Sunday, July 16, 2017

Mini vacation

A couple people noticed the blog was kinda quiet earlier this week, that's because the hubster and I took a mini camping vacation to Sible State Park.  It came highly recommended by a friend.  It didn't disappoint;)  Here is our lovely view from the camper for several days.


We enjoyed our time kayaking a few of the many lakes in that area, along with a hike to Mt Tom where we found this cute tower to climb.  


Boy oh boy I so wished I had a quilt along that needed photographing. Wouldn't that have been a cool background for it!!


We also rode the Glacial State Trail around the New London and Spicer area. One of the days there were 3 ladies and several kids walking and stopped us to ask what kind of bikes we had. 
As we were biking away I had this strange sensation that I knew one of them and recognized one of the little boys. I made my DH stop while I was thinking about it and he says well go back and ask her.  You see I had this feeling it was Heather Mulder Peterson from Anka's Treasure!  No I can't go back since I wasn't 100% sure.  Now I wish I had because it was her!!  She had her sister and mom with her. When I got to a WIFI connection I emailed her and asked if she had by any chance been on the trail that day...YUP she says that was me!  

 We decided to try fishing , even though in past fishing experience we have had no luck.  Well luck was on my side...my first Bass ever!!!  

I would liked to have seen my eyes as I am sure they were huge.  We had only been catching tiny Sunnies and tossing them back.  And then I had this huge tug on my line and when I pulled it up here is this nice size Bass!!  That was the only one but still it was fun.

In Willmar, MN there is a fabric shop called Fabric and Textile Warehouse. The hubster agreed to stop since we were going right through Willmar, plus he could just take a nap in the camper while I shopped, LOL  I could have stayed in the shop a bit longer but I thought I was spending enough money anyway.  The prices were better than in quilt shops. I have never bought a whole bolt of fabric before, but this white from Fabri-Quilt is called Prairie Cloth and is a bit heavier than most solid whites I have seen and at $5 a yard I thought I better just do it!!  Then as you see a few other quilting cottons jumped into my hands, a couple panels, a batik, a couple other pieces for upcoming projects. 


What we saw from our deck door just a few minutes ago!  DH saw him in flight from our deck railing going just into the treeline.  He is perched about 20 feet from the house.

 He saw 2 others that were sitting by our pond-10 feet from the house!  They flew into the trees also. One of them was this little baby owl!!  He landed in another tree just a couple feet from the above adult.  The third one went further into the trees where we couldn't see him anymore.  


That was my week, now I am geared up and ready to get back to sewing, in fact yesterday I had a hot date with my sewing machine. Finished piecing a wall hanging and started designing another usinh a fall panel.  Hope to do more today. 

Don't forget the 12 Days of Christmas in July blog hop is in full swing, I posted yesterday HERE
 You can find the full list of participants on Sarah's blog.

 Today these participants have some wonderful gift giving ideas:

                                           Swimming in a Sea of Estrogen
                                              Everyone Deserves a Quilt 
                                            Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting

                              
      













14 comments:

  1. Quilters meet quilters everywhere! Wasn't that fun even if you didn't know for sure at the time. Love your fishing photo. It's so cool. Looks like a lovely relaxing few days for you two.

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  2. Looks like a great trip! Glad you got to relax and have some fun.

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  3. Looks like my kind of trip. Enjoy the outdoors relax and have fun.

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  4. Hi Vicki,
    That tower is amazing - that would have made a really cool background for a photo shoot. Is it far from your home? Maybe sometime in the future you will return!? WOWEE, that is a fabulous shot of the owls. Holy moly. By the way - I checked into that Madison quilt show - that looks I really NEED to go to it. I'm trying to talk my friends into going. It sure would be fun to meet up if it works out. ~smile~ Roseanne

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  5. Great owl picture. My hubby is in your neck of the woods. He is headed to canoe the Boundary Waters, with our Venturing Crew.

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  6. What a wonderful trip! How big were those owls? They are beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

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  7. What a great trip, relaxation AND a fabric shop, perfect. Lovely owl pics, a rare treat to see owls during the day.

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  8. Congrats on catching your first bass, and a nice big one too! Yes, you need to go back for a photo shoot; that tower would be perfect! You know I'm going to show those owl pictures to my daughter . . .

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  9. Great fish catch!!!! And those owl sightings are amazing! Plus seeing Heather. Wow, what a trip!

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  10. That is a beautiful camping spot. Congratulations on your first bass...it was a biggie!

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  11. What a beautiful view and congrats on your catch!

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  12. How fun!! A tower, a fellow quilter sighting, fabric shopping and owls! You're right, that tower would make a most excellent site for quilty glamour shots :)

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  13. It sounds as though you had a terrific trip. Nice fish! My husband has a recumbent trike, too. Do you go on long bike trips? He has some friends that take trips with in other areas of the country about once a year.
    How cool to run into a fellow quilter when least expected!

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