I am going to wander away from horsey things for a little bit and blog about the vacation Greg & I took this month. We were going to take 4 horses out to the Black Hills for 10 days, but it was so hot the few days before we were going to leave, the thought of Greg throwing the bales on top of the trailer, plus just getting 4 horses ready & packed for them and us, well, we changed our plans.
And so, we threw some clothes in a bag, jumped in Greg's little sports car, and started driving! I have not been on a vacation without horses for many years. I didn't own any vacation clothes. So, I did get to do some shopping. But not too much because there is not much storage space in the little car.
Anyway, on August 14 some time after lunch our vacation began. Greg's mom Hazel stayed here to take care of the doggies and kitties. And Heidi was in charge of horse chores.
And off we went! The first night we stayed at Arrowwood Resort near Alexandria, Minnesota. They had a pasta bar set up in the dining room that night, and it was wonderful. you just went and picked out your ingredients, put them in a bowl, picked out your noodles and sauces and watched the chef sizzle it up for you and it was great. With a bottle of wine. I should have written this all down but I think we went to bed early that night so we could get up and get on our way.
On August 15, Saturday, I cannot remember what we did for breakfast or lunch.
But, we did find a little winery that was having a festival. Forestedge Winery near Laporte, MN. Music, art, food, and wine of course. Unfortunately it rained. It rained the day before so we did not get to take the top down on the car. We bought a couple of bottles of the blackberry wine, met a guy from ND who knew some people from the Sioux Falls area, and went on our way. It was a really pretty place and they were pretty busy, even with the rain. We drove up around Leech Lake and I don't remember where all. We did, however, get to a road under construction and had to drive the little car on some gravel/mud. When we got to the really muddy part though we took a detour. Good thing! the cars coming from the other direction got stuck. One of them was a big camper pulling a little car behind. Thus, my first vacation picture.
We stayed that night at Ruttgers Sugar Lake Lodge near Grand Rapids. and ate at Jack's Grill there. don't remember a whole bunch. it was a pretty nice place though. Jack's is on the golf course there. pretty nice. I think we ate fish and it was good. but they didn't have any milk which was weird.
after this the vacation gets more memorable because I took more pictures. next day, on to Duluth!
