Home

We finally made it home. We actually left Saturday night and drove all night!! Now, we are messed up on our sleep! We have to go to Illinois Wednesday for Russ' job interview. Will post to let everyone know if he gets the job! If not, guess we'll be on the road again looking for work.

Snowing again!

We are on our way to pick up the trailer to tow my car home and it's snowing again!!

Russ took the picture of the outside temperature and it's 10:00 in the morning...can't imagine how cold it was at 5:00 AM when I took the dogs outside!!!

Coming home

Russ did not have to go to Boston and he still doesn't have a job. So, we are going to end this part of our journey and head home on Sunday.

The people at our resort won't give us any of our money back, even though we were here less than two weeks. I told Russ for what this little journey has cost us we could have been sitting on the beach in Mexico for at least a week! It would have beat these frigid temps - its 1 degrees as I type this!!!

Angel ran off today. Of course it's Russ' fault because he wasn't paying attention! Lol!! It was at least two hours before she returned to the cabin. We were driving all around looking for her, but there are hundreds - no probably thousands- of acres of woods. It's so cold we were worried she would freeze to death. Thank goodness she came back or we would not be headed home until we found her!

Despite some of the road blocks we have encountered on our adventure, we have had an amazing time! We went back to the town of Walker again yesterday. Its probably no bigger than Leadington, but it has cute shops. Russ is excited about his interview in Bloomington. I will keep everyone posted of where we are headed!!

Back to Walker

Today we went back to Walker to browse around. Not much going on. We only got a dusting of snow.

Russ might be headed to Boston for a storm. We will know tomorrow if he is going.

Fun day!

Today we went to this cute little town called Walker. It's about 25 miles away. We had lunch at a really beautiful log restaurant. It was called the Lucky Moose Bar and Grill.

We then went into some of the shops in Walker's downtown. I saw some of the most beautiful pieces of furniture that were hand made from logs and deer antlers.

When we got back to our cabin, sweet little Wrango had escaped from his crate!! Luckily, he didn't chew up one thing!! At least not that I have found!!

I made Shepard Pie for dinner, but Russ' friend Jim was too tired to come eat so we delivered dinner! He was so excited!

It is supposed to snow tonight, tomorrow and Thursday. I'm not sure how much we will get, but I'm excited. I think we might try to walk out on the ice tomorrow while it's snowing and take some pics!! Spot hasn't felt good today, I think it's the weather moving in. Her arthritis seems to really be bothering her.

The pictures are Russ and I inside the restaurant today, me outside the restaurant and a really funny sign I saw in the window of a dime store!!

No new news

We still don't have any work news. The boss did tell Russ, though, that some guys might be leaving this week. Hope so!!

I went to the laundry mat today. Bad idea!! It cost a fortune and took forever to dry everything! The lodge here has two washers and dryers, but it was closed. The owners went out of town for a couple of days. Guess I'll wait next time!

Russ' friend Jim is coming back for dinner tomorrow night. Russ ordered Shepard Pie. Jim said he took the cinnamon rolls to work today, that we gave him last night, to help suck up for Russ! Lol!! He said everyone loved them!

Check out the view from the front of our cabin. One picture was taken outside and one was from the window inside- I think it has a glare. Also another pic of our cabin. It's supposed to snow more tomorrow night and Wednesday!

Busy day!

Today was a busy day. I cooked most of the day and Russ watched football on tv. Spot seemed to feel really good this morning- she was running and howling at rabbits! Then , she slept most of the afternoon.

Russ' friend Jim came for dinner and he is a super nice guy! I made chicken and dumplings, home made rolls, green beans, mashed potatoes, and oatmeal cake for dessert. Jim was really happy because all he's had is canned soup and sandwiches. I also sent with him some home made cinnamon rolls.

The pics are: Spot going for a walk, our cabin, a pic of it snowing Friday night, my dough for home made rolls, and Wrango laying on Angel on our trip here (I forgot to post this pic),

Still Waiting

Sorry I haven't blogged for a couple of days. Russ still doesn't have a job, so we are waiting. We've already paid for the month, so we are just enjoying our time! He did talked to the company in Bloomington, Illinois and they want him to come for an interview!

It snowed yesterday afternoon and last night. The snow had mostly melted, but the ground is white again! There is a casino not far from here. We checked it out, but it wasn't very good. Mostly penny slots, only about 4 tables, and no alcohol! We didn't really consider that a casino! Lol!

We've played the wii and flipped between the two tv channels we have. Russ' friend Jim is coming to eat dinner tomorrow night. I am fixing chicken and dumplins!

The pictures are a fresh walleye sandwich, what Minnesota calls a casino, trucks and fishing huts on the ice which is where the Mississippi River begins, a mini city of huts on the ice, and Minneapolis.

We are here!

We arrived safely in Cass Lake, MN about 8 PM Tuesday night. The dogs were so ready to be out of the truck!! They were so good the entire way. About the last three hours they had had about enough, but they were still good!! They jumped right out and played in the snow. Even Spot, who hasn't been feeling well, was jogging in the snow!

My car battery was dead, but my amazing husband thought to bring the battery charger! He had to charge it to get it off the tow dolly.

Russ had to sign the union books in Minneapolis on the way. The guy he talked to last week said a job would be waiting for him at the hall. The guy forgot to call in so Russ doesn't have a job yet! Yikes! And we've already rented our cabin. He has put calls in so hopefully soon he will have a job!!

Our cabin is super cozy! The dogs seem to like it too!! There is about 3 - 4 inches of snow. On our way in it was dark but we saw lots of fishing huts out on the ice with little lights on.

On our way!

I'm trying to post this blog from my phone so fingers crossed it works! We actually didn't get to leave Monday because the union hall was closed for the holiday and Russ has to sign the union books on our way. It's almost 4 AM Tuesday and we are near Festus. The dogs aren't quite sure what to think! It's pretty cozy in the truck. I have some pics to post that my mom took when we were leaving. She came over at 2:30 to see us off.

We found out on Friday that our beagle Spot has kidney failure. They said maybe three months but she isn't doing well so I think we will be lucky to have her that long.

We rented a tow dolly to pull my car behind Russ' truck. After the car was almost loaded with our stuff we discovered that we have to drop the drive shaft in order to pull my car! Russ was not happy! So, I had to take it to a mechanic to take it off and we will have to have it put back on in Minnesota. But I got $50 back off the tow dolly rent cost!

It appears as though my pictures will post...we will see once I upload this. I will post again soon!