Home for 4 days and off Again to the Northshore!

I love to travel, I love my friends, but I realized I'm getting old! I was home recovering for 4 days after the week long cabin trip and I still did not feel too ready to go anywhere else. But I had plans with my friend Jules and her friend that were coming up to camp on Lake Superior. So I had alot of the same stuff handy and threw it in the jeep, went to the store, stocked up the cooler and drank lots of coffee. It all turned out good as we had a great time and I seemed to get some energy from some where. Must have been the Folgers. So we had separate vehicles with all of our camping gear. They followed me up the shore. After a liquor store stop and gas up, we headed to Palisade head for a break. We love this place although lots of people stop there. Even saw a big ship off in the distance this time. From there we headed up to a resort by Temperance River. It was strange passing by the usual stops like Gooseberry and Split Rock. We got in at a good time which provided enough daylight to setup camp. It got cold at night, down to 45 or so and it was good thing we dressed warm. Jules had a good fire going! She is a pyromaniac, let me tell ya! Was kind of nice to have someone else stokin the fire for once, as it seems its usually my job. I miss when the kids were little and they would do it. The next day we headed up the North shore with a stop in Grand Marais and then on to Grand Portage State Park. Beautiful waterfalls there and lots of nature photo opportunities, but waaaaay too many people for my taste. Went back to Grand Marais and hung out, hit the trading post and then to a cafe for supper. We took our time coming home with a long stop in Beaver Bay where Liz got herself a rock polisher and we had lunch. Then made a stop at Gooseberry Falls. Julie bought me a beautiful poster that was kind of her. Can't wait to find a frame for it to put it up in the house. Then I took them to Stoney point for sunset happy hour. It was a perfect weekend on the shore. Fun to make another new friend too. I can't wait to see their pictures! When you look at the waterfall - just remember Minnesota is on one side of the river and Canada on the other

Lake Of The Woods

So we have this annual event of girls weekend up at the cabin. Well I won't go into the scandulous details, but after lots of drama queen kind of drama, it got changed this year. With schedules that are crazy sometimes, we were only going to be able to go up a few days and leave when the next shift came. Well after things got changed, we shuffled some events to make it work. So Leann and I went up early and were at cabin for a few days alone and had perfect weather. Well we didn't realize the guys had a fishing trip planned during the same time. They came up middle of the week and it was a royal blast. I got to go fishing too finally! Been wanting to go fishing for 15 years and just didn't have a way to go in a boat and when I lived down south the polluted waters just did not do it for me. Up north the water is clean and fish are plentiful, but don't forget to crank the Ted Nugent! This is key! I finally made it out to the island this year too that I have been taking pics of for 4 years! Fun times were had by all and if I have it my way we will make it into a coed trip every year for the rest of our lives. Thanks for the fun and laughs and great tunes. I needed that so much more then I can ever explain to anyone.

What is an Enduro Race you ask?

This is a video I made a few years ago from pics and video I took at my first Enduro Race. In the video you will see my friend Leann and Sasha's boyfriend Aaron who are keeping stats of the laps.
Leann's husband and his friends are in the video driving. One you will see where his friend is hung up on another car and gets free! Watch the whole thing for the full effect and cool tunes. It was featured on the Proctor Speedway website for a long time until Google deleted the damn thing. Just found it on my hard drive, thought I would share!

Enduro Race @ Yahoo! Video

Another video of mine I made years ago

A Video I made a few years ago when I moved back to MN

Winter Sailing

MattRach - Check this kid out

Neil Young & Grateful Dead - Forever Young

Les Paul: In His Own Words - Spinner

Les Paul: In His Own Words - Spinner

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Woody Guthrie, 'Bad Repetation' -- Free MP3 of the Day - Spinner

Woody Guthrie, 'Bad Repetation' -- Free MP3 of the Day - Spinner

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Govt Mule at the Big Top

I finally went to see a show at the Big Top which is about 2 hours from my house into Wisconsin by Bayfield, WI. What a cool venue to see a show. Its just a big circus type tent. We were pretty close up and it was fun to finally see Warren Haynes who I've always wanted to see. He has the Warren Haynes band, plays in Govt. Mule and Allman Brothers Band.
Stopped at Amnicon Falls State Park on the way there. Check out my video clip!

Moondance Jam

My first year at Moondance Jam! Walker MN, 3 days, cold rainy but music rawked!
Went first night with two girlfriends and and second night went Deb and this dude that knows his music. I could sit and listen to him for days. Learned so much. My knee was still screwed up from the Phish trip and 3 days was just too much walking in a knee brace. Priest turned out to be best metal show EVER. Not alot to say but it was fun and have some pics to share.