Rambling thru life

Todays ride was a short 218 mile trek into Wisconsin.  Heading east from home, I crossed the St Croux River at Osceola WI. I took the rustic road from Osceola to St Croix Falls WI. Then took a back road along the river, heading. north to Grantsburg WI.  Out of Grantsburg, I went east to the Burnett Dairy.  Although I'm doing well, its well past lunch time and I need a bio break. Burnett Dairy Cooperative produces high quality cheese products. Their market host a wide variety of dairy products, a grill featuring sandwiches and cheese curds, and a dairy bar with great ice cream selections. I had a corn beef, swiss sandwich and a side cup of scrumptious chocolate ice cream. Refreshed, I maintained the easterly route to Siren WI. There I crossed over HWY 35 and continued east on CR B, then south on CR H to Cumberland WI.  From Cumberland I took more county roads to Balsom Lake WI.  From Balsom Lake, I headed south to Star Prairie WI.  In Star Prairie there is a bar/grill,

"Kente cloth originated  with the Ashanti people of Ghana. It dates back 375 years, conceived in a village called Bonwire." *   "The early Ashanti Empire economy depended on the gold trade in the 1700s, by the early 1800s it had become a major exporter of enslaved people.  The slave trade was originally focused north with captives going to Mande and  Hausa  traders who exchanged them for goods from North Africa and indirectly from Europe.  By 1800, the trade had shifted to the south as the Ashanti sought to meet the growing demand of the  British ,  Dutch , and  French  for captives.  In exchange, the Ashanti received luxury items and some manufactured goods including most importantly f irearms." * * Csdt.org ** Blackpast.org