Welcome to another week in tropical Minnesota.

Wow have we been hot and humid this past week. While the crops, especially corn loves it, we northern human types have found the past week down right uncomfortable. With temperatures in the 90’s and humidly thick enough you can see it in the air the change from a long cool spring to full blown summer is taking some getting used to. Hopefully the body acclimates before I melt.

I just had the pleasure of meeting a most pleasant couple from Florida in the Loon Lake Decoy Company Outlet store. Both having lost their first spouses this interesting couple met each other while riding motorcycles around the country. After a seven week around the east coast motorcycle romance they wed and now some years later they have purchased a motor home and spend their summers traveling the country.

He is a retired from the construction business and she is a former school teacher. Both still love to meet people and see new things. Being a woodworker the gentlemen had an interest in wood carved wildlife sculptures so when they were told about Loon Lake they made a point to stop by.

It was fun to explain to them how we create our waterfowl sculptures and see how much interest they had in how we turn a block of wood into a beautiful work of art. It was also great to hear their stories about some of the places they have gone in search of finding unique gifts to take home for their kids. At one stop in upper Michigan a couple years ago they were visiting a small craft store when the conversation came around to what they did for a living. Upon learning she was a teacher the clerk asked her where she had taught school and come to find out she was a former math student from 1960. Needless to say they enjoy a find visit together. While here they found some bargains in the outlet store and after some discussion decided the motor home was still able to support a few more pounds and had enough room that Christmas this year will feature some Loon Lake Decoy Company sculptures from Minnesota. What a pleasure it was to get to meet them and as they travel down the road and read this Blog I hope my story puts a smile on their face as their visit did mine.

Have a great evening.
Gary