Summer Vacation 05 (Part 1)

So it’s been a while. Vacationing backlogged us, and even though drafting a blog entry began while David was serving jury duty, noteworthy events have continued to occur. So it would appear that the best way to document the last few weeks may be in installments. Not only will this work out best for us, and you readers, but it will also allow for our “flickr” photos to upload (we maxed out our monthly capacity yesterday).

So on to the story:

It was a dark and stormy night. Okay, not really, but the weather was temperamental enough to delay dad’s (Mr. Brier’s) flight. He had to land in Rochester for an hour because the plane didn’t have enough fuel to circle until the storm cleared.

When dad finally made in into town, we began to ease into our vacation. David still had a two-day workweek and a Wednesday band practice. Heather had a variety of yearlong backlogged work to prioritize and begin (including the set up of our new imac). And dad had windows, cabinets, and a variety of other home improvements to get started on.

But come Thursday, we began the process of relaxing. We started our adventures with a trip to Redwing, MN for the Redwing Shoe Company’s 100th anniversary sale. The event must have been well publicized because we arrived to find that the company had all but annexed the town in order to extend their campus to accommodate all the boots and consumers. We walked out of the sales compound with 6 pairs of comfortiques, 1 pair of otherwise expensive winter boots, numerous socks (including blue ones for dad), and various century memorabilia. Later in the day we toured the factory where we got to see relatives of our footwear being made. The tour guide said that this was a great place to bring your kids to demonstrate why they should stay in school and go to college. Apparently the tour guide hasn’t spent much time outside of Redwing.

After Redwing, we took a couple of days to work on more projects and make the final arrangements for our voyage up north.

In upcoming installments:
-Adventures on the North Shore
-Family reunion in Duluth
-Brother John’s big move
-Jury duty
-A new G-string