Unfortunately its just my wife and my mom this year up north. Were doing filet mignon, 5 cheese macaroni and green beans.
A Steak wet burrito and

FREEDOM!
grilling out later so the standard brats, dogs, burgers. Sides consist of beans, corn and potatoes. With a tall glass of FREEDOM
So, what is your Up North for you? A cabin the woods? Cottage on a lake? Trailer? Campground? Condo in TC?
Just curious, the only time I go UP North is to deer hunt or steelhead fish. Not much a fudge eater tourist winery or camper type guy. I can camp in my back yard every night. It has woods and mosquitos just like Up North. I would love to move to a place on a good fishing lake Up North or a place surrounded by nice hunting land.
A can of garlic spam and a fancy fork right @Tmanqz ![]()

Steak and Eggs.
Sushi.
Baked Chicken.
Brats and burgers on the grill, corn on the cob, spaghetti salad, and baked beans.
It doesn’t get more 4th of July than that.
Past Clare
Ribs and Taco Salad.
Buddys brewery was smoking a few butts and threw a block of cream cheese in the smoker, so good.
Frito scoopables
My friend lived there… she keeps telling me how nice it is. Tells me about a place called Whitehouse burgers(the best). Have to do a road trip with her someday.
looks like Chocolate Crack *
I had to work yesterday, today, and the next 4 days…
so I grilled/smoked 10 pounds of chicken legs, 8 pounds of boneless skinless chicken breasts, 8 koegel viennas, and a pack of turkey smoked sausages the other day… plus made a huge pot of creole creamy pasta.
Visiting for the first time since probably the Bicentennial, my childhood favorite coney/root beer/onion ring place. The one in GR closed like in 1977 or so but there are THREE up here in Northern IL!
Just did some cherry smoked chicken wings (I like to keep em whole when I smoke em), some homemade bbq, bacon, jalapeno beans, and some cajun redskin dill potato salad
Love those old school drive in burger/dog joints…every once awhile we’ll make the jaunt from TC to Frankfort to hit the old school A&W that’s still there
Looks like a CharGriller?
Yep, good eye, it’s my baby…I’ve got this puppy mastered.







