PERHAM, MINNESOTA (SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2009)

First full day at our Home Park, Golden Eagle Vacationland, in Perham, Minnesota.
(As an added note to yesterday’s Blog entry, I fixed Lu’s flat tire last night, of which I‘m very proud, of course… Being the total mechanical klutz that I am… Everybody who knows me say: AMEN!)
INFO:
I’ve decided that my Blog is going to have a rest…. I’ll write down a few words about daily life in “trailer town,” but I’ll do it on the Word Processor, and then, at the end of our stay here, plaster the whole thing on my Blog.
Today, we slept in until 8:00.… Something we rarely do any more, but sometimes it happens, and it really feels good… Actually, the reason for the late roll call was “partying types” next door… They kept the merriment going until 1:00am this morning…. OK if you’re part of it…. Not so much if you’re not…
Anyway, we woke to wonderful blue skies. Took our sweet time getting ourselves together; had a full and fortifying breakfast, after which we felt guilty and took off on a five mile bike ride (starting out easy). Of course, we forgot the camera (sorry, I forgot the camera), so we’ll have to take another ride…
Here I have to mention that the 1/4 mile stretch from Minnesota Avenue (the main road off Hwy 10) to the Park is probably on some farmer’s private land, and he has not felt the urge to do anything about it, so, it’s a washboard!
The road is flat, sloping gently down toward the Park, but driving the truck and trailer in here was an eye opener, to say the least… I was doing less than 5 mph, and we still shook like leaves in a storm… Which brings me back to our bike ride… Amazing as it must seem to you, our collective derrières didn’t stop shaking for enough time (after we got back to the trailer) that if you‘d stuck me in some ice cream, I would now be a milkshake…. Not kidding!
Upon our return (after a well deserved 1/2 hr nap), we did a few household things, then hit the pool, which was filled with kids of all ages… Had a grand time, but, you know, one has to be careful with delicate Scandinavian skin, so an hour was plenty as a start …. Don’t want to look like a burnt jalapeño pepper right off, if you know what I mean?
The rest of the day was spent in and around our trailer…
Had the awning fully extended for maximum shade; a slight evening breeze flowed in from the lake to help “cool” us down, and Luanne prepared a luscious dinner of Norwegian meatballs… life is truly good!
First full day at our Home Park, Golden Eagle Vacationland, in Perham, Minnesota.
(As an added note to yesterday’s Blog entry, I fixed Lu’s flat tire last night, of which I‘m very proud, of course… Being the total mechanical klutz that I am… Everybody who knows me say: AMEN!)
INFO:
I’ve decided that my Blog is going to have a rest…. I’ll write down a few words about daily life in “trailer town,” but I’ll do it on the Word Processor, and then, at the end of our stay here, plaster the whole thing on my Blog.
Today, we slept in until 8:00.… Something we rarely do any more, but sometimes it happens, and it really feels good… Actually, the reason for the late roll call was “partying types” next door… They kept the merriment going until 1:00am this morning…. OK if you’re part of it…. Not so much if you’re not…
Anyway, we woke to wonderful blue skies. Took our sweet time getting ourselves together; had a full and fortifying breakfast, after which we felt guilty and took off on a five mile bike ride (starting out easy). Of course, we forgot the camera (sorry, I forgot the camera), so we’ll have to take another ride…
Here I have to mention that the 1/4 mile stretch from Minnesota Avenue (the main road off Hwy 10) to the Park is probably on some farmer’s private land, and he has not felt the urge to do anything about it, so, it’s a washboard!
The road is flat, sloping gently down toward the Park, but driving the truck and trailer in here was an eye opener, to say the least… I was doing less than 5 mph, and we still shook like leaves in a storm… Which brings me back to our bike ride… Amazing as it must seem to you, our collective derrières didn’t stop shaking for enough time (after we got back to the trailer) that if you‘d stuck me in some ice cream, I would now be a milkshake…. Not kidding!
Upon our return (after a well deserved 1/2 hr nap), we did a few household things, then hit the pool, which was filled with kids of all ages… Had a grand time, but, you know, one has to be careful with delicate Scandinavian skin, so an hour was plenty as a start …. Don’t want to look like a burnt jalapeño pepper right off, if you know what I mean?
The rest of the day was spent in and around our trailer…
Had the awning fully extended for maximum shade; a slight evening breeze flowed in from the lake to help “cool” us down, and Luanne prepared a luscious dinner of Norwegian meatballs… life is truly good!