Out for a long drive.

Out for a long drive today.  First we headed over to Thief River Falls to pick up a new snowmobile trailer and then to Ray's to pick up the sled and then up to Langdon.  When we pulled up into the yard the guys already had their sled's warmed up and ready to go.  We went for a nice ride. 

The line up.

Reese

My new sled

Me (can you see my smile?)

After the ride we went in and and prime rib and lobster.

After stuffing our selves we headed out for another ride.  There was a nice full moon out so it made for a nice ride.

Vintage Snowmobile Run

On Sunday we went on a Vintage Snowmobile Run.  We had some John Deere, Yamaha and Polaris machines.  It was a lot of fun.  Next time we won't forget the hotdogs!!

Marcus


Reese


Jakob, Hayden and Jon


Me


Reese


The crew



The Sleds

Hockey in Rugby

The Langdon Blades (Mites) had a tournament in Rugby on Saturday. We spent the day watching the kids play hockey. They won one and lost two and ended up placing 4th out of 6.

For the second year in a row Jo won the 50/50 raffle and a composite hockey stick. The highlight of the day was when Hayden made a goal off of a face off in the offensive end zone.

A quick goal!!

Hayden

The Langdon Blades

Don't Minard Me!

I looked out my office window today in the Education Building and noticed a sign in the window of neighboring Gillette Hall. Was wondering what the protest was about so I went up to the second floor to get a better look at it. Ha! seems like some folks over in Gillette Hall on the Campus of the University of North Dakota have a sense of humor or they may be a bit worried about what happened on to Minard Hall on the North Dakota State University campus.

The Education building is being remodeled and is going to be attached to Gillette Hall. Minard Hall was undergoing an expansion and after the ground was excavated a wall collapsed. Oops! Good thing nobody was around when it happend.

Gillette Hall

The Sign (I'm not too sure about using a noun as a verb).

Minard Hall

WebCam of Minard Hall during the event

A New Year At Roy Lake

December flew by way too fast. It's now 2010 and I'm ready for the new year. We took our annual New Years Day trip to the lake to check on the cabin. Lot's of snow with the 25 inches that fell over Christmas.

Ready for a swing?

I should have brought a toboggan to run down the stairs. Of course if I had one I probably would have hit a tree on the way down.

The thermometer is a bit off. It was -14 below out. It was darn cold out. My Blackberry did not like the cold weather.

The neighbors.

My cabin.

The neighbors.

My backyard.

Elmer Fudd?

The outdoor biffy.

Jo ready to get into the warm truck.

My favorite rock group.

Summer View.

The driveway.

Roy Lake Loop.

The White Earth Tribal Police. There is some kind of strange power on the Roy Lake curve on HWY 200 that makes cars go off the road.

A few fish houses on the lake.

Lot's of snow on the lake.

Had to make a quick stop over to Twin Lakes.

On the way home the temperature hit -32 below around Erskine. Man that's cold. When we got back to Grand Forks it was a balmy -24 below.

Weekend and more.

We had a chance to watch Marcus and Maggie for a few hours on Sunday. It was a nice day to head to the park.

We also got to see Ryan S. You got to like the Santa hat.

Ran into sister's Karin and Karla at Mexican Village last week.

Karin (older sis)

Karla (younger sis)

Here is Jo this summer holding one big pencil!

IMac ect...

I've been a bit slow on the post's this month. Not much exciting going on. We have been up to Langdon a few more times.

Missed deer hunting (but I was with my dear) for the first time since George H. Bush required my services for the first Gulf War. The closest I got to any action was when we were cruising on the surface in the Gulf of Thailand and I got to stand topside on Pirate watch. I'm not sure how a pirate would take over a Submarine.

Dad had some skin cancer (the good kind they called it) removed from his forehead last week.

I picked up a new IMac computer on Saturday. Got home and set it up only to discover that the screen was cracked. Talk about a bummer. Took it back to the Bookstore and will have to wait a week or so for a new one.

I'll have to look for some photos to post later.

Dinner at 'l Bistro Mediterranean Eatery

On Nov 3rd we ate at the 'l Bistro Mediterranean Eatery at the Canad Inn in Grand Forks.

Jo had the Portobello Ravioli
(Ravioli stuffed with wild mushrooms, tossed in a rich alfredo sauce topped with diced tomatoes.)



I had the Frutti de Mare
(Mussels, shrimp, and calamari on linguine noodles tossed in your choice of pesto cream or marinara sauce.) I had the marinara sauce.

We enjoyed our meals. On Tuesdays the have a Pasta Party Special. You can get a Bistro Size Pasta for the 1/2 order price! This always gives us enough for lunch the next day.

Halloween in Langdon

We spent Halloween weekend in Langdon.

After a week of cloudy weather the sun decided to poke through the clouds.


I failed to get any trick or treat photos. Bummer! Reese was a chicken, Hayden was a Dirt Biker, Marcus was a star wars action figure, Jakob was the evil emperor and Maggie was a kitty cat. Jo and I were scarecrows.

On Halloween morning we went over to check out the demolition of a hotel in Langdon. Dane Witzel made it look pretty easy moving the backhoe around.

Plenty of supervision on the job!