Carol just tore a ligament in her leg playing Volley Ball. She is going to the Sports doctor three times a week and
is scheduled for two surgeries to correct the damage. sorta like a pro football player
We are planning to have Christmas at David & Lavon's house in Caladonia on Dec 18
We will be at church Christmas eve . Mel is make the ice luminaries which he has placed
on the church sidewalks for years on Christmas eave.
These are made of ice and a candle is installed which will burn 8+ hours.
 luminary.htm

We had Thanksgiving dinner at Carol (Rennells)Bell's house at 820 Belview ave with David and Lavon Earp from Caledonia MN and Martin and Megan Rennells from Ostraner IA and of course Paul, Todd, Mel and Mary. Carol and Mary prepared the dinner, the first for carol.

Now that we are home from the Alaska trip Paul goes camping at whitewater State park or prairie Island camp ground in Winona every weekend with the motor home.Mary and Mel camp with him at times. Whitewater is 25 MI away .

We went to Gays mills ( a sub for the Boscobel reunion) in early October. We camp at the campgrounds there and shop thru the apple orchards as we have done in October for decades.

 Trip to and from Alaska
Day by day diary of the trip to Alaska
 

Plans are being made to Motor to Alaska Starting July 23 with our Motor home. Paul, Mary and Mel and Lady our dog will spend 4 weeks driving the Alcan Highway and other points of interest.

Mary has scheduled vacation starting 4/28 thru 5/3 . how we use the 4 day vacations is undecided. This Vacation was used to visit mel's sisters in Northport and Potterville Michigan.

Plans are  planning for a river float trip on the buffalo river in arkansas AR  I  loaded my canoe on my tent trailer and pull it behind the motor home and  drive Tuesday March 30  2004 to marty's farm south of Austin MN and load his canoe and a kayak on the tent trailer. Then Marty, Megan, Denise,Mel and Teddy (the dog) left and spent the night with the trucks in Iowa.  the next day we motored to  Culver AR and Jeff , Bonny, and Tiff  drove from Dallas TX and we  spent Thursday thru Sunday floating and Camping on the Buffalo River.  We started home Palm Sunday. We spent sunday night at a truck stop just north of Kansas City MO I returned home to winona 5 PM Monday.
 Canoe trip to Arkensas

Paul has started his week end camping at Whitewater State Park using the motor home every weekend we are not using it.

Carol Bell (Our Daughter) has just been promoted to approving loans at the Merchants Bank and Todd Bell Her husband just Started his new Job as a Plumber.

Mary's Aunt Mable Rensick Died and was interned in Forest City Ia