Pictures from Bemidji, MN

We took these pictures at Bemidji, MN when we drove up last week.   One is of us by Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe; the one that looks like a big block of stone is rumored to be Paul's boat anchor; the picture of me in the store is showing me participating in my favorite activity -- shopping; there is one of us by Lake Bemidji.    

We're now in Ortonville, MN, a small town on Big Stone Lake.   Discovered that this lake is the headwater of the Minnesota River which flows through Mankato before turning north to the Twin Cities and emptying into the Mississippi River.  

This town is very small - about 2100 people.   We are only a mile or two from the South Dakota border which makes it handy for moving into South Dakota on Sunday.   We are about 50 miles from Morris, MN where Jack's reunion will take place on Saturday.   The weather promises to be hot (96+) and humid.   UGH!   I thought I'd left North Carolina!!!!!!