Walker Half Marathon

This was a very pleasant and helpful little face to see this weekend!

I ran the Walker Half Marathon and think I am finally fully recovered. The run was on Saturday. It is now Thursday. There were far more hills and trail running than I expected! But it was beautiful and perfect weather. Maybe a little chilly for my fans but they survived! Linnea actually fell asleep while waiting at the finish line for me.

Sorry it took me 15 minutes longer than expected!

Since Walker is only about a half hour from Lake Itasca we took a little afternoon trip there after having Subway at the hotel and getting cleaned up. Two other friends ran it as well. Andre and Dante are students at NDSU and Andre used to work with my dad. They are from Brazil and Argentina and had never seen the Headwaters of the Mississippi so we thought we better show it to them.

Here are the Meyers!

Hiking to the letterbox.

Found it!

Linnea says, time to go!

We took a scenic drive of the huge trees after our little hike by the headwaters. We found a great place to eat right in Itasca State Park. Buffalo burgers, a walleye sandwich and wild rice casserole were enjoyed by us! Very Minnesotan and very yummy. When we made it back to the hotel we went in the hot tub for a bit and then played cards until we got too tired.

On our way home on Sunday we stopped in Hackensack and Brainerd for more letterboxes.

Linnea again says, it's time to go and please put a DVD in. It makes the ride so much easier! Thank you Elmo for getting us to and from Walker, MN.

We also now think we know what this lil girl will be for Halloween...LaLaLa, Elmo's World.