"Summer" in Minnesota

Well, summer hasn't quite reached Minnesota yet. The usual average at this time of year is well into the 30s, however the temperature outside at 2pm is 17 degrees! Consequently, we haven't yet been swimming, water skiing or fishing yet.

We arrived at Lake Lida in NW Minnesota on Monday afternoon, arriving at the lakeside cabin to meet Adrian's brother John, his wife Michelle and their two boys Ben and Noah who had travelled down from Calgary. We arrived minus one bag which British Airways (typical Poms!) managed to mislay and put on a later flight out of London. Nearly 3 days later, we are still to see the bag.... it contains all of Adrian's clothes, both of our toiletries, Adrian's running shoes and his precious GPS watch! As a result we used the cooler-than-usual weather to go shopping and use our travel insurance to replace some items (we are still pretty confident of receiving the bag in the next day or two).

On Monday afternoon, we went for a drive on the lake on the boat and John wakeboarded off the back. With cool weather forecast until Friday, we purchased fishing licences today and will no doubt do some fishing as well as play some golf over the next few days.

Stay tuned for further weather, luggage and fishing updates!