Chester Bowl Hike

Eighteen of us enjoyed a hike this morning in Chester Bowl. This hike was in place of the one scheduled on Chester Creek Trail postponed by wet conditions.We ushered for The Producers last night at Duluth Playhouse and throughly enjoyed this local production.

Has Anyone Seen This Couple?

........................ Missing since 1985

Fun, Fun, Fun

We enjoyed the concert by Two Harbors City Band tonight at Heritage Days.

Last night we went to the Lake Superior Ragtime Society's Mini Bash at Dry Dock in Duluth.

A Bottle of Water, A Bag of Peanuts, And Thou

It was a lovely evening at Bayfront Festival Park.

We Hold These Truths ...

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Lake Superior Freethinkers

This morning we attended the monthly meeting of Lake Superior Freethinkers at the Radisson where we were most effectively reminded that overpopulation is a crisis causing most of the world's problems. The world's population growth is unsustainable and will inevitably lead to famine, wars, sickness, and a continuing lowered standard of living. Click on: World Population Balance

Hike and Picnic

There were 35 on Denise's hike today at Enger tower.

Regrets And Wishes

Knowing we are each a product of every experience we've ever had, I sometimes wonder what if I'd had different opportunities and made different choices. Although my regrets are many, I seldom waste time dwelling upon them. It's my nature to make choices and proceed with my next action based on where I am now, rather than where I should be or wished I were. This contributes to contentment but doesn't serve me well in learning from mistakes. I've made many regrettable choices but my greatest was not conscientiously applying myself to education. Since I didn't take advantage of education, one might conclude that I didn't place much importance on it. To the contrary, I've always had the greatest admiration for those more educated; even holding in awe those with higher degrees to such an extent that I couldn't have a normal relationship with them. I think my failure to pursue higher education stems from the feeling I've always had that I was too far behind and could never catch up. This, along with the burden of being a perfectionist, led to expectations of probable failure so I seldom attempted significant achievements. Earlier in life I convinced myself that having high aspirations was unimportant or even unwise; Then, in later years, I pretended to be lazy. Now I really have become lazy.

Sunday

Yesterday afternoon we attended the music camp concerts for piano, strings, choir, and band. Each was enjoyable.
This evening we went to the pizza party for Grandma's marathon volunteers. There were over five thousand volunteers but only a few hundred attend the party.

A Cold Rainy Night

Last night we thoroughly enjoyed the Faculty Recital at the Weber. It was well worth going out in the rain.

The grandest wildflower adorning our roadsides, the Lupine, is now in it's glory.

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

Twenty of us enjoyed this great day for hiking.

Park Point Hike

Yesterday afternoon we went on the Environmental Series hike to Park Point.
I hope we can remember not to do it again. The interest to effort ratio is about 1:4. I had a fall in the mud.

Bagley Classroom Grand Opening

We attended the grand opening of the new Bagley classroom.
It was an invitation only event but we were allowed in provided we didn't partake of the meal.

Sunday at the Zoo

Today Jane and I visited the Lake Superior Zoo.

Grandma's Marathon

Yesterday we watched parts of Grandma's Marathon from several viewing points.
Runners raced out of the starting gates Saturday morning for the 34th annual Grandma’s Marathon.
There were about 7,400 entries with runners coming from all over the world, including those from South Korea, Ireland, Qatar, Pakistan and Switzerland.
Philemon Kemboi of Kenya won in 2 hours, 15 minutes, 44 seconds, while Buzenush Deba of Ethiopia finished with a personal-best time of 2:31:35 in the women's event.
Kenyans also won the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon. Stephen Muange finished in 1:04:24 seconds. Muange lives and trains in Farmington, N.M. In the women's half marathon, Caroline Rotich won in 1:12:40. She lives in Santa Fe, N.M.
To view my 17 pictures click here.

Swamp Sisters For Breakfast

Today we went to see a little of Grandma's Marathon before meeting our friends, Lowell and Bev, at Swamp Sisters for breakfast. Then we went to near the finish line at Canal Park and watched the race for a while.

Finally, A Sunny Day

There were 22 of us on today's walk along the shore of Lake Superior on what was a most welcome sunny day.

First Week

I'm feeling good about our yoga and aerobic exercise classes. I really need that routine. The lingering complications of my herniated disk are noticeable but don't limit me too much. Tomorrow we do our pre-race volunteering for Grandma's Marathon which will be run Saturday. I suspect the stress of unloading and all that was involved with getting settled-in led to Jane's need for last Wednesday's overnight in the hospital. She was feeling fine when I picked her up Thursday after lunch. We've watched three movies this week. We ushered at the Duluth Playhouse for their production of Our Town -- Jane on Friday and me on Saturday. We won't need to be separated in the future. Sunday we went to Split Rock lighthouse.

Weather Forecast

Nice temps but we'd like to see more sun.

Friends Along The Way

We arrived in Duluth late morning yesterday on the ninth day after our departure from home. A continuous cold rain hampered our load-in but we managed to get semi-settled in and felt thankful to have arrived safely.
We had eight overnight stops -- one was for two nights. Below you can meet our hosts -- three of them we already knew from previous stops.