Earlier today we took Joe and our two dogs (Marco and Elsa) to the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport so they could fly back to our house in California. After making sure they all got to the gate on time, Kathleen and I made a brief stop at the Mall of America so Kathleen could pick up a couple of books and magazines at the book store there. Then we got back into the truck and started our 5 1/2 hour drive to Leech Lake.
We stopped for groceries Grand Rapids and then made the final hour drive home. We arrived at Leech Lake at 7:45 p.m., and Joe was already home with the dogs. I already miss Joe.
Kathleen and I have joked about it before -- it's always all or nothing with us. In the past two months, our kids Joe, Melissa and Liz were all here at the lake, as was our grand daughter Ashley, several of Kathleen's brothers and sisters, Kathleen's mother, my parents and our friend Rick.
But as we unloaded the groceries from the truck on this late-summer evening, it was just the two of us. It will be nice to spend some quiet time at the lake with just Kathleen. Well, for at least a couple of days anyway. Three days from now our friend Rick arrives from Australia (he arrived with us at the lake way back on May 23 for a 10-day visit), and a week or so later Kathleen's good friend Elizabeth will be paying us visit. So we're going to enjoy a little quiet for the next few days.
The weather today: temperature 62 degrees; winds out of the SSW at 10 mph; skies mostly sunny.
We stopped for groceries Grand Rapids and then made the final hour drive home. We arrived at Leech Lake at 7:45 p.m., and Joe was already home with the dogs. I already miss Joe.
Kathleen and I have joked about it before -- it's always all or nothing with us. In the past two months, our kids Joe, Melissa and Liz were all here at the lake, as was our grand daughter Ashley, several of Kathleen's brothers and sisters, Kathleen's mother, my parents and our friend Rick.
But as we unloaded the groceries from the truck on this late-summer evening, it was just the two of us. It will be nice to spend some quiet time at the lake with just Kathleen. Well, for at least a couple of days anyway. Three days from now our friend Rick arrives from Australia (he arrived with us at the lake way back on May 23 for a 10-day visit), and a week or so later Kathleen's good friend Elizabeth will be paying us visit. So we're going to enjoy a little quiet for the next few days.
The weather today: temperature 62 degrees; winds out of the SSW at 10 mph; skies mostly sunny.
Here's Joe and Kathleen sitting on Paul Bunyan's lap at a rest stop near Brainerd, MN. He sure looks like Al Lindner to me.
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