Archive | June, 2009
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OUR JUNE GARDEN IN CLOSE-UP

Saving what I have to say to do our weekend in Galena justice.  In the meantime, we came home to lots of growth and activity in the June garden.  I had Pete take some close-up photos for you to enjoy the transition.

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HITTING THE GREAT RIVER ROAD TO GALENA

We’ll be starting out early tomorrow, traveling the Great River Road along the Mississippi from the Twin Cities to Galena, Illinois.  The occasion is the 80th birthday of my mother’s twin siblings, my Uncle Bob and my Aunt Mary.  You know you’re getting older, as my cousin said last year, when a family reunion sounds [...]

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FROM THE ROAD: ALASKAN GOLD

The latest from our friend John on his RV odyssey from Minneapolis to Alaska. Good Evening from Skagway: You can see DukDuk and me in the attached picture as we entered Alaska and, yes, I am smiling with thumbs up. The drive down was interesting as some of the landscape looked a bit like what [...]

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FROM THE ROAD: INTO THE YUKON

“The only society I like is that which is rough and tough – and the tougher the better. That’s where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.”  – Robert Service This is the latest dispatch from our friend John’s odyssey.  He’s made it into the Yukon and it looks like the real fun [...]

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FROM THE ROAD: NEW FRIENDS AND OLD TREES

The latest dispatch from our friend John, on the road in an RV from Minneapolis to Alaska and back.  Note how he has picked up the local vernacular in Canada, eh. . . .It has been an eventful few days since my last message from Banff, Alberta. Outside of Banff we picked-up two hitchhikers named [...]

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