{"id":66,"date":"2007-08-04T23:01:17","date_gmt":"2007-08-05T08:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/04\/minnesota-relatives\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T02:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T02:33:09","slug":"minnesota-relatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/?p=66","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota relatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On our trip to visit northern Minnesota, part of the purpose was to catchup (for Carrie) and meet (for Torsten and Matt) some long lost family (on Carrie&#8217;s side).\u00a0 We visited Carolyn (Carrie&#8217;s namesake!) on Lake Vermillion, then Skip (Carrie&#8217;s Uncle) and his family on another beautiful lake.\u00a0 We saw several family homes, and in general enjoyed meeting family and relaxing on the lakes.\u00a0 Torsten especially liked &#8220;hanging with the big boys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/gallery\/2007\/200707Minn\/imgs\/IMG_2840.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/gallery\/2007\/200707Minn\/imgs\/IMG_2840.jpg\" height=\"198\" width=\"265\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/gallery\/2007\/200707Minn\/imgs\/IMG_2837.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/gallery\/2007\/200707Minn\/imgs\/IMG_2837.jpg\" height=\"202\" width=\"271\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the Boundary Waters canoeing with friends, we caught up with Mike and Ellen, along with Aunt Peggy and all her family&#8211;what great hospitality, and a beautiful place to stay at the farmhouse (with an organ!)!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/gallery\/2007\/200707Minn\/imgs\/IMG_3042.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/gallery\/2007\/200707Minn\/imgs\/IMG_3042.jpg\" height=\"208\" width=\"278\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/gallery\/2007\/200707Minn\/imgs\/IMG_2985.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/gallery\/2007\/200707Minn\/imgs\/IMG_2985.jpg\" height=\"210\" width=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A major highlight for Torsten was visiting the petting zoo across the border in Wisconsin.\u00a0 Torsten still likes to pretend his is a bunny and be fed carrots:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/gallery\/2007\/200707Minn\/imgs\/IMG_3004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/gallery\/2007\/200707Minn\/imgs\/IMG_3004.jpg\" height=\"262\" width=\"348\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/gallery\/2007\/200707Minn\/imgs\/IMG_3031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/gallery\/2007\/200707Minn\/imgs\/IMG_3031.jpg\" height=\"265\" width=\"355\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are just a few of the highlight photos&#8211;many family are left out, so make sure to check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/talus-and-heavner.com\/im\/gallery\/2007\/200707Minn\/\">photo gallery of the whole trip<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our trip to visit northern Minnesota, part of the purpose was to catchup (for Carrie) and meet (for Torsten and Matt) some long lost family (on Carrie&#8217;s side).\u00a0 We visited Carolyn (Carrie&#8217;s namesake!) on Lake Vermillion, then Skip (Carrie&#8217;s Uncle) and his family on another beautiful lake.\u00a0 We saw several family homes, and in &hellip; 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