Covid-19 has certainly changed the way we do things. I've had a 6 a.m. breakfast with friends for almost 40 years. None of us is willing to risk going into a restaurant yet, so we've tried to be creative. In March, it was darned cold.
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| My friends wouldn't get out of their cars, and I'm wearing winter clothes. |
A month later it was much better.
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| Becky and Sissy doing the elbow greeting at The Sunken Garden. |
It was temptingly warm in mid April, so I planted much of my garden. We had heavy frost May 6-9, so I worked especially hard to keep things from freezing.
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| Pano view |
We've enjoyed fresh asparagus for about 6 weeks, and I had enough rhubarb to freeze a couple packages.
My gardening is what keeps me sane in this crazy world. I've done a little biking, but between the high winds and Covid-19, it's been way less than other years.
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| social distancing |
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| Post ride breakfast |
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| The bad part about old people having to social distance is that we can't hear each other. |
In May I had lots of pretty flowers.
Nearly all of my biking friends are also gardeners. A few of us decided to visit each other's gardens over the next several weeks. I was thrilled to have them come visit my garden!
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| Susan and Clayton are walking the path. |
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| Gretchen supervises Pete and Annette. |
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| Annette loved the bean bag swing! |
The BWCAW opening was postponed for a week, and so was our usual May trip. We felt very lucky to be able to get permits, our guide, hotel reservations, kennel reservations, etc. all rescheduled for a later date. I felt that hotels and gas station bathrooms were immaculately clean! And of course, once we were in the Boundary Waters, there was no close contact with anyone.
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| Because of Rusty's recent shoulder surgery, we rented a 3-person canoe from Piragis. |
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| After a 9-mile paddle into a very strong wind, we arrived at our campsite on Lake 4. |
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| We found beaver wood that had washed ashore, |
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| This is the easy way to collect firewood. |
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| We had sunny days in the '80's. |
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| Lots of silliness! |
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| Fresh fish waiting under cover for cleaning. |
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| Fresh fried Northern (with liver on the side) |
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| The round piece is Northern cheek! |
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| Breakfast on a cool morning. |
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| Great fishing every day. |
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| Relaxing on a sunny afternoon. |
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| Our version of shrimp cocktail before dinner. |
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| Gorgeous scenery! |
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| View from inside our tent as the morning sun shown through. |
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| Thanks, Steve! Another awesome trip in the books! |
Rusty and I have been making these trips since 2008; we've made 30 trips so far. We have been talking about the possibility of owning property up north for many years. We've come to the conclusion that the time is now. We found a log cabin located on 5.6 acres of wooded land. It backs up to another 35 acres of state-owned forest. It has a rough portage trail to White Iron Lake, which is only one lake away from the BWCAW. Nothing is certain until the closing is completed, but we are anticipating a closing on or before August 1 on this dream come true.
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| The outdoor shower may need a little work. |
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| This deluxe outhouse has a composting toilet, tile floor and chandelier! |
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| (Hopefully) our log cabin in the Superior National Forest, only 20 miles from Canada. |
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| The dry cabin has one bedroom in the loft. |
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| The driveway is next to a side entrance . |
The inside is pretty much one large spacious room with a kitchen on the side. It will take awhile to make it comfortable as the stove and refrigerator will be the only items in the entire space. My first priority will be a bed. Once Covid-19 is in the rear view mirror, we hope some of you will come for a visit.
