Sorry Weez, I tried. I have been back there three times in the past year now. But I haven't had time for any enjoyment. My father has been ill, and this last trip a couple weeks ago had him in for open heart surgery. Looks like for the near future, we will be popping in and out as time and finances allow. It is hard to make time for anything when you live 1200 miles away... It is still on my list of things to do though...

I did manage to throw a line in with my youngest son last summer for his birthday locally though. We had a great day just the two of us sitting under a shade tree catching brim with every cast.. or should I say every worm.. We were feeding them pretty good there for a while....Until I switched to smaller hooks and started reeeling them little buggars in, Lots of fun for a kid, and his dad. Threw them all back. the fun is in watching the boy learn something, and just spending time with him with absolutely no worries or pressures. May do it again this year, only this time, I might consider taking his Mother with us, so she can lay out the picknic basket of goodies. Of course, eathing with worm guts all over your hands kind of makes it less appealing.. but that is all part of the experience right?

Then there is Mrs DB wanting to go south to see the grandson. been there 4 times this past year too. I actually managed to get my youngest out on a real race course, and managed to teach him some very important lessons in driving and racing a Gokart. Not your average junk Kart mind you. But bonafide racers.

He must have learned the lessons I was teaching real good, as he proceeded to use the same tricks on his brother in law, and dusted him big time. Here was a kid barely 11 playing with a 30 year old and passing him at will, backing off letting him repass, and then executing a perfect slide job like Big Daddy had just shown him... Yeah BABY, that kid is a chip off the old block. I had lapped them all twice... then stopped and got out to watch him school his older brother in law. It was incredible. The whole place stopped to watch him zip in and out and make a fool out of him... I was so proud... Ah the moments we cherish right? He was so excited, he didn't sleep all night. He kept taking out the score card with the lap times and showing them to his brother in law, who usually rides him like broke back pony... Shut him up pretty good.....

 

sorry to hear about your dad DB hope he is doing well, with all the advancements in medicine now it is unbelieveable what they can do. lol sounds like you been enjoying life other then that though and thats what life is all about. i guess me myself i am not much of a traveling person, 2 weeks ago i had to drive down through iowa illiniiois and indiana and i was about 35 miles away from louisville. i had to do this for work and i hated it. ppl in indiana have accents lol. they all kept asking me if i was from canada. still waiting for the snow to melt so i can get on my fourwheeler and tear around. been working on buying a house now for the last 4 months so that looks like it is gonna go through within the next 2 weeks so that is nice.

 

hey dee you know how it is in beltrami they seen the public outcry and how upset it made the whole community to shut trails down there and they just shut them down anyways. you are right i said that a while ago we need to come up with some kind of club here but it seems like alot of ppl like to complain about it yet think it is someone elses place to do something. i would join atvam but i don't know what i think of a club sponsored by our state seems like it would be to easy for the state to control this club. i am planning on winning the lottery though and starting up a big club [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] (i wish)

 

I think there needs to be a new club; perhaps the combining all the clubs up there including Grygla, and any other club north of there. I know I would join for sure, and so would several of my relatives. I am interested in political issues; not which particle trail is open or closed on a given day or poker runs. I would join just so my dues would go to fighting the anti's.

And as far as traveling - I LOVE to travel. 52 countries and counting. I am going to Nambia on a safari in August. I fly into Johannesburg, South Africa, and will drive West from there.

DB - Minnesota is a great place for medical - the Mayo clinic is still the very best.

 

lol i just can't get in the mood to travel i guess. i was told today to pack my bags again i gotta go back to iowa and almost to the missouri river and i have been kinda cranky since i found out. nothing against iowa the ppl there are very friendly it is just that if i wanna see endless miles of nothing i can go to north dakota lol. i am supposed to be back by friday though so that is good i can take my girlfriend out for her birthday thinking of a fancy restraunt. oh and i think thief river falls has an atv group but still waiting for roseau county to get one going, might be up to me [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

weez - I think it is up you. Let me know, as long as the club is politically active I'll pay my dues. I don't live up there, but I am still a resident.

What restaurant are you going to take her to? What used to be the best restaurant in TRF is now the "Eating Emporium" and it SUX.

 

i'm gonna take her to the brickhouse in roseau. never been there but heard the food is good. and well attached to that is the polaris experience center so i don't think i will be wearing anything that says cat on it cause they would probably cast me out [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] i was thinking bout taking her to the black cat in thief river but that is more of a bar and grill and will probably get kinda rowdy by super time. and i will see if anything develops for an atv club then i will let you know.

 

The Black Cat is pretty much a bar & grill (pool tables, etc), but the food is good. I'll have to hit the Brick House next time I'm up... the Steak Knife in Grygla is pretty good, and a little more classy than the BC. I think there needs to be a good brew house up there somewhere.....

 

well took her to the brick house last night and the food was actually really good. i didn't get the steak cause it was like 15 dollars and we live on a cattle farm so i can cook steak whenever i want so i just got a bacon cheeseburger and fries and a beer and she got a burger fries and a pop and it came to like 20 dollars. it was a lil more on the spendy side but not to bad.

 

I wish I could take my wife out to eat for $20!!!! She would never let me get away with that on her birthday!!!! I'm lucky when I can take her to breakfast for $20!!!!!