Hey, it's good to be back home again

We left Birch Villa at 8:15 a.m., Central Time. Even though we sent a few things home with Mom & Dad, our car seems fuller. I can't understand why…I mean, we only added several clothes purchases, 20 quart sized bags of frozen fish, a case of ForestEdge wine, and a kitten (plus litter, kitty food, etc)! The trip home was uneventful, with a stop for lunch at Culver’s in Rice Lake, Wisconsin (where we met up with Beth and her kids). We stopped by Madison to give Jared his slack line, and to introduce him to Migizi. After visiting with him over dinner at Applebee's, we hit the road for the last leg or our trip.

We arrived home at 1:00 a.m., after 15 and 3/4 hours (a little slower than usual this year due to our sit-down dinner with Jared). Although it’s always sad to leave Cass Lake, our "home away from home," it’s still nice to be back to our real home.

To summarize some stats for my Lake Log, 2015:

Dates: June 26- July 11, 2015

This was our 11th year at Cass Lake, our 10th year at Birch Villa Resort.

People who vacationed with us:

Both weeks – Tom, Linda, Leah & Chloe (cabin 7, BV); Paul, Melissa & Tommy (cabin 6, BV); Roy, Deb, Luke, Kara, Leah & Erin (1st wk- Townhome, 2nd wk- cabin 5, BV).

1st week only- Jared, Seth & Maddie (with us in cabin 7); Tom & Barb (Melissa’s parents);

2nd week only- Mom & Dad K (Sah-Kah-Tay cabin 9); Beth, Nicole, William, Elise & Zach (Sah-Kay-Tay apt. over lodge).

Price of gas: $2.59 - $2.75. We took one car (the Honda CR-V). Seth and Maddie came in their Ford Focus, and Jared flew in to Bemidji from Florida, and hitched a ride home with Seth & Maddie.

Number of fish caught: 129 (76 Rock Bass, 47 Perch, 2 Bluegill, 4 Crappie). Brought home: 101 (ate 18, gave 2 to Beth, and 8 to Mom & Dad); ended up with 20 freezer bags full.

Restaurants we ate out at: Hard Rock Café (Leah’s b-day dinner at MOA), Lucky Moose (Seth & Maddie went to Boulders), Zorbaz (twice), Ruttger’s, Tutto Bene’s, and Great River Pizza.

Biking: Tom biked 350 miles. I biked 142 miles. We biked the entire Heartland Trail, around Pike Bay on the Migizi trail, around Lake Bemidji, portions of the Paul Bunyan trail and the Mississippi River Trail, and various other Minnesota country roads.

Church Attended: Evangelical Free Church of Bemidji

Other activities: Shopping in Walker, ForestEdge Winery, Movies in Bemidji (Inside Out, Spy, Jurassic World), kayak races, etc.