Last days at Leech Lake MN

Thursday 15 August 2019

Woke up to sunshine. Oh yea.  We took advantage and headed to the little town of Walker ND.  Stopped at a Historical marker and again WOW we have been looking at Leech Lake from the

The other side of 

Leech Lake

swampy end thinking the whole lake was like that.  Well the lake is huge, sail boats all over it.  On into Walker and lunch.  We left late and were hungry so we stopped at the one of the first places we came to.  Lucky us, it was the Shingobee on the Bay Restaurant.  Food was the best we have had for while, I had salad with walleye and Diane had walleye cakes and a side of wild rice (grown here) with walleye and andouille sausage.  Food was great. On into Walker where we walked around hit a couple of antique stores, gift shops, hardware store and last was Reeds Outdoor Store.  It is huge, every gun and fishing rod ever made was there.  Diane bought a pair of sandals and I browsed the flannels (a nice red and black one) for $115.  It was after six by the time we got home, walks for Rudy, snacks for dinner and a short sit by the fire.

Friday 16 August 2019

The things you find in

Minnesota. 

(actually on the National

Lampoons Vacation movie)

Sun shine again this morning it was great.  After a quick breakfast we headed up around Lake Leech in the opposite direction heading to another small town, Cass Lake.  It was once the headquarters of the logging boom and at one point had over 5000 people, now only about 750 remain.... but they do have two casinos.  We hit their museum which include a lumber camp from the early 1900's.  It was quite interesting how the men lived and worked back then.  Surprisingly cooks and blacksmiths were "head hunted" by companies because well feed men worked better and they needed good tools to work with.  Even back in the day one company would try to hire (steal) a worker from another company.   Back on the road and down to Walker again.  We had lunch at the Piggy Bar B Que and it was very good.  I had the brisket sandwich  and Diane had burnt ends (double smoked brisket tips).  After that we headed back

The Logging camp, it

was interesting.

over to Reeds sporting good store to walk around.  Wow what a crowd.  They were having their annual hunting sale 20 % off of everything.  We didn't need anything but after we walked around long enough we found a mosquito proof enclosure we had to have.  Back in the truck, heading home, enjoying the beautiful day and poof we hid a down pour.  It only lasted about 10 minutes and when we got back, the campground was dry.  Just snacks for dinner as we sat by the fire.

Saturday 17 August 2019 .

Had a nice breakfast wrap cooked on the grill.  This is the nicest day we have had so far, 75 degrees

Our last Camp Fire

in Minnesota

with a light breeze.  Just great.  We started packing and getting ready for the move tomorrow to Valley City ND.  I finished working on the jack pads while Diane cleaned inside.  As a home project goes I had tools all over the place and when I went to put them away  I would open a bin to put one thing away and there would be something else to move.  By 2:00 we had things almost whipped into shape.  We wrapped up work, took showers, and were sitting by the fire by 4pm.