Enjoying Fall

Several weeks ago, fall was in full force in Northern Minnesota. We had to go out and enjoy the fall colors. We went to a place in the national forest called "the lost forty". It was beautiful. The reds, yellows, oranges and browns were other-worldly. It was a cool day, but the sun was shining so it felt good in the sun.

Collecting leaves

This tree has a nose.

Biking on the trail. In hind sight, this was a bad idea. It was really hilly and rooty.

Dennis riding Eli's bike.



This past weekend was even more colorful and the weather was in the 80s. We took our last canoe ride of the season on the Mississippi. Eli informed us that this was his last canoe ride ever. You see, we tipped the canoe in Lake Bemidji and the water was cold--really cold. We let the kids sit in their little lawn chairs in the canoe and that was the reason for the tipping. They both looked over the same side of the canoe at the same time and the lawn chairs slid, then came the big splash. Luckily, we were relatively close to shore and our car. We just had to take a brief stroll soaking wet through downtown Bemidji, but we are all laughing about it now!
And today, it's snowing (yesterday too)! Fall went too fast. I'm hoping for a brief warm-up because I'm not ready for winter yet. We did have a great before-school snowball fight. It was a blast.