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Here's a picture of the farmstead from the East...it's just a beautiful place in a plain and simple way! |
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Seriously...the skies up there at any time day or night have so much awesomeness (not sure if that's a word but you know what I mean) |
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Some more geese! |
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Babe Belzer and her family here in Cando have always treated us very good...you could say...like family. And again this trip they had us in for lunch, invited new people to join us (this time it was Roger and Kathy Miller) and as many as the kids and grand kids that could make it did. We got there just in time to be asked "who wants to carve the meat?"....see the image below and you'll see who the lucky person was. |
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Okay...I just don't have a caption for this one...It surely enough needs one don't you think?...Well go ahead and make up what ever you want here...that's what I usually do you know? |
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Heading back the Lodge we encountered something I would describe as soft hail...lots of it. It did not bounce...it just sort of smooshed...and of course all meteorologist understand that the correct terminology for this phenomenon is "Smoosh! |
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So now Jon has left for home and it's just Ralph, Susie and me again...until Friday. That's when Cosmic Ray came down from Winnipeg and Vince hitched a ride with his brother in law who just so happened to be coming up this way with a few other guys from back home to do some hunting so...we were glad that Vince could at least come up for a couple of days anyhow. |
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A couple of old cast iron porcelain sinks were brought out from behind the barn and Coz got after them with some special scrubbing stuff and they look really cool...the kitchen sink is in place and we got to use it a few times already...it's nice to just let the water drain down the pipe instead of carrying it outside to dump..how nice it will be have running water one day...maybe next summer. |
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Vince relaxed with a beer after he and Ralph finished hanging all the sheet rock. |
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Saturday evening we had Vince's brother in law (Tim Torrence, bottom right) and his hunting buddies (Bob Rhodes,top left, Rick Ganger, top middle & Bryan Miller, top right) out for supper (Rib Eyes from the local Cando butcher) and they struck a pose with their dogs and ducks. We heard later that they harvested over 200 ducks. |
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And here's the last picture taken before we left for home Sunday morning at 4:00 am...it's so easy to lock up now with all of the shutters installed. |
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Here's an awesome sign made by Steve Carson and Larry Erb...they brought it out the night before we left for North Dakota along with the night light they repaired for the North Wing. Of course there is s story behind the sign but you will have to come to the lodge and take it down off the wall and read what is written on the back side if you want to know!. |
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Almost forgot!...the moose came by on Saturday |
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Back to the Beginning |
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