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TIME TO CATCH UP

At Breckenridge Nordic Center

                                  

                                                         

       

So, I guess I’m a little behind on this blogging stuff and it’s only my first entry!  (After the initial test entry, that is.)  We left home 6 days ago, which makes for plenty of catching up to do!

Gunflint Trail departure day was Thursday, March 15th.  After completing several errands in Duluth, we finally arrived at our daughter & son in law’s home in Apple Valley about 8pm.  Friday was spent doing more errands in the Twin Cities, picking up our camper from winter storage, and than loading everything from the car into the camper.  Phew!  That was quite a challenge.  (But, actually, it was more challenging to pack it all at home with the idea in mind that it was going to go into the camper later!)  Of course, everything got done and we were on the road early Saturday morning.

Saturday was spent driving south through Iowa and west through Nebraska.  With winds 25-35 & gusts up to 40mph the entire day, the trailer didn’t want to follow the Tahoe in a straight line!  We, but especially Tom, were happy to reach our destination in Kearney, Nebraska that night!

Shortly after getting on the freeway Saturday morning about 7:30, we observed thousands of Sandhill Cranes flying over the freeway.  Unfortunately, I don’t have a picture of this amazing sight.  You’ll just have to take my word for it that it was truly incredible.  As you probably know, Sandhill Cranes spend about 6 weeks in the Grand Island-Kearney area while they put on weight for their trip north to their summer breeding grounds.  I googled some info about them and was astounded to learn that they eat about 1600 tons of waste corn in the Nebraska cornfields during their layover time there.  They also add about 2 pounds to their little 12 pound bodies during this time.

After dropping the trailer off at a storage facility in Denver on Sunday afternoon, we arrived at our Colorado mountain location in Eagle Vail.  Including the twins and Brandon, there are 11 of us staying here for the week. 

View From Our Colorado Home

                                     

On Monday, Tom and I did some cross country skiing at a Nordic center in Breckenridge.  It was ok, but the trails and conditions didn’t come close to what is offered on the Gunflint Trail!  So Bruce & Sue Kerfoot, you can be very proud of the Gunflint Trail cross country system! J

Tonight we will be celebrating the twins second birthday, along with their daddy’s 43^rd birthday.  If things work out as they should, maybe I’ll have a photo of the twins to attach to my next entry!

Melissa