{"id":36601,"date":"2022-06-26T08:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=36601"},"modified":"2022-06-20T11:30:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T15:30:49","slug":"matts-mishaps-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/matts-mishaps-25\/","title":{"rendered":"MATT\u2019S MISHAPS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There can be freezing temperatures all year round with the high altitude at the volcano\u2019s crater.\u00a0 We have learned that wearing oven mitts helps protect our hands from steam burns when cooking.\u00a0 We also like roasting \u201cvolcano marsh mellows.\u201d\u00a0 Locals will surprise visitors by throwing a jug of water into a crack to make a geyser.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cServing overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Matt <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eating Volcano Dogs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northern Ohio and Indiana is pleasantly void of nearly any geographic features that would inhibit the usability of the land \u2013 no mountains nor, especially, volcanos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having lived overseas on mountainous and volcanic terrain, we are amazed by the locals\u2019 ingenuity and riskiness to use uninhabitable terrain.  Homes and businesses are constructed along cliffs\u2019 edges with no apparent concern.  Caves and overhanging rock ledges are repurposed for storage buildings.  Even cracks in the volcano terrain is used for cooking and heating as hot sulfuric steam exudes out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kids learn about state history and culture in elementary school.  Our sons learned overseas about their local history and culture too.  Our area\u2019s main volcano hovers over us at 12,200 feet.  Teachers do no not refer to it as a volcano, but rather a mountain.  If local authorities and volcanologists are pressed, they call it an extinct volcano, despite hot sulfuric gases that exude out from its cracks along the crater.  Having a ready cooking source, we began bringing hotdogs and sticks with us when taking visiting American teams to the volcano\u2019s crater.  Quite a novelty, the hot sulfuric steam cooks the hotdogs .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once when back in the States while in the visitor center of a national park, we saw a display  on volcanos.  A chart had the ten most dangerous volcanos in the world, based on the probability of eruption and proximity to large population centers.  We were surprised to see our volcano had made it on the infamous list.  We later learned that authorities play down its risk in order to not worry locals and discourage tourists from coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are hungry for a hotdog when visiting me in the States, I will take you to small-town ice cream stand.  If I\u2019m overseas, I\u2019ll take you out for a \u201cvolcano dog.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something similar ever happen to you?   Contact me and let me hear your story!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mattsmishaps@gmail.com    Matt\u2019s Mishaps, PO BOX 114, Grabill, IN  46741<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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