In Which I Take A Shory Hiatus

No blog posts this week, pals. With the holiday and going up to the cabin, I figured I'd just take this week off.

I'll see you all next week and I hope you have a great 4th!

In Which We Bought A Cabin

So if you're friends with me on FB and as the title says, my family are now proud owners of our very own cabin!

A quick explanation. In MN, pretty much everything is referred to as a cabin unless it's your house. Have a camper on a plot of land? Cabin. Doublewide on a lake? Cabin. Lakehome? Mansion on acreage? Cabins all.

In this case, ours falls directly into the Lakehome category. The people who owned it before my parents bought it, lived there year round.

We've named it Bout Time, since we've been talking about owning pretty much our whole lives.

It's about 3 hours away from the cities, in Longville MN (which, fun fact, is the Turtle Race Capital of the World. They have turtle races in the summer. And just to prove that they didn't make that title up, I actually heard that as a question on Cash Cab once (and of course I got it right, because I've been there))

My uncle owns a cabin on the same lake, so we're familiar with the area. And I have to say, it's much nicer using your own cabin than using someone elses. We've been up twice now, which isn't bad since my parents only closed on it two weeks ago.

In the future: Writing Retreats.

Now for some pics!

Driveway, with the garage ahead

Cabin! (also pictured, George and Yvie)

View from the dining room

Back yard and Upper Trellipe Lake



 

So there you have it!

How about you? Does your family have a getaway place?

In Which I Holiday

Hey kids! I'm taking this week off from blogging, just due to the holiday and travel, mostly.

I will be spending my Thanksgiving here:

See you all on Monday!