Devil's Lake Is Out of Control

Today started out pretty well. Travalon and I met Jilly Moose and OK Cap at True Coffee in Monona, where we not only had coffee but bought some Ethiopian and Brazilian beans as well. Poor Travalon was the only guy, and we ladies were talking about plants so much that he finally said he was bored, so then we talked about sports. Then the four of us went to Olbrich, and I bought a pair of loon earrings in the gift shop. But the frustration started for me when Travalon and I went to Baraboo and visited four different antique shops, and he found plenty of stuff, but I couldn't find anything. I am sure you are thinking, "But Famous, you really don't need any more antique rosaries, do you? It will take you until October to pray with all the ones you already bought!" And you are correct. Still, it felt like a monumental waste of time to me.

Since we were right there, we went to Devil's Lake, and that place is a bit of a free-for-all at the moment, with no park rangers on patrol. People were setting up tents on the beach, there was dog poop on the trail, and forget about social distancing. Still, it was beautiful on the trail because we were in the shade, and now and then there was a cool breeze that seemed to be coming directly from the billion-year-old Baraboo quartzite on the hillside. Also, we saw a pontoon boat on the lake that we have never seen before, so we wondered if sometime we could take a ride on it. It had a phone number on the side. I have kayaked on Devil's Lake, but I have certainly never taken a pontoon boat ride on it!

On the way back we took the Merrimac ferry, and the yahoo who was first in line held everyone up because his kids had to go get ice cream just as the ferry arrived. How does this make sense? If he was first in line, then he must have gotten there pretty early, and the ferry is not that fast, so they should have had plenty of time to get it and not hold everyone up. I've never seen anyone act so rude like that. Maybe it was my imagination, but the ferry seemed to go faster than usual, maybe because he wanted to make up time after being held up by the jerk.

In the evening things improved because our neighbor gave us shots of limoncello, and then we all went out on the dock, where some other neighbors joined us as well. It was a beautiful night; the weather had cooled off, and there was a breeze and a lovely sunset. So the day started and ended well - it just got kind of weird in the middle.

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