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Star Island: Days 1 to 5
Jun. 18th, 2018 04:21 pmI keep forgetting to post about my vacation. Well, let's try making up for lost time!
Thursday: Airplane trips beginning far too early in the morning, which meant I arrived in Bemidji around 12:15pm, CDT. Mom and Dad met me at the airport, we drove back to Cass Lake and made a tiny grocery-shopping stop, and headed over to the island. The wind was very high, so we stayed in and grilled steak for dinner.
Friday: Wind continued high through the morning, but began to die down in the afternoon. Cinnamon toast and hardboiled egg slices for breakfast; everyone picked their own fruit. We took a hike down the south shore to the picnic ground (stopping for a conversation with Dave Martin), and came back by way of the south portage and the southeastern shore of Lake Windigo. In the evening, we headed to the mainland and drove to Akeley to eat at the Brauhaus -- a restaurant we'd been to a few times previously which now has new owners and a new cook. It was all right, but not something we really need to make that long a trip for. I drove the boat both ways.
Saturday: Rain. Rain all day. Pancakes and sausage for breakfast; choice of fruit. Mom ran a load of laundry, and I spent most of my time doing coursework despite a frequently laggy and glitchy internet connection. Chicken a la king for dinner.
Sunday: Rain in the morning, which let up shortly after noon. Random leftovers on toasted English muffins for breakfast; choice of fruit. (Dad and I had steak; mom had macaroni and cheese because she's weird like that.) We took a hike to the east portage and then home along the east shore of Windigo and up through the woods. Both before and after the hike, I plowed through more coursework. We had champagne cocktails around 5:30pm, notionally in honor of Father's Day, and then chili con carne and cornbread for dinner an hour or two later. After dinner we began a puzzle, but knocked off without finishing around 11:30pm.
Monday: Chilly overnight, turning to a gorgeous morning. Softboiled eggs, sausage, and cinnamon-raisin toast for breakfast; choice of fruit. We finished the puzzle by noon. Yay us! Dad attempted to demonstrate how to operate the shore station motor with a battery-powered drill in case of power outages, but we couldn't get the trick to work right though apparently my cousin Brian pulled it off last summer. (Our current theory is that you need to turn the motor key in addition to running the drill.) Dad and I carried Aunt Jan's kayak down to the dock and moved some rocks to mitigate an inconvenient splash pattern. Mom and Dad took a hike to the south portage and home inland while I took a nap. We're doing more laundry.
I believe the plan for tonight's dinner is BLTs.
It's been a good vacation so far. :)
Thursday: Airplane trips beginning far too early in the morning, which meant I arrived in Bemidji around 12:15pm, CDT. Mom and Dad met me at the airport, we drove back to Cass Lake and made a tiny grocery-shopping stop, and headed over to the island. The wind was very high, so we stayed in and grilled steak for dinner.
Friday: Wind continued high through the morning, but began to die down in the afternoon. Cinnamon toast and hardboiled egg slices for breakfast; everyone picked their own fruit. We took a hike down the south shore to the picnic ground (stopping for a conversation with Dave Martin), and came back by way of the south portage and the southeastern shore of Lake Windigo. In the evening, we headed to the mainland and drove to Akeley to eat at the Brauhaus -- a restaurant we'd been to a few times previously which now has new owners and a new cook. It was all right, but not something we really need to make that long a trip for. I drove the boat both ways.
Saturday: Rain. Rain all day. Pancakes and sausage for breakfast; choice of fruit. Mom ran a load of laundry, and I spent most of my time doing coursework despite a frequently laggy and glitchy internet connection. Chicken a la king for dinner.
Sunday: Rain in the morning, which let up shortly after noon. Random leftovers on toasted English muffins for breakfast; choice of fruit. (Dad and I had steak; mom had macaroni and cheese because she's weird like that.) We took a hike to the east portage and then home along the east shore of Windigo and up through the woods. Both before and after the hike, I plowed through more coursework. We had champagne cocktails around 5:30pm, notionally in honor of Father's Day, and then chili con carne and cornbread for dinner an hour or two later. After dinner we began a puzzle, but knocked off without finishing around 11:30pm.
Monday: Chilly overnight, turning to a gorgeous morning. Softboiled eggs, sausage, and cinnamon-raisin toast for breakfast; choice of fruit. We finished the puzzle by noon. Yay us! Dad attempted to demonstrate how to operate the shore station motor with a battery-powered drill in case of power outages, but we couldn't get the trick to work right though apparently my cousin Brian pulled it off last summer. (Our current theory is that you need to turn the motor key in addition to running the drill.) Dad and I carried Aunt Jan's kayak down to the dock and moved some rocks to mitigate an inconvenient splash pattern. Mom and Dad took a hike to the south portage and home inland while I took a nap. We're doing more laundry.
I believe the plan for tonight's dinner is BLTs.
It's been a good vacation so far. :)
