Those rascally raccoons ate all of our apples! The trees had a lot of fruit on them this year. Last year we took 3 buckets with us on the road after dehydrating, baking, canning and giving a lot away. This year we have 3 apples!!! Might have to look up a recipe for Raccoon in the crock pot!
The birds are migrating early this month. We went for a hike on the Ice Age trail. Wonderful hike, just a few mosquitos but fewer birds.
We did see one Trumpeter Swan.
Ladies golf league concluded on Sept 15th. I was hoping to knock a few strokes off of my game this year but... too many putts and bad hits prevented that from happening. I did have a lot of fun, met a few new ladies and was able to walk the course so it was all good.
Eric's Guys weekend Sept 16-18.
The weekend fire begins....
all meals cooked on the grill..
a bit of rain drove them into the wood shed for a few minutes
The rain stopped for the fireworks show
breakfast on the grill.. does it get any better??
time to cut wood..
OK, we are done, its time to play.....
a bit cool but nice day for the pontoon
Pogo won the biggest and first fish!
Eric worked them too hard, time for a nap
Had to make a stop at Duffy's
beautiful evening
Saturday nights fire
need to take a sauna to ease the muscles
a game of horseshoes before going home.
A great weekend with great friends. See ya all next Sept!
Rose Williamson and I headed to the Twin Cities at about 9:45.
After about an hour it was time for a stop, a little bite from the bakery
Next stop, we are still in Wisconsin...
Finally over the Minnesota Border... had to make another stop.
We had another stop or two before landing at the Mall of America at 4:00. Wow it has changed a lot since my last visit. We had a wonderful dinner at Cadillac Ranch. Went to Shakopee to our hotel about 7 then off to the casino to win a few dollars! We got back to the hotel around 9:30 pm A very long day with out a nap!!!
Saturday we went for a wonderful walk right outside of our hotel.
off to the races....
we stayed for 5 races, collected our winnings and left.
Right next door, same parking lot we went to
we did not finish the maze.. Although Rose did a wonderful job getting us around. We were tired and ready to move on..
Its now about 5 pm, time for dinner. We headed back to the casino, where we had a wonderful dinner, won a bunch of money and danced the night away!
We did not get back to the hotel until after midnight! these are really long days. too much to do not enough time.. but it sure is fun.
Sunday we took our time getting back home, made a few stops including this cheese house.
we were there for a wonderful breakfast, too early for lunch... stopped at one more casino, won again!! ice cream stop before getting home by 2:30 pm.
Wonderful weekend.
Duluth bird watching and other activities: Sept 28-30
We left home at about 10 am, destination Duluth Mn, about 90 miles away. We stopped a few times before arriving in Duluth at 4 pm.
We found a Brown Thrasher at Wisconsin Point
Our hotel was an indoor waterpark...
they serve food and drink..
Hot Tub...
Thurs morning from our room, gotta love Lake Superior.
beautiful morning
We went to Hawk Ridge, lots of people and hawks, eagles etc.. then on to Park Point for more birding and walking. finally seen this Black bellied plover!
Enough of birding, time to visit a distillery..
Gin Flight.. some were pretty good. Locally made, in small batches. Juniper, Spruce and Cedar Gins.
then off to Dubh Linn Brew Pub for a flight of beer! and wonderful corned beef egg rolls and hamburger.
Friday Sept 30: We headed to the Sax-Zim bog early today. Hoping to catch a few elusive birds, needless to say they are still elusive!
our monthly bird count: Life 546 Year 284 (up 4) and 100 for the month. we had to work hard to get that number to 100!
What a great time you both had with friends.
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