Quick Osakis Jaunt

There's never enough time for summer fun, which means we had to make the most of about 37 hours at Lake Osakis last weekend!

We arrived late Friday night, blessing my cousin for leaving linens on the bed. We had a cold beer and some cookies (since Tip Top Dairy Bar was already closed), looked out over the dark lake, and got some sleep, so we could wake up to sun over the water the next day.

But time was a'wasting! After breakfast, we headed out to see Jerry at Vintage Village, which was a few hours of the usual awesome fun.

We even noticed, after all these years, that the wallpaper in the little house matched that in our hallway:

Jerry told us about a new pop-up in Long Prairie, where Beatrix scored a sweet early father's day present for Patrick — an Hermes typewriter!

From there we went back to the cabin for a little lunch and reading while gazing over the lake (it is "Summer of Reading" after all).

Then we checked out the new Ida Graves cocktail room (currently in soft opening), which was lovely:

before heading to Carlos Creek:

Then back to the cabin for some s'mores:

A little more lake gazing the next day, and then we were off:

with a stop at Tip Top for ice cream and Flour and Flower for lunch (yum)

.And me made it back to town in time to dance at Ximena's wedding reception!