overwhelming quantity. Two, get a pic of the old Ron’s restaurant before it collapses or burns. The third? Lunch at the Spikehorn.

I cook a ham once a year, on Easter (which we observe in a secular way). I try to buy the smallest piece of ham as possible. The best, most reliable way to do this is to get pre-sliced in whatever quantity you need at Honey Baked. But we aren’t anywhere near a Honey Baked ham store and won’t be until tomorrow afternoon and there is no way in hell I’m gonna drive cross-town the day of the spring football game. So I decided to try to get one at Houghton Lake although I figured that would mean a trip to Walmart or Family Fare. As luck would have it, Best Choice was also on our agenda and lo and behold, they had ham there. I bought a half, which is waaay too big for us, but I’ll cut *that* in half and freeze one of the halves.

That stroke of luck left us with a lot of time before lunch so we headed west and took a little self-curated oil well tour through the Dead Stream Swamp. As I have said before, the perimeter of Houghton Lake is chock-a-block with “cottages” but if you drive a mile or so away from the lake, dwellings are much sparser. And POORER! One of the things we agree on is we both like to take slow cruises on the back roads and today’s cruise did not disappoint. Also, the Great Lake State probably doesn’t come to mind as a big oil producer but there is a TON of oil here.

On to get a pic of Ron’s, lunch, then a little bit more touring in the area, then a quiet afternoon. I didn’t like the pics I took of Ron’s so I’ll have to go back another day. Lunch (for me) was whitefish “fingers”. Very good (fried though, this is bar food) and just the right amount of food for me.

Back to the Planet tomorrow. I’ll have to switch out my red hat and for my trusty old blue one🤪

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