Today we had a tour of the UMD experimental farm.

                     

Today we attended the Wooden Boat Show. Yesterday we toured the William A Irwin.

 This morning we had 40 hikers at St. Scholastica.

Yesterday evening we had a cruise on Lake Superior and the Duluth/Superior Harbor.

We toured the S.S. Meteor yesterday and then in the evening attended a concert by

Sh-Boom.

This Week in the Northland

Rosan led a good hike today in Amnicon Falls State Park in Wisconsin. We had 43 hikers -- our greatest number ever. Then in the evening was the dinner dance. Last Monday Dawn & Jere Fetter came from Stillwater to visit overnight with us.

                              

We saw two movies this week.
To Rome With Love is unmistakably Woody Allen through and through. This romantic comedy with several stories is moderately enjoyable but not memorable. I've always liked Woody's films but I'm beginning to tire of them. We went for the scenery and weren't disappointed.
I found Moonrise Kingdom entertaining, charming, a little silly ... but meant to be. A very young couple runs away on an island and a search ensues. I enjoyed it and recommend it but I definitely would not consider it a "must see."

Bill Delboy had 26 on his hike in Lester Park and on 7 Bridges Road this morning.

This morning Julianne had 34 on her picnic hike in Enger Park.

Last night after viewing "A Capitol 4th" on TV, we went down to Canal Park and watched the fireworks at Bayfront.

This morning we attended the monthly Freethinkers meeting at The Radisson then went to the Duluth Entertainment and Conference Center for the final concert of the Handbell Musicians of America Area 7 biennial Festival Conference where we were delighted by the 400+ ringers with chorus and other instrumentalists.