Up North

For those not acquainted with MN, it is the best of places to be in the summertime.  We ventured up on a nice toasty week in June to see Nana and initiate the first annual cousins camping expedition.  I don't think Google has enough storage space worldwide to capture all our great memories but a few highlights are below.

Nana's brother's cabin is always a crowd pleaser.  It's right on a great ski lake and the fishing yield is 90% of casts, usually within 10 sec you have a bite!  Here's Abbie with her trophy winner - it was about 2 feet long (camera must just make it look like a sunfish).

 

Boys with beers.

Nana's friend has a super-cool-pool in her backyard ... awesome!  We put it to good use.

Perhaps one of this world's greatest inventions - the giant rainbow swirly sucker.

We met Reba and her bump (which is now baby!) at the Como Zoo.

This is Minnehaha Falls, a lovely place to dip your toes on s hot day.

On the way back home we stopped in WI to pitch some tents with my sis and fam.  It's hard to see in this picture but one tent (not ours) appears a bit more waterproof than the other.  (And who gave Abbie that giant metal pole?)

We took a nice long hike one morning and the kids did surprisingly well.  The potential makes my mouth water for expeditions to come!

Don't forget me!

-Daddio