Heading North

Currently at 37,000 feet somewhere over “Beautiful British Colombia”.  Yesterday I was swimming in Lake Vermillion on a hot sunny day.  The water was the perfect temperature.  I little cool to the skin after being baked by the sun, but warm when swimming around.  The water was filled with tiny pieces of yellow green algae that apparently comes out during the hottest time of the summer which makes visibility underwater even more difficult than it already is.  The swim was very nice.  We took off in the boat out to the middle of the lake where we jumped off.  We swam by the boat for about a half an hour.  If we didn’t have to drive to the cities it would have been the perfect day to spend out on the boat.  hhhhmmmm….. Maybe next summer.  This summer has suddenly come to a close.  I start my new job as the “Distance Learning Facilitator” on Wednesday the 3rd.  Seems like the summer didn’t even exist.  Erin and I drove to the cities yesterday afternoon.  We got in to our hotel in the evening and went for a little walk around the area looking for a movie theater or a restaurant.  We ended up going back to the restaurant in the hotel.  Dinner was tasty.  It was kind of late by then so we crashed for the night.  We had to be up early to get me to the airport on time.  Erin dropped me off at the gates and headed back up North.  She was, believe it or not, going to pick someone else up in Cook and drive her to the Hibbing airport.  So she has a day of driving.  Erin’s summer unfortunately will be coming to a close here soon too.  She has to be in Homer on the 10th to do a joint training with Sharon.  I hope she will have some relaxing days on the lake before she has to head north.
When I land my father should be awaiting my arrival.  Then begins a day of shopping.  I am going to try to get as much of the bulk food that I can for the year.  It’s kind of a toss up at this point not knowing what our apartment will be like, weather we’ll have storage room for the food coming up.  I also need to stop off and pick up a part for the satellite dish that broke last year when we were setting it up.  Possibly stop off at the DMV to get my drivers license updated.  I found out it expires in April, and since I’ll be up north when it does, it could be a little tricky to get it renewed before it expires.  Well, that’s all for now.  I think now that I am back at work my blog entries will be posted more often.  Hope everyone is having a great summer.
Later….Bill