The Week in Minnesota

Today was a delightful day; it was in the 80's and the humidity was low and the sun was shining. In fact, it was so beautiful we decided to take the top off the Jeep and go for a cruise. It is not often that we spend a day this way in MN, we are usually in a hurry to get somewhere and just take the main roads. Today we visited Rich's family at the campground, Lon and Lee at another campground and Bobbi and David where they are camped at a son's house... huh, seems to be a theme here...

Earlier this week, we had some vicious weather in the state. We were driving from Mankato back to the lake when these clouds began to swirl; this storm eventually became a tornado that hit Owatonna, Waseca, and Austin (all of my family in those areas were fine). It made for a remarkable sky; I don't remember ever having seen so many layers to the clouds.

Just as we were approaching our turnoff, Mike spotted this snapper on the road; looked like he was blown out of the swamp... notice the leech on his back.

That night the wind blew and it rained alot but we came through it just fine and the next morning, this was the view through the raindrops on our front window.

This is the first time we have seen a deer in our yard in the two years we have been here. I think the storms disoriented her as she seemed lost.

The wild roses were flourishing after the rain. And over at the farm, all was well this week. The baby ducks made it safely across the road... The llama was as curious as ever when I walked by...

And the patrol was monitoring the area...

Summer begins tomorrow; I wonder what that season has in store for us.