My dad got his first deer of the bow season recently, and sent me home with a fresh package of steak over the weekend. Normally I slice it and pan fry it with plenty of onions and mushrooms, but I had a different idea that I wanted to give a go.
It's looking like the first full week of the month is bringing us clear skies, highs around 73, and lots and lots of sunshine. I'm soaking up every second of it.
It was a picture perfect summer day and there were a handful of other people in the park that exchanged smiles and modest waves as we passed on the path.
The Hub Supper Club on Long Lake in Burtrum is taken over one Saturday every March for the annual Midwest Outdoors Unlimited Banquet.
The sun reflecting on glass smooth water in the quarries looked like it was out of a Terry Redlin painting. The trails were busy with it being so nice outside, and everyone we passed had smiles a mile wide.
The famous novelist Sinclair Lewis even once wrote about Inspiration Peak praising "the enchanting peace and seclusion of this place for contemplation".
