Monday in Ely

 

We had a nice morning walk.  We went by the local pickleball courts.  No nets, though. The pickleball courts were put in the parking lot of the township hall. Jeanne has never seen anyone playing there.

Wilhelm

Jay fixed pancakes.

Made to order. Delicious.

We had a very relaxing morning. Laura and Jay were working on booking Airbnbs for their Christmas trip to New Zealand.  

Jay on the left, Erin on the computer via zoom, Laura on the right.

A tree is starting to turn color.

Laura and family got all packed up and then they started a game of Wingspan.

They took a break mid-game to have lunch.  We had sandwiches. Then returned to the game.  Wilhelm left after lunch.  Laura had hoped to leave at the same time but they didn't finish the game until 2 pm.  It is a 7 hour drive for them and the first day of school for the kids tomorrow.

We heard a knock on the door.  It was the local sheriff saying that a onewheel skateboard (with an air tag) and helmets had been reported stolen and taken out of state, from the place that Wilhelm & Tristan had been yesterday with a bike race. Laura called Wilhelm.  He said that someone had left the equipment at the race. Wilhelm services all the bikes that kids ride in the races. He had to leave early to get to Ely for Jay's birthday party, he did not want to leave the equipment unattended, so he picked it up.  He had planned to take it to the bike race next weekend to track down the owners.  But since it had been reported stolen the sheriff still had to fill out all kinds of forms.   Weird.  They did get it all straightened out. Wilhelm talked to the owners.

Laura learned how to make these origami bunnies.  She left these on the dashboard for Jeanne.

We ran a quick errand in town.  It did not take long.  We relaxed with a Smirnoff out on the deck.

A pileated woodpecker

This is what my picture should have looked like.

We had a delicious chicken alfredo for dinner with homegrown green beans.  Jay and I enjoyed a bottle of Josh Cabernet.  

We had hoped to catch some of the northern lights.  They were predicted to be visible in this area both tonight and tomorrow night.  Well, we missed it.

We ended the evening by watching Phenomenon.