D-Monk and family took the circus "up north" for some vacation. Everyone came on this trip except for Bayley who was at church camp. Even the family dogs - Sunny & Rufus - got in on the action.
With two adults, five children, and two dogs, we were forced to take two cars for the drive. This provided one of the trip highlights. I was driving the lead car and had both dogs with me. Rufus had his head out the window letting his ears flap in the breeze. Then I got a phone call from my wife.
"Rufus' drool is hitting my windshield!"
The whole vacation was great. We stayed at a cabin on Little Dead Horse Lake - about 20 miles north of Grand Rapids, MN. The cabin was right on the water front, with a dock, two fishing boats, and a paddle boat.
The kids enjoyed a weekend of fishing off the dock, paddle boating, hiking, and being in a parade for the city of Marble, Minnesota (celebrating its 100th birthday). The parade also featured what has to be the slowest marching band in the world (a collection of old men from Chisolm, Minnesota who are part of a drum and bugle corps). D-Monk enjoyed all of the above plus going out on the lake to watch and photograph a family of loons.
On the final day of the trip, D-Monk took two of his children (Paul & Gretchen) to the headwaters of the Mississippi River at Lake Itasca in northwestern Minnesota.
A fun time was had by all!
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