My old boss Donna sent me this when we first moved. I don't think I've ever included it in a blog post. I guess this sign was talking about us since we retired up north! We'll be back south during the winter but at least for now we're retired Northerners. We have two little chipmunks… Continue reading 07.11.13 Chipmunks, Loons, Awnings and Chives ~~~~~
Some of our previous guests brought really cool water toys for pulling behind the boats or just general water play. This week’s guests brought some and I took pictures to share. Our friends who have camps probably see these things on the rivers and lakes all the time but for us water deprived folks it’s… Continue reading 07.08.13 Super riding toys!
For Independence Day Roy and I went into the nearest town (population approx. 6,900) International Falls for their parade. I tried to not expect anything like our parades especially the New Orleans variety and was pleasantly surprised at how delightful it was. I believe all the emergency vehicles from all surrounding towns were in… Continue reading 07.04.13 International Falls Minnesota Independence Day Parade!
At least you know by the title that there was no murder involved in our visit to the ATT store today. We drove the 100 miles to Virginia, Minnesota to the tiny little ATT store there. A very nice young man named Mike asked if he could help us. As nice and briefly as I could… Continue reading 07.03.13 AT&T Store Representative LIVES to see another day
This post is mostly for RVers but could be helpful to anyone who has the need of a GO phone. I believe this post rivals the Conroe, TX blog in length but definitely does not have as happy an ending. A GO phone is a prepaid phone which can or does not have to be renewed… Continue reading 07.02.13 A T & T – grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
After a long hard Saturday work day which ended at 8 pm we were settling down in our RV and heard a little knock, knock, knock at the door. It was Tom, the resort's owner, with a present for us. He previously told us he was going to try to get this for us, but we didn't… Continue reading 06.30.13 Our Saturday evening surprise!
We're on the last of our days off before "Senior Citizens Hell Week rolled into one day" come around again! 10 more of them to go and I'm going to hang on to that light at the end of the tunnel like a mad woman! Still loving our life here and we will hate to leave this beautiful… Continue reading 06.27.13 Begin each day with a grateful heart
Before I start in on telling you about the cruise we took, I want to tell you about our new work schedule. They have decided not to replace Annie and Russ during the week but have hired a girl and a guy to work with us on Saturdays so we'll have a full crew then. … Continue reading 06.20.13 Duluth, MN – Vista Fleet cruise and our new work schedule
Tuesday morning of our trip to Duluth we visited the Great Lakes Aquarium. It's known as the largest fresh water aquarium in the US. The following was copied from Wikipedia to tell you about it: "Great Lakes Aquarium features animals and habitats found within the Great Lakes basin and other freshwater ecosystems such as the… Continue reading 06.19.13 Duluth, MN – Great Lakes Aquarium
We left Kabetogama around 8 am on Monday headed to Duluth, which is 144 miles away, for a doctor's appointment. We decided to mix some sightseeing in with the doctor's visit and are really glad we did! Roy's appointment with Dr. Schnell was for 3 pm at Northland Medical Center in downtown Duluth. The North Shore… Continue reading 06.19.13 Duluth, MN – North Shore Scenic Railroad and Dr. William Schnell
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