Tom and I drove up to his cabin Friday after work anticipating a weekend of biking in the Headwaters 100 bike race, shooting and hanging around his cabin.
We were up early, checked in and on the trail by 8:30 Sat. morning. Weather was in the mid 40's with overcast skies and occasional mist for about the first 20 miles facing a 15-20 mph headwind. The weather cleared about the time we made the turn and began enjoying push of the same winds.
Here are our bikes and a big fish at the second rest stop in Nevis, MN. Tom had ridden < 20 miles this summer prior to deciding to go for 45 miles on a bike he had never ridden before. I thought brave; he brought up stupid. Either way he was a beast accelerating up hills.
Back at the cabin we watched a pair of trumpeter swans hanging out in front of the dock. They had their "babies" with them which were now as large as the adults. The only difference was the four adolescent birds donned mottled brown feathers.
Next we headed to the woods. We brought three guns out for some shooting. The long rifle is Tom's Mossin Nagant, a WWII vintage Russian gun complete with bayonet. We figured out how to shoot it and had fun unloading on the ultimate capitalist, Mr. Potato Head.
Mr. Potato Head also felt the sting of my mom's old Hoban single shot .22 and a Springfield XDm 9mm pistol.
He ate lead while we enjoyed a pot of hobo goodness Tom cooked up with his Dutch oven.
Potatoes, carrot, onions, sausage, chicken and sweet potatoes were simmered together over our campfire until tender. Then Tom topped the mixture with Bisquick batter and place red hot coals on top browning the biscuit. What a great meal to top off a near perfect autumn day.
Sunday morning we worked on a few projects around the cabin an headed home. We may need to make this trip an annual event.
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