Northern Minnesota and Cousin's Weekend

Mike and I moved to Leech Lake last Wednesday. We enjoyed a boat trip on "Winnie" with Bobbi and David.

(The Plug Hat Point Landing)
(The sky was amazing that day.)
(We spent some time watching these two eagles)

We also walked in their woods enjoying the fall colors and spotting deer tracks.

Then I moved to a resort near Walker to spend the weekend with "Sadie's Ladies". Mike spent the weekend enjoying our friends' company (I hear he was superior at cribbage).

This was the 9th year that the cousins (and second cousins) have met to enjoy each other's company and shopping and conversation and cards and lunches and dice games and dinners and shopping and snacks and ... well you get the idea.

Here we enjoy a wonderful German lunch in Park Rapids.

And here we all are nestled in Paul Bunyan's hand - now that is one big dude!

This is the "cabin" in which we stayed - could sleep 24 comfortably - I felt like I was in a mansion after having lived in the motorhome.

It was a wonderful setting for our annual outing - next year - New Ulm and the Octoberfest will be our destination... Yes, I am already looking forward to it! But, there are many miles between then and now. I have been writing this entry in Dickinson, North Dakota - next stop is Maggie and Rocky's place near Bozeman, Montana.