October 4-8, 2022 VRBO in MN and return to Sioux Falls, SD

Tuesday.  We had another nice day at the VRBO enjoying each other’s company.  We played Triominos outside on the deck.  I had everyone do a Walk at Home workout video with me on the deck. Lori and I went for a walk and enjoyed the fall colors.  We had dinner of leftovers, and Lori went home after dinner.

swans on the lake

their homemade fence for the garden

 

the puzzle Lori and I completed

 

 Wednesday.  We spent most of the morning packing up.  We stopped in Brainard for a late breakfast.  Our cousins, Vern and Ruth Schaefer, have a home on a lake that really wasn’t out of our way to stop and visit.  Vern was out of town, but Ruth was home. Gail is also related to them and had never been to their lake home.  Always a nice visit with Ruth.  We made it back to Sioux Falls by 5:00.

Thursday. We went out for breakfast at the Fry’n Pan near Sheryl’s.  After we ate, Sheryl picked up her dog.  I went with Gail to get gas and get packed back at Sheryl’s.  Gail wanted to see Bella, Sheryl’s dog, before leaving and left late that evening. Sheryl and I hung out at her house and watched the movie about Elvis.

 Friday I helped Sheryl unpack and get settled again 

Saturday Sheryl dropped me off at Chelle Hart’s house that afternoon.  I guided Chelle at Ski for Light for several years back in the the 90’s.  Her brother picked us up for church then dropped us off at Stubbies for beer and burgers in her neighborhood.  We used Lyft to go to her home for the night.  She was gracious enough to let me watch college football, and seemed to enjoy it, too.  Roll Tide!!

 

 

October 3, 2022 Duluth, MN with girlfriends

Gail and Sheryl had never been to Duluth, MN.  We decided to go on a week day.  With the fall colors, we thought the weekend might be a little crazy.  We drove along the north shore and had lunch at Betty’s Pies, a must stop.  We stopped at a few places for the scenic views.  Lori and I also wanted to stop at a smoked fish shop-wonderful aroma, besides good smoked fish.

Back in Duluth, we went to Canal Park and watched boats and ships come in under the lift bridge.  We shopped awhile and had dinner at the Canal Brewery.  The drive back was between 2-3 hours.  Beautiful day! 

Lori's husband has run the Grandma's marathon

lighthouse at the end of the channel

we have an app that lets up get information about boats near us

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Have to give Lori credit for this photo

September 27- October 2, 2022 Minnesota with friends

I left Dave to watch the boat during hurricane season and went to SD, MN and OK for 3 weeks.  The first 2 weeks were with my grade school/ high school girlfriends from Miller, SD.  The third week was with my sisters in OK.

While I was away, a storm passed by our marina.  All was fine.

forecast on the 27th.  our boat is at the 2pm Friday spot

9-29 We're south of Savanah

9-19, stayed off shore. We're the red pin

September 27, I flew into Sioux Falls, SD to stay with Sheryl Gerdes Bedard.  Sheryl, Gail Zeller and Lori Schneller and I had planned a vacation together at a VRBO in MN.  We spent a day packing and prepping to drive to Minnesota.  Sheryl has a dog she needed to take to friends to care for while we were gone.  Gail arrived from Miller about 6:30pm.  Lori used to live in Canton, SD, but she moved to Nisswa, MN this summer.  We found a VRBO within an hour’s drive from her home.  She’s still working, and with the move, only had 5 days instead of a week of vacation.  

9-29 We drove to the VRBO home on a small lake near Aitkin, MN.  Lori joined us there and brought a pork roast that her husband had grilled for us.  We spent the evening visiting and relaxing in the beautiful home.  

9-30 Today we drove into Nisswa, where Lori now lives.  We walked around the shops downtown, very touristy town, and had lunch.  We visited Rod and saw the house that is being built by their son in law to rent to them on their property.  We found a local restaurant along the highway on the way home, The Green Lantern Grill.  It was a busy place. 

restaurant for lunch

beer break

 

10-1 Saturday We spent the day enjoying the VRBO and grilled steaks for dinner.

10-2 Sunday.  Lori and I drove into Crosby to go to church at St Joseph Catholic Church.  The entrance hymn was Holy Holy Holy.  At the VRBO yesterday, Lori had picked up a hymnal on the book shelf and opened to that exact song, and we all sang it.  Another song was sung to the Gaelic tune that was used for Morning Has Broken by Cat Stevens in the 1970’s.  He was a favorite of mine and Lori’s.  So we felt it was meant to be for us to go to church together that morning.
We drove into Baxter/Brainard that afternoon to go to the movie theater.  It seems to be a tradition when we are together.  We ended up going to 2 movies,  Where the Crawdads Sing and Top Gun 2.  After the movies we returned to our VRBO, about a 30 minute drive.  Once we were there, I realized I didn’t have the house key.  We called the theater and they had found it.  Sorry to say, but we had to drive back.