Sandi's Morel Camp

   I saw a story on TV 9 & 10's Hook and Hunting Show that made me think of an e-mail I had received two or three weeks before. It featured a morel hunting camp over near Mesick.  A lady told a story about why they all were carrying whistles. When I heard her describe the story, I thought someone had read my mail box!  She used the same words and phrases as was used in that e-mail to me. So I wrote Sandi and asked her... "Would you please satisfy my curiosity so I can sleep." "Was that you?"    --- Frank

   Oh Yes Frank, you guessed it!  That was me and my family!  Yep.  Camped out for a week and forgot my hair brush. Did you notice?  We were out there in the middle of nowhere and Dan Boss from TV 9&10 found us and wanted to do a story so we agreed!  We didn't get to see the show yet, as it does not air down here.  The TV station is going to send us a copy of the tape soon.  He took a lot of tape but we do not know what the edited program looks like yet.  We are such hams!!  I just hope it was not toooo embarrassing!  Now you can sleep at night knowing it was us!  You and your wife are more than welcome to come over and see us next year at our camp.  We would love to meet you guys!  OF COURSE you CANNOT go into the woods with us - You know how us 'roon hunters are LOL.--- Sandi K.

Earnie is the only brother of eight sisters  (We spoiled him rotten).
   The last few years have not been so good for Mushrooming. And like we all say, too many people in favorite spots.  We have managed to scout new areas though for the last two years and have done fairly well.  It was one GREAT morel season this year!  We found a morel this year that had one stem and 12 tops!  What a thrill!  I think that is the most we ever found on one stem. We have started our children out early in learning to hunt, and in doing so made the kids carry whistles in case we got separated in the woods. This led the kids to "blow the whistle" every time they found a 'roon.  Well, needless to say, now everybody carries whistles and blows to let others in the hunt know they have found roonies. We have the most fun!  So if you run into a crazy family in the woods, tooting whistles and having more fun than you would believe, that is us!

An email from Ernie: 12/22/06
I read with delight the humor section and the aleged craziness of the Morel Hunters. Feel free to use this, if you like.

My crazed whistle blowing sister Inez, as seen on tv, can move faster than any of us through the woods. I spotted a patch of yellow sponge across a gulley. I was sitting on a stump at the time and made the unforgivable mistake of saying "Oh my gosh"! Old eagle ears and eyes, spotted them too, she took off running as to beat me to the patch, however she failed to spot an old spike tooth drag and a roll of fence down in the grass. We met as a group and decided wether to cut her out, or go get the mushrooms. But we could not stand the screams of pain. She was skinned up real good,and a badly sprained ankle. Chuck asked if she had learned anything. She said she would skirt the weed patches as she ran, and would "we carry her across the gulley" to HER mushroom patch.

It is a jungle out their in Morelland.
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