Memorial Day Weekend

By the time M, Chris and I headed up north after work to M's parents house in Hinckley last weekend, it was rainy and that only complicated all the traffic headed up Interstate 35 but we made it up there in the 8 o'clock hour.  It continued to rain off and on throughout the night but we stayed mostly dry by hanging out in the garage with many of M's other family members.  Some even stayed in the rain all night just sitting by the fire but we played bumper pool and different dice games like 6,5,4 and Left, Right, Center for money. There were 19 family members and friends that stayed at M's parents Friday night and there would be a total of of 28 that stayed on Saturday night.  This was the first Memorial Day since M's parents moved from Isle on Lake Mille Lacs to Hinckley, which while there is no lake, it's about 30 miles closer to everyone.  We still made a visit to Mille Lacs on Saturday afternoon to visit M's uncle Jerry who still lives on the lake and we visited some garage sales on their street.  The weather on Saturday was bright and sunny and warm through most of the day and then around 6 pm, we had some brief rain and even some hail. We stayed until Sunday and the weekend seemed to go fast, as always.

Here's a general layout of M's parents property and how everyone scatters around for the weekend.

Saturday in Isle:

Contrary to popular belief, Chris did not catch this walleye.  M's cousin did.

We saw these at a garage sale.

This was a picture at a garage sale.  Look in the bowl and you will see a tiny teddy bear trapped in the noodles.  Maybe he's supposed to be a meatball?

Saturday in Hinckley: 

The hail

Playing in the puddle

This bird is a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak