One down...

and her new right eye!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. We have had a range of weather from using the AC to using the fireplace, but mostly the weather was great! We have enjoyed touring Bern & Alicia to some of our favourite spots around this end of the lake, and have even chatted about the possibility of doing the Lake Superior Circle Tour at some time. This week we ranged from Ouimet Canyon in the northeast down to Grand Marais to the southwest. It was a great and busy week. Thanks for your wonderful visit—we still have a few days left! Wendy went in to the hospital on Monday for cataract surgery on her right eye. They gave her a new lens, complete with a serial number! I suppose that will help them match it properly when the time comes to repair her left eye. So far, that eye is doing well, and the newly repaired one seems to be getting better each day as the surgery heals and the vision clears. I stole some time to work in the shop and got another Fast Track board completed. The markets continued to run on fear as the MAGA Republicans decided to defy wisdom and oust their leader for the first time that has ever happened! This lead to panic selling the first few days of the week. Then, the continuing strength of the US economy caused investors to fear the FED will raise rates even more, and they sold some more, sigh! Fortunately, the jobs data came in Friday morning much stronger than anticipated, and they finally had to relent and agree that sometimes "good news is good news" and we ended the week with some solid green. Uncle Joe's strong economy continues to be a mixed blessing as it keeps the spectre of inflation on investors minds. The world of sports provided more surprises than usual and some were decidedly unpleasant! The Blue Jays played poorly in their playoff series against the Twins and are now out of the playoffs entirely—a very disappointed season in the final analysis. The Riders put up a lousy and losing effort tonight against Hamilton and suffered another ugly loss—c'mon Riders. They are still in playoff contention at least. The #12-Sooners surprised both me and the #3-Longhorns today! Boomer Sooner! 

Erica writes, "We have most of our chicks back in the nest. Greg and Kiersten arrived Thursday night. Liam arrived on Friday. Today, we will head out to Prince Albert National Park for some roaming around and hiking. Liam is planning a beautiful spatchcocked Turkey for tonight and we have gluten-free apple pie and pumpkin pie. Haaken elected to stay away from this northern climate. We did get snow on Thursday so maybe he knew something. Happy Thanksgiving!"

Erin and Kristian are also suffering with the untimely demise of the Blue Jays, and the poor play of the Riders. I don't know what she'll do with her sports watching time! I guess she'll have to console herself with her adopted football team, the Jacksonville Jags. 

Travis & Joanna are keeping very busy with work and the dogs. Today, they joined us for an excursion to Grand Marais where they introduced us to puffy tacos at the Hungry Hippie Taco shop—they were delicious! 

It's been a good week.