Roaming,continued-3

After having cake and ice cream with Brett, Jewell and Dan we traveled over Turtle Creek road wherewe actually saw two turtles on the roadway, to three culvert road where my sister, Vivian, and her husband, Don Helgeson, live. Don, and my brother, Ray, who we visited in Wabasaw,have something in common. They both have pacemakers and they are being recalled so in the next month or so they will have to have the old ones removed from their chest And we thought that it was bad to have our cars recalled.
Viv and Don have a fabulous log cabin house with an atrium effect in the middle. It is very gracious as are Viv and Don. Todd slept in the living room with only the screen door protecting him from the wilds of the northern woods. The other day a bear had left prints on one of the screens. They feed the deer in the winter time so the deer in recompense eat their garden in the summer. They , with the help of their four daughters ran the Cedar Rapid Lodge for many years where Don cleaned more fish than you can shake a stick at.
We visisted their daughter, Jennifer, who stayed with our family in Loveland, Colorado years ago while her and her friend were finding jobs in Denver. She met her husband, John, in Denver and when they moved to the area where now all of the Helgeson girls live. They can handle it but the question is can the Blackduck area handle them. The next day we visited Emily at her workplace, the occupational rehabilitation center. We missed Linda who is a nurse in ER but at this time is pursuing an advanced degree in order that she may get into administration and get off her feet.
The next day we missed by an hour an 80 mile an hour wind storm that tore up trees and buildings in the town of Wadena. We continued on to ST. Cloud where we stayed at a holiday in that had a pool and sauna. we also took in a movie,"Mr. and Mrs.Smith. Not a typical couple.
We arrived back in Mankato about noon. Todd showed me his home and one of his work places.
Todd is a caregive for challenged people. He takes them to Twins games.fishing and other different events as well as to their work stations. His patience and understanding makes the lives of those he works with more meaningful and fullfilling.
He then took me to see his brother, Ryan, and his home and his boat that he had just taken off the lake. He loves the quietness that fishing offers and the serenity. He has technnical computer skills that are used in Cambria table and counter top creation.
On Wednesday Todd"s Mother, Barbara, returned from and educational trip to Greece and Rome. Barb is an RN who works three days a week in OB at the local hospital.
Todd was going to join me in a trip to Hills but his work schedule changed so I no longer had a driver help me in my roaming so we scoured the used car lots and we found a bargain that I hope is not too hard to drive and will take me to Hill, Sioux Falls, Lincoln, Ne. Loveland, Co. and finally to Sun City,Az.