FINALLY! Tom bought me a snowshoeing micro cabin weekend for Christmas and we were meant to go in February. And then the dreaded COVID hit our whole house so we had to move it!
Good thing we did! We went this last weekend and it was not only lovely, the weather cooperated and it was very much needed! The kids did great with us being out of town (no emergency phone calls) and we were able to explore the Willow River/Moose Lake area. We did it all!
Biked the Munger Trail (twice) - LOTS of trees down, looks like carnage from the winter
Card games - I actually beat Tom at cribbage and we tried to learn Spite and Malice (favorite childhood game) But I think we are missing important parts of the directions. ...hmmm...
Food - YES! We can make really good food with only a 2 burner electric store, of course we can!
Hiking - hiked Banning State Park and saw some crazy kayakers and waterfalls, super accessible, beautiful (and the water looked cold!)
Hunting property - Visited Tom's old hunting property, remembered Greg D and shared stories about all those crazy people and crazy time.
Local eats - had junk food and a drink at the infamous Squirrel Cage and lunch/take home treats from Tobies (of course!)
Read - we both finished our books and loved just hanging out, relaxing in this gorgeous tiny place - tis super efficient and relaxing.
A big thanks to Uncle Pat for helping with the dogs and to our kids for adulting..
Love you all and grateful for our time to reconnect, with nature, ourselves and each other.
T&T
PS, Jimmy got a "good enough" score on his LSAT so now he's doubling down on the other aspects of law school applications. Billy took his AP Stat's test and felt like it went well (a 3 maybe even 4 is his prediction) and Kay had another super success week living in her own place. Proud of each of them for different and important reasons.
