September 17, 2007
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….Hi, ho, hi, ho….it’s off to the BIG WOODS we go!
I keep saying to myself, “Unless something happens!” But at this point, it appears that we’re heading off tomorrow for some much-needed vacation time. Hopefully, nothing will happen in the next 12 hours to prevent it!
One of our helpers on the ranch has instructions for taking care of the dog, cat, chickens and horses. The cattle are all worked, the hay is put up, the garden is done, and the yard is in the autumn of its life. It’s a good time for us to slip away.
We’re heading for the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness of northern Minnesota, right up on the Canadian border. Helen Hoover’s books about the years she and her illustrator husband roughed it in the rugged big woods inspired this trip. So did Louise Dickinson Rich, who wrote about her family’s adventures in We Took to the Woods . Their adventure was in Maine, but Helen and Ade Hoover lived very near where we’re headed. I can’t wait to see it for myself!
The rubber boots, rain suits, fishing rods and long johns (I hope we need ‘em!) are packed. There’s a cooler in which to haul home the BIG FISH we plan to catch. The camera is primed and cocked, all ready for pictures of moose, bear, wolves and whatever else we can find to “shoot.” And I really am looking forward to hearing a loon….
Will catch up with you all again in a while…Happy Autumn!
Currently re-reading: The Gift of the Deer by Helen Hoover
Comments (6)
Sounds like an exciting adventure. Be safe my friend. I’ll be looking forward to hearing all about the adventures in the Big Woods.
Jan, I’m so happy and excited for you! Y’all have a GRAND time, as Mimi Ketchum would say, and relax, and laugh and play and enjoy your time together. I can’t wait to hear all about it, and will keep you in my prayers. God bless you, my dear friend.
Sounds like a wonderful trip! Have a great time! I’m so glad you have a chance to take this kind of vacation! Can’t wait to see pictures and read all about it! Another part of the country I have never been to!
thank-you so much for your beautiful words of encouragement.
I sincerely hope you have a wonderful holiday! I can’t wait to hear all about it. I will miss your posts.
love
Patricia
Have a great time~! We are only getting as far as SDC tomorrow. lol
Oh, that is such beautiful country. I know you’ll enjoy it. And I, too, hope you hear the call of the loons.