Camping 2010 #2

This weekend we had the opportunity to go camping up north near Biwabik with Joni and David. The campground was beautiful with tall pine trees and quite little lake.



A tour of the City of Biwabic wouldn't be complete without a pic in front of the moose!






Joni's rock collection



What a meal! The food always taste better outdoors.


Kara, Joni & David headed back home and I stayed behind because I have to work in Hibbing tomorrow. May as well do a little exploring.





Now I'm off to find a lookout tower. I found the GPS coordinates to the Birch Knob Lookout Tower. After driving around on forest service roads for about an hour I found were the tower USED to be!




But it still had a nice view.

Now it's time for one last hike to the top of Giants Ridge Ski Slope. That was a big climb. No wonder they use chair lifts in the winter!

OK. This is just to tempting!

It's not that high.

And the View is awesome!



Yes, I am blogging from the top of Giants Ridge. The wind is calm, the air is cool and I can't hear a sound except for birds chirping. What Great Day!!!!

Camping 2010 #1

For our first camping trip of the season Kara and I went to Prior Lake and on Saturday we had some visitors.





Jace checks out a Tee Pee





Yes that is Brynn inside the bundle of blankets on her first trip camping.

Rodeo At State Fair Grounds

This morning while reading the Sunday paper I noticed a rodeo at the state fair grounds. We decided to go check it out and wouldn't you know it we found a little cowboy who wanted to come along!


Free wagon rides are a plus.


Learning how to trim BIG toe nails (sometimes called hooves)


You can't be a "Cowboy" without buying a cowboy hat!

Learning the proper "Cowboy leaning on the fence Technique"

This is my size of a horse!

A few cookies on the trail are a must!

A bucking bronco comes out of the chute.


This is what the "Mean Bull" looks like!



1 minute into the car ride home and this little Texan was dreaming of the next rodeo!

Spring Clean Up

Perfect weather to get out and do a little yard work today


Diesel is always around to lend a hand





Sammy keeps a watchfull eye out invading wild life.


Now is the fun part burning all the debris.


And a little picnic lunch to boot!


Sammy thinks this was a busy day!