The annual Friends of the Kickapoo Valley Reserve Pasta Supper rolled around once again Friday, Oct. 6th. A great event despite multiple small glitches throughout the evening. We ended up serving about 160 people. The menu remains the same each year: Homemade Sicilian pasta sauce, homemade bread, salad and tons of desserts.
Twenty five loaves of bread this year.
Cooking the sauce at home, four large kettles that produced 86 #s of meat sauce.
Which, when cooled filled 13, 5 quart ice cream buckets.
I also made a meatless sauce, which was made entirely from fresh roasted tomatoes. This produced 3 buckets full.
The next day was the Dam Challenge, and we were challenged with thunder, lightening and lots of rain forcing a decision to cancel the canoe portion of the Triathlon and just hold the 15 mile bike ride and the 3 mile run.
Iris and Elsa had intended to canoe with Andy, but as it turned out, Iris just biked and Elsa ran with him.
I also made a meatless sauce, which was made entirely from fresh roasted tomatoes. This produced 3 buckets full.
The next day was the Dam Challenge, and we were challenged with thunder, lightening and lots of rain forcing a decision to cancel the canoe portion of the Triathlon and just hold the 15 mile bike ride and the 3 mile run.
Iris and Elsa had intended to canoe with Andy, but as it turned out, Iris just biked and Elsa ran with him.
Iris and Andy coming in on the finish....Iris being the only 'kid' in the bike race. They did not even finish last...she did a terrific job!!
Running in for the 'trade off' where Andy picks up Elsa...
and they set off for their three mile jaunt.
and look at those smiles...
triumphant at the finish line.
triumphant at the finish line.
And here is the team...I am so proud of all of them, especially the girls doing their first race in such inclement weather.
