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A Little Slice of Heaven 

The 4th of July has already come and gone. It is so hard to believe that summer has already moved so quickly through June. Each summer spirals more rapidly towards its end, summer-time is so fleeting.

This last weekend, yours truly was able to relax at a cabin near McGregor, Minnesota. Thank you Carol and David for all of your hospitality and engaging company, you certainly know how to make guests feel welcome. I swear that Carol has ESP. She knows what you want before you do, and is usually serving something most delicious. And David has a happy-go-lucky style to accompany a razor-sharp wit. His prowess cooking large chunks of meat on an open flame would make his Scottish ancestors proud. Together they created a very memorable weekend at the cabin.

The cabin is situated on a ridge line, on the South shore of Glacier Lake. The driveway is a fairly steep climb through the woods, steep enough to make winter passage nearly impossible. Some trees have been removed in order to provide the two bedroom log cabin a view of the lake below. A short decent of about 100 to 200 feet is required to reach the lake’s edge. At the bottom of the trail, there is a small dock for sunning, fishing, or launching the fishing boat and/or canoe. There is nothing to see but large pines and maples huddled closely together along the shoreline. No other houses, no cabins, just pure soul refreshing nature.

I’m sure I would have survived had I not made the trip to the cabin this weekend, but merely surviving hardly makes for a life worth living. Human beings need an occasional day or two to reconnect with nature, to decompress, and to sort-out all of the brain-clutter. This last weekend was all that and more. Thank you again Carol and David. Thank you Amber, Mike O., Joe, Mike, and Matt. Once again, I feel balanced.