Canada/West 2022:
Day 3 - Coon Valley


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Canada 2022: [Day 1 - Holmen] [Day 2 - Trempealeau] [Day 3 - Coon Valley] [Day 4 - Viroqua] [Day 5 - Cloquet] [Day 6 - International Falls] [Day 7 - Winnipeg] [Day 8 - Winnipeg] [Day 9 - Regina] [Day 10 - Grasslands NP] [Day 11 - Taber] [Day 12 - Waterton Lakes NP] [Day 13 - Banff NP] [Day 14 - Edmonton] [Day 15 - Jasper NP] [Day 16 - Bay View] [Day 17 - Woodinville] [Day 18 - Woodinville] [Day 19 - Mt. Rainier NP] [Day 20 - Macks Creek Park] [Day 21 - Craters of the Moon] [Day 22 - Yellowstone NP] [Day 23 - Lewis and Clark SP] [Day 24 - Fargo] [Day 25 - Heading Home]

Friday, August 12, 2022: When we were at Len and Janna's house, Debbie gave Len a shirt that used to belong to her Dad. Janna send Debbie a message first thing this morning along with a picture of Len wearing the shirt. We were so happy that it found a good home. Debbie's dad would have been delighted that it ended up with his friend of 50+ years.
We left Holmen, headed south and east via La Crosse.
Debbie had commented that this was obviously a brand new housing development, ...
... and then squealed in delight when she saw that the houses were on Schilling Court.
We arrived at Norkedalen just before noon. The 2022 Lindevig reunion was scheduled to start at 1:00 PM.
The shelter looked very inviting in the cool drizzle.
The name tags were organized by family units, which each family having a different colored background.
Cousin Judi look on as distant cousin June set out her books detailing the family history, ...
... while Doug tended the fire that Uncle Benny had started to try to keep us warm.
The rain continued, ...
... and reunion attendees trickled in, ...
... with areas of activity for those that had braved the weather to come out for the first day. Carol got out her Wisconsin-shaped cribbage board and challenged Debbie to a game.
At 5:00 PM, dinner was served featuring ham or turkey sandwiches, ...
... cole slaw, baked beans, and potato chips.
The rain ended and the sun came out, and it had turned into a very lovely day.
Everyone at the reunion was a descendent of Trond and Christense Lindevig, and the reunion was being held on what would have been Trond's 200th birthday. Happy Birthday, Great-great-great Grandpa Trond!
Everyone spent time catching up with family members that they hadn't seen since the last reunion, ...
... with pockets of conversations happening all over.
Cousin Gavin and his sister Lisa combined their two LEGO Norwegian flags into one single super-duper double flag. That has to be better, right?
Debbie is an official card-carrying member of Branch Ole. This picture got sent to Stewart and Lyndsay to confess that athough we were temporarily heading back east, we still planned to be at their engagement party in two weeks as expected, so they shouldn't panic.
We navigated our way through the farmland of Coon Valley and Westby, ...
... to the AmericInn in Viroqua.
The rain had cleared off and we had a beautiful sunset past the Ford dealership next door.
A very sleepy vanload of grandkids arrived around 11:30 PM, ...
... and we took Bennett and Kelly to our room where they promptly fell back to sleep. They were going to need their sleep for the big day of fun ahead tomorrow.

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Canada 2022: [Day 1 - Holmen] [Day 2 - Trempealeau] [Day 3 - Coon Valley] [Day 4 - Viroqua] [Day 5 - Cloquet] [Day 6 - International Falls] [Day 7 - Winnipeg] [Day 8 - Winnipeg] [Day 9 - Regina] [Day 10 - Grasslands NP] [Day 11 - Taber] [Day 12 - Waterton Lakes NP] [Day 13 - Banff NP] [Day 14 - Edmonton] [Day 15 - Jasper NP] [Day 16 - Bay View] [Day 17 - Woodinville] [Day 18 - Woodinville] [Day 19 - Mt. Rainier NP] [Day 20 - Macks Creek Park] [Day 21 - Craters of the Moon] [Day 22 - Yellowstone NP] [Day 23 - Lewis and Clark SP] [Day 24 - Fargo] [Day 25 - Heading Home]

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