WHILE WE WERE HOME

We have been back home in Minnesota for three weeks and are starting to prepare for our return to the boat. Stopping the mail & newspaper, arranging for snow removal, taking Shadow to stay with her niece, Chewie, and a list of other things.




We’ve had a snowy, cold 3 weeks. Here’s Ross blowing the snow off the deck. The snowdrifts were so high that we worried the weight of it would collapse the deck. Don’t need that to happen!

While home we made a trip to Red Wing to visit fellow J-Dockers Lori and Larry Lindboe. Lori provided us with these photos of J-Dock in the wintertime. This time of year our dock is overtaken with ice fishing houses of every shape and form. That’s the main channel of the Mississippi in the background.










Each year the staff at the dental clinic gets together for an after Christmas party. Since we left right after Christmas for the boat, they waited until we returned from this past leg. (thanks!!!) Two of the staff are in charge of planning the party and keep it a closely guarded secret. Which of course, drives the rest of us at the office crazy trying to figure it out. The theme of the party was “To Hell with Work, Let’s Go to Vegas”. We all dressed up for a night in Vegas, hopped on the party bus and away we went. Our final destination was a private dining room at the Hard Rock Café in downtown Minneapolis. Where none other than Elvis showed up to perform for us. It was a blast, to say the least. Staff members Mary and Angie outdid themselves planning this one. They’ll have the party planning job for life now. Who would volunteer to come up with something better than Elvis?????





The "King" and I.



















Ross, me and his sister, Beth, who is a dental hygienist at the clinic.