More tales from the cabin

We’ve been here a week, and it’s gone by quickly.  The time line is already beginning to blur.  So, on with the show.  There’s a lot of good stuff to set down here to help me remember what this experience was like.

Another bike ride, another trail.  The Heartland Trail and the Paul Bunyan Trail overlap for a while south of Walker.  It’s mostly through woods, quiet and pretty this time of year.  The leaves are beginning to turn color.

Rainy, foggy, gray. Terrible jigsaws.  I used to think I was good at them.  I’m not.

Some things didn’t merit a photo, apparently. Fishing broke out— five nice sized pan fish, mostly bluegill.   Breakfast in Remer, shopping at the local thrift shop, coffee in Walker after our 10 mile ride.  Lots of food, cooking breaks out regularly.  Three good cooks brought recipes.  Caprese salads with fresh tomatoes from neighbors gardens. Corn meal pancakes, lasagna, G’s red sauce.  Scones, blueberry buckle.  And last night hot dogs over the fire pit, watermelon salad, excellent company with old and new friends.The week is winding down.

Cabin Week

 LH and I waited out the rain before getting on the road for a two day road trip to GG’s cabin in northern Minnesota.  We spent the night in Marquette, a college town on Lake Superior.  We watched the sunset from a park on the big lake.  

Charlie-dog was happy to see us, I think.  He kept lying on my foot so I couldn’t leave.  He’d been to the vet the day before, getting old is not for sissies when you’re a dog, either, apparently.  GG invited some old friends for dinner, a nice way to start our week.  Saturday was hot — a beach day on Boy Lake with those same friends.  Sunday we took what I am sure will be our longest ride of the week, 17 miles out and back around Pike Bay, off of Cass Lake.  It’s a great little trail, paved, rolling, through the woods.  It’s on reservation land and not heavily used.  We saw only a few other bikers the whole ride.

The last 3 miles were drizzle, then a cold rain.  It was still a great ride.  We hauled those bikes a long way, a little rain didn’t deter us. GG made chili for supper when we got back.  So far we’ve escaped the heat dome that’s covering most of the country, note all the layers being worn in the photos.  More later.

Beaches and Blueberries

 It’s August again.