Woodticks aside, we had a wonderful time. We put together a 100 piece puzzle, shared internet from an unknown neighbor, did some swimming, a lot of fishing...our first full day there, we were able to eat surf and turf for dinner since we had enough "keepers" of pan fish and had brought up some steak.
Dan and I even watched 1.5 movies together.
It was low-key, quiet, peaceful, restorative. I loved it. For us, it was a perfect family getaway.
The family we rented from, the Olsons, attend church at another Covenant church. We heard about them from a mutual friend. The Olsons bought the cabin which is directly next door to the wife's parents' cabin so we had a chance to get to know them, the Christiansens. Ah, good Swedish names. Good Covenant names. It was fun--it was like we had connections there before we ever got there. They even let Annika and Lauren help clean the paddleboat and ride around in it.
Since we were so close to Brainerd, we had to see Paul Bunyan and Babe. We also made a side trip to Camp Ripley, which is where the National Guardsmen down in Fairmont do their two-week training. We stopped there because those guys/gals will be deployed to Kuwait in the next few weeks for about a year.
Spotting deer tracks...
Emily catching her first fish...
This is a traditional dustpan in the northwoods...
At Camp Ripley...with her beads and smile while carrying her "slip-slops,"
Meg seems the poster child for "Make Love, Not War"
Lauren was totally Daddy's fishing buddy.
On our last morning there, I was able to catch this shot of the
mama and baby loon which had provided us with night music all week.
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Megan totally is the poster child for "Make Love Not War"! Great caption. Love the girls sitting on the dock and wonderful nature photo of the Mama/Baby loon.
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