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Game Camera

For much of the summer we kept a game camera over the road and back by the swamp.  We came up with lots of pictures of deer and even more of the neighbors dogs.   Quite a few of a couple of scraggly kids and some of some yahoo who kept driving through on a 4-wheeler like he owned the place.

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Arlington and the Sibley County Fair

Now that we’ve been back from vacation for a while the process of sorting though vacation pictures begins.    There is less of a backlog this year than in the past but still – these pictures from the Sibley County Fair in Arlington Minnesota are from August 1.

Kai and Nora both insisted on wearing their Packer Jerseys into Viking country.  It is strange because they also have Viking jerseys.  I guess they just like to stir the pot.

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Duluth Huskies vs. Thunder Bay Border Cats

Last weekend we took in a Duluth Huskies game at historic Wade Stadium in Duluth.  It was a hoot and Kai and Nora’s first introduction to baseball.   Kai caught on to the whole strikes and balls thing but for both the highlight was the concession stands.

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KG Science Fair and Vacation Countdown

The kindergarten science fair was recently held.  Here are some pictures from it along with a commissary run to pick up some food to donate for custodian appreciation week.

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Wat Arun

This is the last set of pictures from the Bangkok trip.  On our last day the confererence ended early afternoon and so we had a long-tail boat already reserved and waiting for us.  We took the klong (canal) tour through Bangkok and included a stop a Wat Arun – The Temple of the Dawn.   The boat dropped us at a heaving crowded pier and went back out in the river to wait for us.

This time the upper reaches of the Temple were open to tourists.  There were two upper levels – the first was reached by a very steep set of steps – the second even steeper (almost a ladder).   Ben took Kai and Nora up and the views were spectacular.   Going up was easy, of course, coming down was another story.   Kai just went down with no problem but Nora froze up a bit and needed a spotter for the way down.    Adventure.

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Wat Pho – The Reclining Buddha

On our free afternoon we took the kids out to explore Bangkok a little bit.   Crystal and I have seen many of the sights but for Kai and Nora the last time they went through these places was in a baby sling.   It turned out the day was hot – temps climbed over 100 and the humidity was thick.

Our goal was to visit Wat Pho – the Temple of the Reclining Buddha and maybe the Grand Palace as well.   The traffic in Bangkok has not improved and much of the afternoon was spend in a cab traveling just a few miles though being air conditioned it was not that bad a place to spend time.  Also, slow ride through Bangkok – including Chinatown was in a way its own tourist attraction.    It turned out that the Grand Palace let in the last tour group at 3:30 so we didn’t make it in time for that one but we did reach Wat Pho.

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More Bangkok

Here is the second round of pictures from Bangkok.  Enjoy!

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Cub Scout Blue and Gold

The Blue and Gold ceremony was recently held in the Ad-Diwan building.  The ceremony marks the anniversary of the Cub Scout program and is also when major ranks have been awarded.   Kai was awarded his Bear Scout badge!

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The Second Expedition to Hidden Lake

Alert readers will remember that two years ago a failed expedition was mounted to Hidden Lake.   There are no roads or paths to Hidden Lake and its existence was only noted by looking at a Google Earth view of the area around Danbury.   Two years ago with over 2 feet of snow on the ground we set out to find it but ended up turning back short of our goal when grahm cracker provisions ran low.

This year we resolved to try again.   On Jan 1, 2013 Ben, Kai and Nora set out to find the elusive lake and met with success!   The pictures below document the amazing journey.

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2012 Christmas Day

Kai and Nora were up by 6am and Ellen, Art and Karen didn’t arrive until 7am.  That gave them an hour to sort and stack the presents in different ways.    Nora was surprised by most gifts but Kai was pretty sure most thinks were Legos or books.   As he put it “what else would they be?”