Thursday, September 4, 2008

Up and Running

I fixed my PC and all is right with the world. Turns out that there is an alarm if I do not have my auxiliary power cable plugged in. This made my life difficult because they (as in the computer industry) do not make the style power supply that has this connector. After a little searching on the internet I found a warehouse that sells an adapter and long story short, problem solved.
Vacation was unbelievable. We tent camped on the North Shore of Minnesota in the Eckberg State Forest. While it was not directly on the coast of Lake Superior we did have this:


That's me having my morning coffee at our campsite. Pretty outdoor-sy and stuff right? That's the Baptisim River and it was full of crawfish (flashbacks of New Orleans, am I right Bombadee?!) and the most fantastic river rock I have ever seen. Judo Boy and I pulled pounds and pounds of rock out of the water to bring home for the rock tumbler that he got for his birthday. I also happened to grab another 300 lbs(!) to trim around our rock garden back at the house. Our gas mileage took a nose dive for trip back home.
This area is also known for it's waterfalls and they are spectacular. Take a look;






The last pic is of the Mrs. and Judo Boy standing in the middle of the middle falls at Gooseberry Falls. All told we tracked down about 8 or 9 sets of falls. Good times.
Maybe next time I'll share my story of how rude the border guards were when we went to Canada, both on the way there and on the way back into the States.