Saturday, August 9, 2014

The Summer is Flying By

We just noticed that we only posted once during July – Sorry, we will try to post more often, but can’t promise it.  We have had some more company when KJ and Rob came for a long weekend.  We had a good time playing cards, going for walks, and a boat ride.  They also brought their watchdog, Kody.
                                       Rob and Kody on the kayak

After they left, we spent a day in both Superior and Duluth, doing routine errands but we were able to fit in a stop for lunch with Joyce at one of our favorite burger joints in Superior.   We celebrated the signing up on Medicare and a Medicare supplement for Paige.  Should cut the cost of healthcare for us a little bit.

We have had the area around the cabin to ourselves for most of the summer, but our neighbors on both sides have been here this past week.  These 3 families have a long history here on the Whiteface, so there was a bit of reminiscing when they were all together.  Joyce came up on Wednesday for a barbecue with some of the neighbors and she also got an opportunity to visit with Joe who bought the cabin next door about 6 years before Cliff bought ours.  Lots of memories and activity with the kids around!

We took a few hours earlier this week to get in a motorcycle ride, checking out a couple of new-to-us county roads and stopping in at Mineview, a tourist information stop outside of Virginia MN.  Here on top of a huge pile of mine tailings is an overview of some former open pit mines


They also had a couple of older mining trucks:

These have been retired since newer trucks are even larger.  These make our motorhome look small.

The weather up here has been perfect – sunny and in the high 70’s.  It’s so nice to be here when it’s like this!

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