Getting closer....

It's too early to "open" the cabin, the ground is still frozen! 

Our cabin is not winterized, so that means the frost has to be out of 

the ground before we can turn the water on. 

That doesn't keep Rick and I from making an overnight spring visit. 

We don't have a traditional furnace but we have a "heat pump" which does a good job of heating the cabin as long as it's not below 40 degrees. We walked in and the cabin temperature was 40, much colder than the outside temperature of 65 degrees. It a few hours we had a warm cabin!

we sat ourselves out near the lake and probably looked like a couple of goofs

 I kicked my shoes off, it was plenty warm, and I sat with my face to the sun....

soaking it in.

Contemplating....

 We were glad the shoreline was thawing. 

My Mr. filled a few 5 gallon buckets full of lake water so we could flush the toilet. 

Is that TMI?

We bring store bought jugs of water and warm it in the microwave for washing up.

That's roughing it for this girl, so an overnight was long enough for me.

  

One pile of snow left on the deck. 

There was no evidence of unwanted critters in the cabin for the 3rd year on a row. 

A few dead bugs but that has to be expected. 

We arrived Saturday early afternoon, we spent some time visiting with the neighbors next door.

We had dinner in town then came home, made a run to Walmart then returned to the cabin. We watched the Timberwolves playoff game, then off to bed.

Sunday morning we relaxed a bit before church. 

It was fun to worship with our "UpNorth" church family. 

After church we had lunch with friends/neighbors, the Rozsa's, before heading out.

It was a quick visit...the first of 2018

Looking forward to making new memories this year at our cabin on the lake.