Our Trip to the Cabin

Last week we had the opportunity to stay at Brian's uncle Steve's cabin. His cabin is in Hayward, WI, so it's about a 7 hour drive from here. We left on the 4th of July and were there by that afternoon. We had a wonderful time! We relaxed, fished, saw the fireworks, went out to lunch at the original Famous Dave's on Round Lake and a place recommended in the Food Network magazine (there's a story about that so stay tuned). It was such a nice, relaxing vacation and we really didn't want to come home! The story about the place we went for lunch is that I bought the Food Network Magazine while we were there to read while at the cabin. It just so happened that there was a letter to the editor by a man who says he's traveled across the US and he thinks the best hamburgers ever are at a place called Farmer's Inn in Hayward, WI. How crazy is that? So, we decided (being the hamburger eaters we are) that we should check it out. So, it's a little bit of a hole-in-the-wall but that's normally where the good food is anyway. While we were sitting there looking at the menu we just happened to hear the folks at the table across from us talking about the Food Network Magazine and a feature they'd done the previous month about the best places in the US for hamburger and the man commented that he'd written in a letter telling about this place!! SO, it just so happened we were sitting next to the guy who'd sent in the letter AND he and his wife live in CA but have a cabin in Hayward they come to for a few months every year and this was their first day back! How crazy is that?! Needless to say, Brian's hamburger wasn't cooked to his standard (he prefers medium rare and it was more on the medium side) and so we thought the burgers were okay. Mine was pretty tasty but not sure I could say it's the BEST I've ever had - just a fun story to share!

Here's a slide-show of our time at the cabin.