Zamboni for Dinner

Syl's Cafe only takes cash and checks . It's that kind of place where their customers know to bring money and out of towners better use the ATM down the street. But that's ok, that's one of the things that makes this place great. It is what it is: a diner, a cafe, dare say, a greasy spoon. The decor is mismatched from different eras and the seating is nothing fancy, but I'm getting to the good part. The food is great, the prices are more than fair, and they actually sell you bakery items to go, I'm talking cookies here, people, after your tummy is too full to eat more. Bit's kids meal came in a Zamboni machine paper box. My pasty was the largest I had yet seen, and Mike's burger was his main thought for the day. The sliced pickles garnish were actually good tasting pickles and the waitress was set to make sure Mike's coffee kept on coming. Mike loves this place and as I finish my reheated leftovers here at home, I think I may just like it a little too much too.

*Syls' Cafe is located in Ontonogan, close by after you have finished hiking near Lake of the Clouds in the Porkies.

South Boundary Road=Car Sickness

We took a drive to Lake of the Clouds in the Porcupine Mountains State Park. South Boundary Road is like no other road I've been on.

Half way there, Mike and I switched, so that I could drive since I was beginning to get seriously car sick. I have never gotten car sick as a driver before, until yesterday that is. Every time you drove along a curve in the road to the left, you would then subsequently have to curve to the right. Then go up and then go down. Then hit random areas of poor-man speed bumps, rectangle areas in the road half heartedly filled with asphalt. The worst of it was when there were hilly, curving, bumpy areas of roadway all at once.

I was green by the time we stopped.

The Lake in the Clouds is absolutely breathtaking and can no way be captured properly on film. The park services have built a great boardwalk to allow safe viewing of this 1 mile long lake cradled between mountains. We had a fun lunch overlooking the lake.

We won't discuss the incident of the stolen gloves, which caused some disruption to this day.

We traveled to Ontonogan where Bits and Daddy played at a playground on the shores of Lake Superior. After may trips up steps and down slides, it was off to dinner at a little place called Syl's Cafe. Warm coffee and slightly unhealthy food ended the day nicely and with that food in our bellies we opted for a less stomach rolling road and took 64 to Bergland and then 28 home.