Minnesota, Blackduck June 22 - 29

Tomahawk RV Resort, located west of the town of Blackduck.  The campground is on Blackduck Lake.

Blackduck, Minnesota

The Black Duck mascot.

Kay and I drove back down to Bemidji from Blackduck to do some shopping.  

Had to have our picture taken with Paul and Babe.

Max and Zoe checking out the boat dock.

Walking bridge at Lake Bemidji state park

Monarch Butterfly.

Wild Iris

Lille Pads and flower.

Kay got her bug picture in this wild rose.

I don't know what this caterpillar is going to grow up into, but it sure has some nice colors.

Marty and the gang on our way back from a nice walk in the woods.

Getting ready to go fishing in Blackduck Lake.

Kay also took a kayak trip on Black Duck Lake.

We were not on the lake very long, when Kay took this picture of the storm front coming in,

She came flying around me, telling me to get my body back to the dock.  I told her, "In a few minutes"

I just barely made it back to the dock, when it started to rain very hard.  That goes to show you, one should always listen to your wife.

Black Duck golf course, or a new lake for Minnesota/  There is so much standing water in this part of the country, it is hard to believe.  Too bad we can't send some of it to California.

This flower is a Lady Slipper, which is the state flower for Minnesota.

Fishing pier by the boat launch on Gilstad Lake.

Trying my luck off the fishing pier.

It not big, but is is a fish.

Standing on the end of the fishing pier and looking back.

Got this picture of the deer as we were leaving Gilstad Lake.

Fishing on Gilstad Lake

Some of the bluegill fish I got.

Had to take a picture of Kay's Mother Day flower pot that the Dow family gave her.  They sure are blooming nice.

Minnesota, Sebeka June 16 - 22

Sebeka Minnesota.  My brother James and his wife Bev live just south east of the town.  They moved up here a few years ago from the Twin Cities, and love it.  The four of us played many games of cards, and ate a lot of good food in the 6 days we camped in his yard.  Kay and I did get a chance to kayak the Crow Wing River while we were there.  That was a good trip.  We were on the river for about 4 hours.

Sebeka, Minnesota

Jim and Bev's home near Sebeka, MN

We parked our camper alongside Jim's house.  This made for some very cheap rent.

Max and Zoe liked the soft grass.

Jim let me drive his riding lawn mower.  It took me about 3 hours to mow his yard.

Bev doing some of the weed eating.

Bev in her kitchen starting to fix supper. With Kay working on the salad.

Jim cutting up the ham.  See we do help in the kitchen also.

I got the job of peeling the potatoes.

Bev's KP crew.

We did eat some meals on this table, but mostly we sat here and played cards.  That is Many hours of cards.

Kay and Bev

The next few pictures are some of Bev's flowers she has in her yard.

This was our launch point for the  Crow Wing River.

They call this bridge the Mary Brown for some reason I do not know.

Kay in her little blue kayak.

The following are some of the flowers Kay took pictures of as we went down the river.

Kay stopping to take another picture.  It is the one just below this picture.  She has a good eye for taking pictures of flowers and wild things.

Monarch Butterfly.

A couple of turtles on a log.

I took this picture of  this Dragonfly that had landed on my kayak.  There were so many of them on the river.

This is the only eagle we saw on the river.  Was hoping for more.

Some looks down the Crow Wing River.

On the other side of this Hwy 15 bridge is our take out point.  Was a very good and relaxing trip.

The end of the run.

This herd of Bison is near Sebeka, just south of Jim's home.

We went into Sebeka to see the parade,  As  you  can tell Jim is very interested in what is going on.

I thought this Case 550 was interesting tractor to have in the parade.