Out and about with Bob

On Wednesday, Bob left at 1:00 to go to a Southern Minnesota Tourism Meeting in Springfield, Minnesota. Five meetings are held in 5 different communities each year. Marlys Vanderwerf was the hostess who planned all of the activities. He always comes home with great little facts about each community. His first stop was the Chamber/CVB Office […]

2-10-Sunset at PWELC

Friday we set out for our sunset picture at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center which is right next door to the resort. We went to the Westby Observatory Building hoping for the best view. There weren’t any clouds, but the sun was pretty. Sunset at 5:36 with stone fireplace

Sunset July 27, 2011

  Jim and Connie had been supervising the children on the swim platform. Now they are all back at shore, but Jim and Connie take a minute to watch the sunset from their kayaks. It was another great day at Dickerson’s Resort!

A day at Dickerson’s Resort-June 13th

  On Monday morning when I was brushing my teeth I looked in the mirror opposite the window and I saw a big snapping turtle making its way to the water. It had probably recently finished laying its eggs which will hatch in about 91 days if no other animals dig them up and destroy […]

Building a cabin bench

  About 20 years ago (seems like yesterday) we built benches on the cabin decks. Some of them have started to rot and need to be replaced. Here’s a new project for Bob. For the first ones he was the helper. Now he gets to be in charge.   Bob took the old bench apart […]

Saturday night sky

  Saturday started out looking like it was going to be another drizzly day, but it turned out great! We did have a little rain early in the morning, then overcast until about 10:30. Then the sun broke out and the temperature shot up to 66 degrees! It felt sooo good!   In the morning […]