At the Cabin

Megan, Henry and I spent a weekend at the cabin with my parents, Adam, Katie, Annie, aunt Julie, Uncle Jeff, and cousin Nick. It's actually Julie and Jeff's cabin, but they let us squat for the weekend, which was nice of them. Megan and I were also too lazy to drive three hours up to Leech Lake, so Adam flew us there in his family's Cessna! And yes, Henry joined us on the flight.



Megan and Adam sat up front and did the flying.



Adam had to look at the map right as we were picking up speed down the runway, so he asked politely if Megan would take over for a second. Megan didn't miss a beat, and pulled us into the air. The only thing she didn't realize was that if you turned the controls with your hands, the plane turned as well. So as soon as we took off, we started going in a circle. Adam proceeded to ask Megan why she was going in a circle, which since she didn't have a good excuse, put us on track for Walker, MN. Henry was a little scared when we took off, and spent some time on my lap.



Eventually he relaxed and took a seat next to me.



Here's the cabin. Julie and Jeff own five acres on Leech Lake. It's a great location.



The lake front is part bog for quite a few feet before the water starts, so a long dock is needed to dock the boats.



Henry and I walked out to the end when we got there, and Henry, being the curious pup that he is, thought he could walk off the end of the dock onto the nice green looking carpet and check things out. Little did he know that that nasty green carpet was actually the lake, and in two seconds I had a panicked dog splashing all over the place. With the help of my dad, we were able to pull him back onto the dock. He learned his lesson after that.



Good times were had by all. We did lots of swimming (at a sandy beach close by), rode the four wheeler down some wooded paths, ate good food and sat by the campfire at night. Annie was very busy the entire weekend. She LOVED coloring with Auntie Megan - here she is in action.



Annie also put me through some kind of yoga workout. I tried my best.

And finally, a little dog humor. Henry wasn't used to so many flies hanging around, and got really annoyed if one landed on him. When he wasn't swimming or running around, he was usually doing this.