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August 6, 2014August 6, 2014

Bass Lake Pictures

Here are a few more pictures from our summer on Bass Lake.

Nora reading on the boat

Kai and Nora Tubing on Bass Lake

More tubing

Crystal on the Pontoon with a squal in the background

Nora on Bass Lake

Kai on Bass Lake

Hunting for beads at the Rendezvous

Kai and Nora on a food shelf donation run

August 3, 2014

Glacial Potholes at Interstate Park

We recently stopped at Interstate Park which is on the border between Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is a wonderful park and home to the largest concentration of Glacial Potholes in the world. The glacial potholes form when rocks in a fast moving river fall into a small divot and swirl around knocking against the rock and acting as a drill. They make circular drill holes some times called “Witches’ Cauldrons”. Often quite small, some in the park are over 60 feet deep!

Crystal, Kai and Nora at Interstate Park checking out the glacial potholes. In both quantity and size of potholes it is a world wonder.

Ben, Kai and Nora pose on the edge of cliff in the park.

Kai and Nora climbing on rocks in the park.

An HDR shot of the Taylors Falls Queen

Checking out one of the larger cauldrons. Kai is maveling at the duckweed growing in the hole. Duckweed is, of course, the world's smallest flowering plant.

Nora and Crystal check out a pothole in this HDR pic

Getting ready to decend into the "Bottomless Pit". It turned out that it did have a bottom but at over 60 feer deep it was an impressive glacial pothole.

Kai on a natural rock bridge

Nora on a natural rock bridge

A view down one of the deeper ones.

An HDR shot of one of the larger glacial potholes

August 2, 2014

Charlotte’s Baptism

Earlier this week was neice Charlotte’s Baptism on the Shattuck-St. Mary’s campus where Crystal and I met, began our teaching careers and were married. We hadn’t been back there in over a decade and it was great to see the campus and the positive trajectory the school is on. Enjoy the pictures!

Nora and Crystal at the Faribault Monument

Chapel of the Good Shepard on Shattuck Campus

Filing in for the Baptism

An HDR shot of people entering the chapel for the baptism

Julie, Eric, Evelyn and Charlotte at the Baptism

Ben, Crystal, Kai and Nora in front of the altar where Ben and Crytal were married 17 years ago

An HDR shot of the interior of the Chapel of the Good Shepard

The whole group at Charlotte's Baptism. Not pictured is Father Doyle who performed the ceremony.

Nora outside the chapel. Dress by Grandma, boots selected by Nora.

Art Jacobs and Ron Miller outside the chapel.

Ellen Jacobs and Karen Jacobs outside the Chapel.

Crystal, Kai and Nora at the monument outside the Chapel

Nora and Charlotte either dancing or playing golf on the parade field. Can't tell which.

Eric and Cathleen in front of Shumway.

Kai coaches Evelyn.

July 31, 2014

Summer Fun

Here are some more pictures from summer. Enjoy!

Nora paints the ceramic statue she bought

Kai powerwashing the picnic table. Perfect job for him.

Nora peeling corn

A panorama of the view off the deck. Note the deer on the right side.

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A panorama shot of a pictureque field during one of my bike rides.

Nora eating watermelon on the boat.

A view from the uphill return trip of the Alpine Coaster at Spirit Mountain.

Kai and Nora during a Canal Park trip.

Nora on a rock at Canal Park

Kai and Nora at Canal Park

A panorama of Kai and Nora at Canal Park. With careful timing taking the different shots I can make it look like we had the place to ourselves.

Nora at Canal Park

Nora found a piece of bark washed up on the shore. She is pretty sure it is petrified wood.

More watermelon.

Its good to have helpers when loading the car.

Kai peeling corn

A water shot of the SS Honey Badger.

Two helpers shopping in IKEA

July 25, 2014

Random Vacation Pics

Here are a few picture from the last few days. It include a visit of the Julie, Evelyn and Charlotte to Chez Danbury along with a few other random pics.

A shot of one of the local arachnids. I would have included my thumb in the picture for scale but I value it too much.

Nora on the SS Honey Badger.

Kai poses with an interesting caterpillar found on the deck. The spines and bright colors are probably only a bluff.

Riding bikes on county road FF.

Kai and Nora playing at Blueberry Junction. It seems like safe equipment but keep in mind that underneath Nora...that is all lava infested with lava-gators.

A freshly fallen leaf at Blueberry Junction.

It was pouring rain but the kids still wanted to get a photo of themselves with the largest Leinenkugels Lounger in all of Burnett County.

Kai and Crystal

Evelyn scouts the horizon

Cooking hot dogs on the campfire

The fire brigade douses the campfire.

Evelyn and Nora

It is hard to take a good picture from a moving boat with an iPhone but here are Kai and Nora enjoying some tubing on Bass Lake.

A deer and fawn as seen from South Shore Drive

July 19, 2014

More Danbury

Here are a few pictures from earlier in vacation. Kai and Ben pooled their money to buy a quad-copter with an HD camera that they’ve had fun piloting around.

Kai pilots the drone on its maiden launch.

Using a wide open field was a good call to start.

The drone ascends to 7 meters and comences surveillance.

Kai waiting for lunch at the drive in.

Kai, Nora and Crystal

Nora at the Drive in

Kai and Nora set out in the dinghy

Sunset on tranquil Bass Lake

Crystal on the boat for sundowners

July 19, 2014

Cousins Visit

Last weekend Lea Ann Post along with Nina and Sara came to visit. Here are some pics.

It was warmer than it looks.

Kai coming out of the water

Kai attempts to walk on water

Kai serves up beer to the thirsty campfire goers.

Nora collects twigs for the fire.

Crystal and Lea Ann

One morning we had 1 bear and three cubs out fron. This is taken from the bedroom - the mother had already gone down to the lake but two cubs were still digging through the fireplace.

Swimming on Bass Lake

Nora has had enough.

July 13, 2014

Spooner Rodeo Parade!

Yesterday was the Spooner Rodeo Parade! We love going to it every year – in our opinion it is the perfect small town parade – we always leave it feeling red, white and blue. Good clean fun and dirty tootsie rolls picked up off the street!