Mission Accomplished - 8/11

With visits to Gopher One and Foxy's I completed one of my objectives for the trip. I've had one beer (at least) at every bar in town. Having goals like this gives helps give my life a sense of purpose.

We visited the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc. The WWII era sub, USS Cobia, was the highlight. Interestingly, the SS Badger in the background is a car ferry for crossing Lake Michigan and is only eight years newer than the sub. Our tour guide said the Cobia suffered only one fatality during the war. He didn't mention any fatalities aboard The Badger.


Going through the hatches between water-tight compartments, I felt like I was being checked to see if I qualified as carry-on baggage at the airport. Terry felt at home in the crew's mess.

We went to the Luxembourg Festival in Belgium, WI. The only reason to do this is to try the mustripen, a sausage brought to the area by early settlers from Luxembourg. The primary ingredients are pig snouts and pig blood. After that they add some gross stuff. I think the only place in the world you can still get it is northern Ozaukee county. Even Luxembourg found it too disgusting to eat years ago. I could overhear the locals around me discussing it.
"Are you getting the mustripen?"
"Not me I can't eat that crap."
But to paraphrase the old Life cereal commercial, "Give it to Gary. He'll eat anything."