Memorial Day Tribute

 I have produced a large number of videos, but this was the most difficult.  I still get choked up every time I play this video.

The memories came flooding back as I searched for pictures of my cousin Mike and his family,  You see, Mike was killed during the Tet Offensive of 1968 in Viet Nam.

I have worked up this video for each of the last two Memorial Days, but didn't feel it was ready to release.  It seems to me that I can never make it  perfect, but here goes.  It is time, indeed past due, for this tribute.

Back to Lake Minnewaska

 May 10 was a long day.  We got up at 4:30 am in Florida for our departure to Minnesota.  We arrived at Lake Minnewaska just in time for a beautiful sunset.

We have a new creature down by the creek, a beaver.

Pelicans are in abundance, but no Loons or Canadian Geese were to be found.

There are 12 cabins, but most of our neighbors are away, waiting for warmer weather I guess.

The docks are in, but nobody is in a hurry to put their boat in.

Note that the leaves are beginning to pop.

So, in summary we drove out of Minneapolis, heading west over the vast prairie.  We passed by the sign "Lake Wobegon Trail" but we didn't take the time to go into Lake Wobegon.  Then we stopped at the Walmart on the outskirts of Gopher Prairie but didn't drive on to Main Street.  We are at the lake and it is time to get the pontoon boat out of storage, and to select a golf course for the season.

Life is good at the lake.