* But not intentionally. I just happened to find more stuff from 2004. Who knew? That was quite a year considering there were no overseas trips involved. Probably because we were into our 3rd year of retirement and ready to let the good times roll . . .
[Beginning with what was then the new abode on beautiful Lake Darling . . . ]
[You may have figured out by now this was winter . . . ]
[Then a trip to the Cities at the invite of one of the two guys on the other side of the table – Little Mayo Johnson and Basketball Dan Brick – to a new hot restaurant (now of some unknown ethnic origin) as I recall on University Avenue near the U campus . . . ]
[Back home to the ever popular open water from the Lake Cowdry channel created by the strong flow in from Lake Taylor . . . ]
[Whoa! Then back to the Cities (again) for as I recall (again) a fine dining experience at the Golden Valley Country Club at the invite of Alex classmate and neighbor, Kathy Skadsberg . . . ]
[Because of the time of year, I would posit we were in town for an Alex girls hockey game . . . ]
[And then back again to the Alex winter wonderland . . . ]
[And then suddenly, we were in Kansas. Yes, Kansas . . . ]
[On the way to the Hills of Lakeway, Austin, Texas, to visit another high school classmate, Professor Doctor Colonel Tom Kiehne and his wife, Anne . . . ]
[LBJ’s boyhood home . . . ]
[A tree and me on the Johnson ranch . . . ]
[The Super and a longhorn (as you may recall, she speaks cow) . . . ]
[And then on to San Antonio to visit old family friends from both Minnesota and D.C., Liz Lindell and her dad, Wally . . . ]
[On the way home, a stop at the William J. Clinton Library and Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas . . . ]
[Not sure if I ever cared for the Gulfstream trailer design . . . ]
[It’s certainly unique . . . ]
I like that about Republicans: The evidence does not faze them. They are not bothered at all by the facts. ~ Bill Clinton
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! This is the follow-up to the original, “alexandriacardinals.wordpress.com,” which overwhelmed the system’s ability to handle it any more. Thus, this is “Part 2.” As the original was initially described:
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“It all began in a 5,000 watt radio station in Fresno, California” . . . wait a minute, that was Ted Baxter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show! Let’s see . . . oh yeah, it all began in 2003 when retirees, i.e., old people, in Alexandria, Minnesota, who had no desire to become snow birds, went looking for mid-winter entertainment here in the frozen tundra of West Central Minnesota. We discovered girls’ high school hockey, fell in love immediately, and it remains our favorite spectator sport to this day. Initially, and for several years, reports on these games were e-mailed to those who were actually snowbirds but wanted to keep abreast of things “back home.” It was ultimately decided a blog would be more efficient, and it evolved into a personal diary of many things that attracts tens of readers on occasion. It remains a source of personal mental therapy and has yet to elicit any lawsuits.
~ The Editor, May 9, 2014
p.s. The photo border around the blog is the Cardinal girls’ hockey team after just beating Breck for the state championship in 2008. It’s of the all-tournament team. The visible Breck player on the left is Milica McMillen, then an 8th-grader – she is now an All-American for the Gophers. The Roseau player in the stocking cap I believe is Mary Loken, who went on to play for UND; and the Cardinal player on the right, No. 3, is Abby Williams, the player we blame most for making us girls’ hockey fans who went on to play for Bemidji State.
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Photos contained herein are available for personal use. All you have to do is double click on any of the photos and they will become full screen size. You can then save them into your personal “My Pictures” file. They make lovely parting or hostess gifts, or holiday gifts for such as Uncle Ernie who wants to see how his grand niece is doing on the hockey team. If any are sold for personal profit, however, to, for example, the Audubon Society, National Geographic, Sven’s Home Workshop Monthly, Curling By The Numbers, or the World Wrestling Federation, I only request that you make a donation to the charitable organization of your choice. You have two hours and fifteen minutes. Pencils ready? Begin!
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