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Independence Day at Valhalla
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| Becky and I left the U.S. to celebrate Independence Day weekend. We managed to get my mounted fish up there safely (in the trunk of the Neon with all the luggage). |
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We had Boots and Dad up for supper a couple times. |
| The dogs had a lot of catching up to do. |
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I went fishing to make up for the fact that I didn't bring much in terms of groceries. |
| On Saturday I went to Stege Bay and caught about five eating sized northerns (which I threw back). On my way back, I caught this one in Grassy Bay. I would have thrown it back but there was no one there to take a picture. As it was, I had to cook baked Northern to get rid of this much meat. It was 13 1/2 lbs and 36 inches. |
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Marge, Mary, Tom and Siri were up for the weekend. Siri turned four on the second but waited for Sand Point to celebrate. |
| Mary made a nice butterfly cake. |
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We sang Happy Birthday to her... |
| And then she was allowed to blow out the candles and open presents. |
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Before leaving Sunday, I did some chain saw work. The trail to Little David had three trees down that I cleared. I found a few on Dad's 158th St trail as well. We attended the Power Association meeting in the afternoon. I have taken pictures of those present and posted them on a separate page. |
| On our way home, we stopped at the Vince Schute Bear Sanctuary near Orr. |
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One of the bears brought her cubs. Here is one in the tree. |
| Here are the cubs on the ground with mother. |
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Vince Schute was a logger. He was the first to introduce the chain saw to Minnesota. This is the first one used in the state. |
Some Scenic Pictures from the Weekend