MN | Jun 14-17, 2012: Eggs at the Fairgrounds, Bemidji

[EddyEd]

First night at "Eggs at the Fairgrounds" and the boys and I are having a blast. Waffles around the campfire in the morning and if the weather cooperates we will be going on a walk in the bog. The boy are especially excited for the fire tower climb. Looking forward to morning.

[Rick Mooyman]

Glad your haveing a great time. We are almost packed and will make our way there, hope to leave Winnipeg around 9am. Hope the weather co-operates I would love to do the fire tower climb as well. See you all there this afternoon.

Rick and Shirley
Tim and Satira

[Rick Mooyman]

Just got home an hour ago from the meet. AWESOME time, nice to see old freinds and new friends.

Let me know where and when next years Rally is and we will see if we can get out there again.

Rick, Shirley, Tim and Satira

[Nancy]

Many old friends and some new friends came to the Bemidji Eggs at the Fairgrounds gathering. Twenty-two rigs showed up. Folks came from MN, WI, IA, IL, NE, FL and from Manitoba, too! We sure enjoyed seeing everyone.

Our eggs and sausage breakfast Thursday included a couple nice surprises: fresh home-made bread toasted on a open fire and blueberry waffles cooked on an open fire (thanks to Diane, David, and Jim). We also enjoyed (?) dealing with an unexpected challenge. High wind and driving rain. It was hard to keep the fires lit under the eggs, sausages, and waffles. Those that weren't holding down Lyndon's tent so that the canvases could be removed were scurrying to rescue awnings and easy-ups. Memories are made of this!

We were also treated to unexpected invitations to tour the Bemidji Woolen Mills, the Bemidji Fire Department main station, a presentation on the fire towers of the US, and a presentation on the NOvA Far Detector facility being constructed at Ash River, MN, to study neutrinos (thanks, Bill). A special thanks goes out the the Bemidji community members who just happened by with those invitations.

We had a great time. Hope to see you all down the road.

[buggs]

Sounds like you had a great time at Bemidji, so sorry we missed it. Hubby's surgery went well, hope to see you in OR.

[Mike Magee]

We heard on tonight's news about Duluth getting 8" of rain, and flooding there. Was that the same storm that hit Bemidji?

[Nancy]

Mike, it was part of the same storm system. Bemidji was on the northwest "shoulder" of the system. Duluth was in the bulls-eye of a long train of rain storms that just coming, and coming, and coming. If you haven't seen pics of the situation in Duluth and Superior, check out this link:
Photos: Duluth, NE Minnesota reeling from floods | Minnesota in Photos | Minnesota Public Radio News