Loon Lake Tales

We have been doing some travelling ourselves the last month. We were in Alaska for 2 weeks with our daughter Lindsay and her kids Mya and Tanner. They live in Anchor Point which is close to Homer. Time with the grand kids is aways great. In that area eagles and moose are common sites. There are literally hundreds or bald eagles. This one was just sitting along the road. The moose seem out of place in town. I didn't have my camera with when we saw one standing in front of the bowling alley or another time when a young bull was just walking through the McDonald's parking lot!

Things are happening on the Gunflint Trail. Last weekend we had the Ham Lake Run. It is a half marathon that runs from Gunflint Lake to the end of the Trail--13 miles plus. There were 190 runners and we were lucky to have a beautiful day. Everyone seemed to have a good time. Just so you know neither Terry or I ran the race. I know you are all surprised.

The weekend there is Gunflint Green Up. This will be the forth on these events to help replant the area burned over during the Ham Lake fire back in 2007. Over the past years we have had hundreds of people travel from all over the country to help in our efforts. We have dinner on Friday and Saturday nights with entrainment and during the day on Saturday we work. This year we will release the trees that have been planted in years past. That means we will cut down the junk growing right around our planted trees to give them a better chance to survive. Check it out at the Green Up web site.

Fishing season is just around the corner so check out our spring specials!