sept 27th
And here it is time to head south already. after much preparation I think we are nearly ready.
First we head to Kevins for a couple of nights, then start for brads for 3 weeks. then wind our way south to Gulf SHores for a month before heading to Winter Haven resort, Brownsville texas for 4 months.
Sad news from our Canadian besties John and Laurie. John has been dx'd with a Glioblastoma brain tumor. We are devastated for them. we are going to go from being the 6 pack plus 1. (beth, todd, tom and I plus laurie, john and marlon) to just us lonely 4. John and laurie of course will not be joining us this winter. Makes me want to cry everytime I think about them.
We have tried to catch up and see everyone we could before leaving. Seems like it has been a whirlwind the last couple of weeks. We went to see Tom and Ginny Miller in Hastings MN. earlier this month. Good to catch up. Also had our beautiful nieces wedding last weekend. Greatg day!
We finish up our work time at the campground today. About 235 hours for the season. so approx. 75 hrs on account for next year. Brett may not be thrilled with that.

Hanna and Scott wedding picture

someone is happy to be Mrs Lewan!

Kevin felt a bit under the weather after Hanna's wedding

Grandma with all the grandkids and one great grand daughter. Reagan.

kevin/aprill and mom 

Mom and Reagan.

My sister cindi and I

Pepin hotel wouldn't let us in before 3 so we had to change in the parking lot or be late for the wedding

Tree farm is being clear cut. wow lots of wood

My new do

bestie val and ken came for the weekend and camped with us before we left.

moms 88th. had a great night of pizza and beer

Kathy, Debbie and Donna and I all hiked during the day while the brothers golfed. Great fun getting together and catching up

ON the Chippewa river trails. really pretty back there.

great garden this year. Production was amazing.!

Sept 5 2019
And here it is September already. Spent August busy trying to get various maintance issues taken care of. Roof has been checked, cracks filled in and roof washed and uv protected. camper washed. ac uc unit checked. refrigerator unit blown out. rubber seals cleaned and uv protected. tire pressure checked. slides lubed. hot water heater flushed and anode rod replaced. fresh water tank sanitized and and lines. whew! busy. few more things to do before we leave sept 29th but all will be last minute. we booked a trip for next summer to Alaska for a sea/land trip. 14 days. looking forward to it. Going to brads for 2 weeks but staying at a campground in Waynesbourgh. should be there around oct 4th. I have put quite a few miles on the bike this past month. Garden is doing great! picking daily. . love the summer season. we are getting together with toms family on the 8th for a golf and gather day. should be fun. we had dinner up at Old Abes in Jim Falls with randy and deb, bob and Kathy a couple of weeks ago. fun night. Got a new phone for myself. the old one just was too out of date.

best garden potatoes and carrots in years!

first photo on new phone. Mom and I had a fun day shopping for Hanna's wedding