So we had one more camping trip before we left. It was to be with our daughter and her family again. We had checked the weather and it sounded like it was going to rain pretty much all weekend. So they bowed out, after all, it is hard to amuse 2 small kids in a small trailer all day. What about ours you ask? Ours wasn’t big enough to entertain that many people either. Maybe next time we’ll get a bigger one

So what did the kids miss? Well, they missed the opportunity to go to

The Rutabaga Festival! How many of you even know what a rutabaga is? And can you believe a whole town eats them and loves them so much they want to have a Festival in honor of this vegetable? Oh, now I get it. Another name for Rutabaga is the Swedish turnip. Well that explains it, there are a lot of Swedes in Minnesota. I myself have never had one but I know my father-in-law ate them with some frequency and he was voted the healthiest child in the county back in the day so I guess they must be good for something.

When we got to the campsite it had quite the incline

Gary has never had to put the stabilizer out to their max before. Good thing he has a level onboard to make sure my coffee doesn’t pour out my mug.

Once we got all situated, we went and check out my daughters site. We, again, chose one by a toilet, too bad the toilet turned out to be one of those fancy outhouses. But right across the street from her site she had the full bathhouse with toilets and showers. Those campground maps need better icons.

Her site was right on the water (we had to walk down an incline and peer thru some bushes)

Plus she was real close to a playground

So they definitely got the better spot.

It rained some that weekend but not too much. It was dry enough so we were able to have a fire. They sold firewood there for $5.00, But see how much you got!

You got a whole wheelbarrow full! They had rows and rows of neatly chopped wood and an open building that was plum full of cut wood. I was chatting with the guy that was filling the wheelbarrows and he told me they get the prisoners’ over from some near by jail and they are the ones that cut and stack the wood. But he said due to Covid, he was the one cutting and stacking the wood. I don’t think he was too happy about that. Darn Covid!

So they let you take the wheelbarrow as far as your car. We made sure there were no beasties on the wood before we put it in. At least it will stay dry if it rains later.

The next morning we went out to breakfast. The first restaurant was closed because Billy Bob and Lara Sue were getting married. I guess maybe the parents owned the restaurant. So we pulled out our trusty Google and found another restaurant not to far away. We went there and there was a sign on the door that they were closing at noon because they had to attend a wedding. Aaaaah, small town livin. Well we ordered our usual coffee and we got this

Look at the size of the coffee urn! That is the biggest one I have ever had set at my table. Oh goodie, I like lots of coffee in the morning, but don’t worry, it’s only decaf

As I said before, we always like to stroll around the campground and see where the best sites are, how people decorate their camper. I love this one

I want one of those for my car!

We were able to have a fire that night and Gary made this nice fire stick to poke the fire with

He pounded a big nail in the end to help move the logs around. Only the best for the Touch of Class RV equipment.

So we spent the weekend here and it didn’t rain nearly as much as they predicted but who knew?

After a final farewell to our Summer Vacation and to family and friends we made our way back down to paradise.

THE END