Hanging with the family

After church yesterday, we packed up the boat, some clothes, some food, and our annoying little dog (a white pekingese named Mandi) and headed over to Leech Lake.  I continue to be amazed that 48 miles as the crow flies can take 1 and 1/2 hours to drive!  It was good to see everyone at the cabin when we arrived at about 3 pm.  The four couples (Mom & Dad, Susan & John, Tom & Pam and Bill &I) all were at the National Marriage Encounter convention in Duluth last summer and bought a week at a cabin on the silent auction.  Of course, as life goes, not everyone can stay all week but it is nice that we can all be here for at least a few days.  We have not seen Tom and Pam (brother and his wife that live in Wisconson) since Christmas so it will nice to have some time to catch up on our lives.

The guys (Bill, John, and Tom) immediately put the boat in the lake yesterday afternoon and headed out fishing.  Dad stayed with us at the cabin and so Pam and I played against Mom and Dad in a game of 500.  Since Mom and Dad play cards all the time, Pam and I were rather proud of winning 2 out of 3 games!  Part of this might have been due to Mom and Dad not getting very good cards but we will take some credit anyway!  Bill caught one nice sized Northern that they kept and he cleaned that for the fish fry.  During the evening, we just hung out, read books, and talked for the evening and everyone headed for bed by 10:00.

The weather was really windy this morning so the guys decided that they would wait to see if the winds died down so the waves were not so high.  We all headed into Walker to check out the local stores.  Bill needed a hat (as I have been informed that a man can not have too many hats) so he got one a nice brown one at Reed's.  We found a nice little coffee shop and a book store...what more could you ask for, right?  Well, of course, we love to find thrift stores and there does happen to be on in Walker.  We all found a couple of things there...wine glasses, clothes, books, etc. 

We had a fish fry (perch, crappy, and northern) for lunch and it was good food!!  We could definitely tell that we are all getting older as we all decided a nap was in order after lunch.  We are now sitting down by the lake enjoying the nice weather.  The wind has died down a little so the guys have headed out to fish again.  Hope they have good luck with that!  I am looking forward to hanging out with "the girls" as we read and talk smart!