Even though our address is Plymouth Wisconsin we actually live closer to Elkhart Lake. We are less then 2 miles from Elkhart Lake and about 5 miles from Plymouth. I am not sure why we have a Plymouth address because the next house to the north of us has a Elkhart Lake address.
Elkhart Lake is an artsy fartsy type of town. To put it another way their shit don't stink, at least they don't think so. When you drive into town the sign says population of just over 1000 but on the weekends when the rich from Chicago comes to stay at the Ostoff Resort and the surrounding area the population swells to over 2000. I like the town because it has tried to hold on to its past. Around town there are a lot of the old houses still left and most of not all are well kept. Around the town fringes the newer subdivisions and condos have sprung up but it still maintains that small town quiet rural setting.
If you have been following this blog you will know every Saturday we take a trip to the dump to take our garbage becuase we do not have garbage pickup here. It just so happens on our way back from the dump (or the recycling center as they probably call it in Elkhart Lake) we stop in Elkhart Lake at the local farmers market. It's called a farmers market but there is a lot of junk (opps I should say arts and crafts) being sold there too. I enjoy going there for the produce. We will normally buy all of our onions, green peppers and various other produce there. Today we even bought some homemade maple syrup. (Oh how I love that stuff. I pour it on ice cream, pancakes and anything else I think I can get away with pouring it on.)
The farmers market isn't as big as some others but they still have quailty produce.
There is one of the old style ice cream shops in Elkhart Lake too. Once inside it is like you just stepped back into time.
Every now and then we will drive up there on a nice evening and belly up to the ice cream bar. An older lady owns it and she has been there everytime we have stopped for ice cream. The service can be a little slow at times but you got to remember it is only one old lady running the place. But then again the pace is slow in Elkhart Lake anyway.
Like I said earlier the Ostoff Resort is the major attraction for people. This is a large resort that sets on the banks of, ......can you guess? If you said Elkhart Lake you would be correct. I was told when I first came here that the lawyers from Chicago that can't afford Door County come here. I don't know about that but from what I see the people that go there are to bad off.
There are always a lot of classic cars around. It is not unusual to see anything there.
This car was sitting across from the junk, oops I mean farmers market one day when we were there. I am assuming it is a 1967 Jaguar from the license plate. It was in perfect shape. But like I said it is not unusual to find cars like this in town on weekends.
On our visit there today look what we found.......
Anybody recognize it?
It's a mini, a real mini. It even has the steering wheel on the opposite side. It was listed for sale and it said it was a 1962. It was in fairly good shape for a '62. I looked inside of it and all there was was a speedometer and nothing else. The shift stick you operated with your left hand and the knob had the british flag on it. It was definitely the basic of transportation.
Well that is the town of Elkhart Lake or more like the village of Elkhart Lake. During the week it is a quiet town and on the weekends turns into a resort town.
Here is a little extra I thougt you might be interested in our Saturday night meal.
It started with a little bit of boneless, skinless chicken thighs cooked on the grill and ended up as a pita pocket sandwich.
8 comments:
You've redeemed yourself -- that sandwich looks good!
I think I liked the other one better.
i agree, that sandwich does look good.
ribs tonight for us.
that mini is cute! not sure i would want to be driving on the other side of the car thoough.
what did they want for it?
They didn't have the price listed on it. It was from the area though because it had a 920 area code. It is not in as good as shape as yours. It had a little rust along the running boards but not bad considering it is a '62.
i love farmers markets, its fun to look at the junk!
i dont think i could shift with my left hand.
i made something with pitas yesteday, guess i should put that up too.
Megawatt miler has great markets around her! What was the dressing on that sandwich?
Good produce around here is hard to find even with farmers markets.
The dressing we used is Miesfeld's Vidalia Onion Creamy Cucumber Salad Dressing. The original said to use either creamy cucumber or blue cheese dressing and since neither one of us is not fond of blue cheese we chose the creamy cucumber. The chicken is marinaded in olive oil, rice wine vinegar, dill weed, oregano, ceyenne pepper, cumin, salt and pepper. There may be a couple of more items but that is what I can remember.
i love your little town too by the way.
we live near a mill town so it isn't nearly as cute as where you live. just wait til i move back to michigan. harbor springs is cute.
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