Peaceful Lake

Well, as you can see, this place is spectacular. This little lake was all our own for 10 days. It is part of Scenic State Park near Big Fork, Minnesota, about 40 miles north of Grand Rapids. It is a wonderful place to rest and restore equilibrium.

The first part of the stay we were joined by our friends, Wendell and Ruth Brown. Later, after they left, our daughter, two of her friends (Amy and Martin Saar) and their dog Szu Szu joined us. The dog is a Bernese Mountain Dog who is still a puppy and rambunctious. After she got over the joy of being outside the car, she settled right down and enjoyed her stay.

I just added another picture to this blog, but no dice. I wonder where all of those pictures are showing up? Probably on someone else's posting. Oh, well.

We set up a screen tent for the cooking and eating so we don't have to battle the flies. The mosquitoes can be pesty, but the flies are much worse. Then we set up another screen tent for my art supplies. We sleep in the van. Our tenting is right on the lake shore. Fabulous.

I managed to do some painting, and Naomi and Amy had fun trying their hands at it. They loved it and managed to produce some fun stuff. We had campfires. Even some s'mores. A wonderful time for talk and laughter.

Now we are at home putting all of the stuff away. We are tentatively planning another trip up when the leaves are at their peak of fall color. The bugs are not an issue then so we can travel much lighter.