Hinckley Pit Monument and Slide area - notice the pertty tulips.
one of the fire signs from the museum
the coroners sign about the number of deaths
the hight of the fire and distance it was seen.
one of the thunderstorms we were in. This one we were driving. First photo was at 6:00 next one is at 6:30 and the third one is at 7:00.
This is a view of the countryside as we were headed to Mille Lacs Lakes area.
across the lake of our friends place on Knife Lake.
Beaver house in one of the lakes. Notice how bare the trees are.
Frost on top of the truck - it was 37 degrees. if you double click you can see the date.
Bil and another of his catches. This was at Knife Lake.
A couple of old ice houses - must be out to pasture as they would never see another winter in the present condition.
this is later in the month-see how green and full the trees are now.
Sunrise at the Hinckley RV park. We stayed there about 3 1/2 weeks.
Bil and his buddy Dick with the pay off for the first fish of the day. note the dollar in the fishes mouth. They bet on first fish every time they went out. The dollar often went back and forth.
This was on Mille Lacs Lake early in the month of May as we were headed to see Bil's nephew.
Ice and snow on the same lake. The water was too cold in that lake for opening day of fishing for the fish to come out.
one of the flooded areas as we entered Minnesota. The water is high everywhere.
A rather picturesque farm in one of our drives. It was called Almost a Ranch as seen on the barn.
An old bank building in one of the small towns. Note the work bank in the glass of the window.
I think this barn has been "used up".
Early in the month the trees were really bare and made things look rather desolate.
