Trip to Wisconsin

 

Picking strawberries. It was the end of the season but still a lot to pick! Take a break and pick some more.

 

40 pounds worth, 2 of the flats are just for Cary, but as a group we brought back five or six flats between the 5 of us.

 

We also got to pick asparagus for the first time! It grows in a row right out of the ground and you just snip it off and throw it in a basket.

 

My First Movie

State Tournament

 

Watched High School Championship game at Target Field with my Pops.

June Sunset

 

Love the view out our window.

Ride to Stilwater

 

We made it, locking up for food and drink.

 

Took a refreshing swim in the river and now time to set up camp on the river bank.

Camping

 

Although this picture only captures the beauty of Savanna Portage State Park we also saw some wildlife. We saw swimming beavers, heard some really loud frogs, and felt crawling ticks.

 

Conor cooked some really yummy yams hobo style.

 

This park is most famous for the great continental devide, the spot were rain water either heads towards the Atlantic Ocean or to the Gulf of Mexico.

Foot In The Door 4

 

So every 10 years the Minneapolis Institute of Arts opens a gallery for Minnesota artists to exhibit one piece. There were around 4,500 contibutions this decade.

 

The rooms are filled with art...Check 'em out I believe that the exhibit runs through June.

 

I submitted, Found Blue Glove on Pole, from my "Is This Yours?" series

Xin Nian Quai Le!

 

Happy Chinese New Years! Yummy hot pot with good friends. The stuffed tofu pockets were my favorite.

 

Getting the fish ready for hot pot. We caught these fish this winter from Red Lake!

Sled Rally

 

When it is cold outside, these are the activities that keep us excited about winter! And no one is better at hyping us up but Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox!

 

Neon green sled dogs?

 

Keeping it clean at Powderhorn Park!

Red Lake

 

Red Lake is a lake about 5 hour drive north from Minneapolis. I caught a 20 in. Walleye late one night off a friend's line.

 

Our house was smaller this year, but we kept good use of all the holes.

 

Here is the spread of all the fish we caught as a group of 8. Check out the huge Northern Pike in back!