Ah, I have a beautiful WONDERFUL friend, Lauren, who has re-introduced me to a love I have, taking care of my family. Gathering food! We took a road trip today to Delta Junction, Alaska. It's about a 1-1/2 hour drive away. A small farming community, throughout the summer and into the fall you can find all kinds of veggies for VERY reasonable prices! Right outside of Delta is a tourist kinda place called Rica's Roadhouse. I had never been there, so this was my first time there. It's a small historical place that demonstrated how life was like for a roadhouse for a woman who took in miners during the mining days in Alaska. There was a small house, barn, chicken coop, another small house and then the touristy places (gift shop, sandwich shop). It was free to get in and walk around which the kids seem to really enjoy. I especially enjoyed looking at the garden and chicken coop. Looking into the tiny houses filled with time period pieces was also interesting. I found a box in the barn that I have in Minto, VERY COOL! Now onto the potatoes. Lauren had told me about the potato picking and it was something I had been looking forward to for a very long time. We met up with the farmer and he pointed us in the direction to go. He asked if we would like for him to dig the potatoes up for us, but we polity declined. And we dug, and dug and tossed our potatoes into egg crates and then into burlap sacks. We picked and picked and 700+ pounds later we headed home. It was a great trip and how blessed I feel to have gotten to make this trip. I know that later this winter when we're eating potato soup or fried potatoes, I will count it a blessed to serve my family. God is good! Love you, love me, love you, love me!
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