Down Memory Lane with my Sister

 My sister Priscilla from Meridian, Idaho was able to come out for a visit August 4-11.  She visited our cousin Marilyn and her friend, Jenny in the Twin Cities and then spent  about five days with us in Hillsdale.

 

The long awaited visit from Priscilla took us to our very favorite place, Lake Nebagamon. As we were driving down the hill  to the cabin, Cilla stopped talking and, I said, "Are you crying?" the answer was "YES!"

Cilla's Best Friend growing up at the cabin in the summer was Becky Seidler.  It has been decades since they saw each other.  The fellowship was short but sweet.  The childhood memories came pouring out as they laughed and reminisced

The cabin has been upgraded and improved, but they kept the unique charm from the Carlson era.

                        They still had a chair and the pad with little red horses on it our Mother made for it years ago. Remember that, Gail?


This is the addition to the back - another bedroom.  The beautiful quilt on the bed was made by Merrilee.

I have to say that our trip to the Lake and then up to Duluth  was very draining emotionally.  We spent so much of our growing up years  in the summers "up north", and the memories are so precious.

Cilla had hoped to see the diamonds sparkling on the Lake.  It was a misty cloudy day and very foggy in Duluth.  You can't see the lighthouse from where Cilla was standing.  We didn't mind the fog because that was a big part of our "Up North" memories.