Closed

9:10 am - C and I are heading for Stony Ridge for breakfast [if they are open]. The best most amazing stuffed hash browns. Stuffed hash browns seem to be an upper Minnesota creation. What this is, is shredded potatoes, fried crispy on one side than flipped like a pancake than loaded with meat, veggies,and cheese. They fold the potatoes up like an omelet and top with eggs. It's incredible.

11:36 am - Bummer...Stony Ridge Cafe is closed until May. I am disappointed beyond words. I still got my stuffed hash browns. C and I went to the Grand Ely Lodge. Not nearly and good.

4:32 pm - I just took Map for a walk out around the block. We put her new boots and the coat my Mother map on her. She really looked adorable. I was surprised that the boots didn't seem to faze her at all, but she just kept trying to shake the coat off. Anyhow she sniffed her way around the block and than came in bouncing off the wall. The house smells great right now, I'm baking beer bread.

8:04 pm - The house has settled down at last. Map used by the last of her energy and is now crashed on the couch. C is visiting with friends on line. I cleaned up the kitchen from dinner [the whole loaf of bread is gone]. C friends MW and HC stopped to say hi on their way to campus. It has been a really pleasant Sunday.

Ironmen All The Way

7:01 am - up in the dark, I let Maple out, she came Right back in and went back to bed with C

7:48 am - what a beautiful sunrise

8:10 am - I couldn't have breakfast at my favorite place :{ so I just went down to the Grand Ely Lodge still got to have my stuffed hasbrowns [you can't get them at home]. I hope Maple isn't bugging C to much.

10:43 am - for just a moment I was back in Middlebury with Little E on the morning he played in the North/South game. That was maybe the last time I felt really close to him. But Maple started barking and that broke the spell



11:01 am - done cleaning up from Halloween, except for the left over candy, its all a memory. The dog is going crazy in the yard

2:12 pm - I begin to express my discuss with the team today. The coach still has a lot to learn and over half the starter got in trouble last night, and well from the frustration gets the better of my language *!@#$%&? etc



4:04 pm - THEY WON we're going to ST Cloud next Sunday. OMG I can't believe they won 10 second left and the score became 27 to 26

6:42 pm - C and had dinner at Stony Ridge after the game with his friend M and H and family. M's father is really a hoot.

9:09 pm - so my trip is wrapping up, the bag is almost packed, and tomorrow I'll be head south to Duluth Airport and home. I'm going to be sad to be leaving.