Start: Mahtomedi, MN
Finish: Mahtomedi, MN
Miles Today: 51
Miles to Date: 14529
Trooper Mileage: 183450
The
evening saw me off to visit yet another Theta Chi fraternity brother from
my days at Lehigh, Jim Rosamilia. He lives with his wife Barb and three sons
in Marine on Saint Croix, on a wonderful piece of wooded property (well, yes
they do have a house, not just the property). Barb was out of town
on business, so it was guy's night.
Before
dinner we took a walk around, across the fields, down into the woods, along
their stream and to a little place in their woods where Jim and the boys are
setting up a camp site. In the fields there were blackberry bushes and apple
trees - we had our pre-dinner appetizers right off the branches. After that,
the boys demonstrated their highly developed sense of balance with a demonstration
on unicycles. Personally, I think that it defies gravity and pushes the envelope
on the laws of physics.
That's not their only talents. The oldest (Jim Jr? - forgive me Rosey, I'm lousy on names) played the cello for us - well. Yoyo Mah, look out.
Dinner was a treat - venison pot roast with oven browned potatoes and kale. I didn't let the fact the the deer that graced our plates was bagged by someone's bumper on the road in front of Jim's house diminish my enjoyment.