A Walk to "Grandma' & Grandpa's Place"

One of the few days Sarah was not camping and diagnosing white spruce trees this summer, the three of us (and Cooper) took a hike out to the island on Thunder Lake Marsh. Kevin took charge of getting a plaque made for Grandma's memorial service on the island last September. This summer he had a bench made to put the plaque on. He put it on the island near where we scattered her ashes.



It was a pleasant evening, a little cool for August, but comfortable for a walk. Several times we stopped along the way to pick and eat the last of the seasons blueberries. We found a few ripe dewberries, one for each of us to taste. Along the way, Sarah gathered a bouquet of wildflowers.

It took a little searching to find the bench once we got out there, but finally we saw it in a quiet spot, lush with ferns and abuzz with the biggest crop of mosquitos yet in this bumper season of the little beasts. We admired the bench, then Bruce and Sarah sat down to arrange the bouquet Sarah had gathered. We took some pictures and enjoyed the bench and setting. When the mosquitos threatened to carry us away we decided to take ourselves back home.