Band concert at Lake Harriet and four days in Rhinelander WI

Band concert at Lake Harriet and four days in Rhinelander WI
August 13, 2012

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Hello loyal follower(s),

I do not know where all the time has gone but it is now almost the midpoint of August and in about three weeks we will be heading back to St George, UT.

On the 25th of July we drove to Minneapolis ( about 130 miles) to attend a concert by the Hopkins West Wind Band at Lake Harriet.  This was Cyndy's old band which after twenty years still had many of the old friends as members.  There was a light rain during much of the concert but we had umbrellas and a great time.

The next day we had lunch with my high school friend Joanne Knabe and here current flame.  On Sunday July 30 we drove to Rhinelander, WI  (310 miles) for four enjoyable days with Cindy's cousin Sandy and her husband Denny Doubek.  There was a free museum on the lumbering industry which I enjoyed ( I do not usually enjoy museums) and would go back to with my computer glasses so I could read the material better.

I had fourteen yards of road base delivered to top coat our existing cabin driveway.  And of course I needed a tool to spread it out. Voilà a neat Bobcat.

Here I was playing while wearing ear protection.  There were tow foot levers. One controlled the bucket movement and the other controlled the raising and lowering of the bucket.  The Bobcat movement was controlled by had levers.  There was also a throttle  lever.

i was through with the dirt moving in two hours, but believe me it takes more than two hour to master the controls.  

Sometimes i wondered what happened to the bucket, where did it go?

Here are some neat pictures from when Michael and Stephanie were at the cabin during July.

Christine and Blake playing in the bay.

Christine and Blake casting for bass in the bay

Michael and his two kids Christine and Blake.

Note the new shelf cabinet in the  background, it was a morning project.

Michael, Cyndy and myself.

There are many nice pictures 

The whole gang; taken by Stephanie.

Anyway, here it is the thirteenth of August and we have only gone biking once.  i hope we can go on at least three more bikes rides.

There are still two more work projects that we should do before we leave for St George.  Also, the quilt that Cyndy has been working on has received little attention.  At least we have not been bored.

À bientôt,

Mr Nut