Wed. July 29

Today we had enough time in the morning to go to Boat Island and hike to the lake in the middle of it. We saw lots of moose signs and were able to pick a few blueberries. Jason decided to make homemade ice-cream for dinner. We all brought something and Bob grilled our burgers. We got Bob and Ron to play A to A tonight. I think all had a good time. On the way home the moon was out and looked really cool with its reflection on the water.

Tue. July 28

Guess what?! It’s raining this morning. Bridget made us fresh blueberry buttermilk pancakes for breakfast. I finished the windows on the porch between the rain drops. After lunch Jason stop by for his first game of Apples to Apples which he won because he knew how to apple to Hannah. Pork chops and gravy, green beans from the garden and blueberry muffins were for dinner. We finished the day with another game of A to A at the Martinsen’s. I think we might have been to noisy for Bob.

Ann's Blog from the July 2009 Trip to Canada

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Mon. July 27

We woke up at 7:30 to the pitter-patter of rain on the metal roof . Oh what a sound. If my back was not hurting I could lay there a long time. The rain has stopped long enough to put in to windows on the porch. Then the rain is back. Hannah has spent the whole day down by the water with her friends and I mean right through the rain. Paul helped with the windows and then pretty much did nothing but lay around the rest of the day. They would get under the inner tube during the showers. For dinner we are having roasted grilled potatoes and Brat patties.

Sunday July.26

The Day started at 3:50 am finished packing the two coolers and the rest of the last minute bags. We made it out by 4:50 am. Toll roads 355 and 290 were very empty on this Sunday morning so it was easy driving. When we got into Duluth, MN we decided to drive along the lakefront a few miles before we headed up the big hill. Hannah & Paul were able to take some pictures of the big ships in the docks. There was one ship heading out to sea. We made our annual stop at Gander Mountain near Duluth. Paul got a new Browning Camouflage hat and Hannah got a new Gander Mountain T –Shirt to replace her old one from 2 years ago. From there Paul drove the car while we ate Dairy Queens. A wonderful story from Hank the Cow Dog made the road 502 a quick trip. When we arrived Hannah’s cousins where there to welcome her. Jeff, John and Ron were working on Jeff’s steps. We then proceeded to unpack all of Bridget’s hard work from the morning and night before. I don’t know when the others went to bed but I fell into it at 10, the rest is history. P.S. We told Jason about the internet connection and he was all over it so he could keep up on work.

 

 

Day 14: Aug. 9 2008

Our last day in Canada, Bridget and I started the day with our longest walk of the trip. We then proceeded to canoe around Garbage Island which is 1.7 miles. We then took the Cameron’s canoe back to their boat house, and locked it up. The deer made her daily swim to the Island, Paul and I went out to boat next to her. She really was swimming fast to get away from us. I decided to water ski, so I did it was fun. Hannah also decided to ski for the first time. She had to try 7 or 8 times to get up but she finally made it up, with coaching from Dad and Jason. Paul was next with all of his wake boarding and knee boarding him finally decided to ski. He got up right away, we looked back and he has kicked of his ski. He fell the first time trying to get his foot in, so he tried again and was slalom like a pro. Jason who has slalom all his life was really impressed. What a grace day God has given us to end our vacation, tomorrow we head home to good old IL, USA.