volleyball fun

The Hagens family and friends of Hanley Falls MN camp here every July 4th week....They enjoy a many rounds of volleyball, I was able to play a few select games.

July 4th cookout

We held our annual July 4th holiday cookout in our new garage, just enough room to place everyone inside, although the weather was great, made it easier to visit.

Paul and one of his sons, Michael (pictured) along with a few other seasonals helped grill up the burgers.

Was a great time! Looking forward to next years!

heavy rainfall overnight

with rainfall on the evening July 3 measuring from 4-5" overnight we had major washouts on the driveway.
Everything is back in order. whew

Rons turn

Ron ( a seasonal rv'er)was all envious of Joels Bass he caught so He decided to go give it a try. Ron caught 8 fish that morning and another 12 in the evening...couple photos of rons catch and release. Caught towards end of June.

Joels big catch

Yeah this was Joels big catch (a repeat guest from resort)so not me, Joe...haha

Joel caught this 18" largmouth bass right off the dock towards the blue floating raft behind him in photo!

Joe's big catch

well, ok how about not so big catch...I had an hour of free time to cast a line, results were one largemouth bass. The eagles were sure out though. Maybe they wanted my catch and release?

baby loons!

I finaly captured a few photos of the new loons to the lake, they hatched the second week of June...Growing up quickly!

family reunion

Hvidstens family reunion, 4th year!

update to Upland Nature walk

Tom and Nona (frequent guests of ours insist on helping with projects around the resort for a couple days of their stay and one of the projects we have been focused on is the new nature walk in the wooded northern corner of property. This Spring Tom, Nona and myself (Joe) have tackled the trails hump that runs down the middle of the trail, so Tom mentioned using the tractors box car on back to level the trail down. After measuring tractor to see if fit through the tree line we decided to give it a shot. And wow, with success the tractor leveled the trail beautifully! Tom was able to capture a photo of me doing the easy part of driving while they were behind raking/leveling and removing roots.

Looking forward to continued improvements to this project.

Joe

memorial weekend random photos

campfires! lake shots! pontoon cruise! and loons, who could ask for more.....