At Leech Lake -- October 30, 2010

The temperature at 9:00 a.m. this morning was 36 degrees and that would stay the high all day. The sky varied from mostly cloudy, to partly sunny, and now at 3:30 p.m. there are just a couple of blue patches to been seen here and there. The winds are light at about 8-12 mph out of the north.

Clarence, the guy who we bought the house from, stopped by today to say hello. He and I chatted for about 45 minutes before he went back over the Newman's cabin. The Newmans aren't there, but Clarence was going to go back into the woods to get the deer stands ready for deer season, which opens in two weeks. John Newman won't hunt, but he will be in the stand with his son Greg who is in his third or fourth year of hunting.

After Clarence left I went over to the cabin and blew more leaves of the yard. I didn't get it all done, but it's better than in years past when I didn't blow any of the leaves off the yard. I also took a nice walk down the dirt road.

I came inside just in time to hear a Prairie Home Companion on MPR. It was a good show tonight. I always like listening to PHC when I'm here at the lake. Somehow it just seems more fun, and relevant, than when I try to listen to it in California.

It's Saturday evening and I'm getting ready to turn in for the night. Tomorrow will be a very busy day. I've got to clean the entire house, clear out the refrigerator, do laundry, clean out the fireplace, and make some "stairway to heaven" mouse traps. I leave for California on Monday morning which means everything needs to be wrapped up tomorrow.

At 11:40 p.m. there is no wind and the temperature is 30 degrees. No rain or snow predicted tonight.

I'll make one last post from Leech Lake tomorrow, then it's back to San Jose...