A Memorable Memorial Day

We woke up at 4 a.m. to the sound of thunder and pounding rain on the roof.  By 7 a.m. the weather had cleared enough that we set out for Clontarf to pay our respects at the Memorial Day event at the Clontarf cemetery.

Low and behold, the rain and wind came back and clobbered us during the entire ceremony.

Then we set out for the ceremony at Hancock.  Rained out.  Fortunately, we had taken some pictures a couple of days earlier.

Then is was off to Cyrus.  More tough luck.  The road leading to the cemetery was closed.

Then the weather got really bad!  It was an afternoon of wind, rain, and tornado warnings.  We spent a couple of hours in our shelter.  The shelter doesn't look like much but it is comforting when there are tornados in the area.  There were 10 of us in there.

There was a lot of damage at a nearby town, Forada (four-ade-ah).  It made the national news.  We dodged a bullet.  Our power was off for 11 hours.

Yes, it was a long, hard, wet day.  Minnesota can be tough, and May was a tough month in Minnesota.  

There is more in store for us.  Soon it will be time to battle these little fellas:

However, not every day in May was bad, just most of them.

The sun did shine, and the deer came out into our parklike setting by the creek....

and pranced over to our park by the lake.

The Canadian Geese returned to Minnesota too, and to the shores of Lake Minnewaska.  We are watching the young geese grow up.

Bad weather often brings nice clouds for sunset pictures.  What a peaceful way to end the day, on the shores of Lake Minnewaska, looking west.

So, that is the latest news from Lake Minnewaska, at Glenwood, and just a short distance from Lake Wobegon.