Fathers Day weekend and a Band Saw

This past Father's day we spent up in Duluth with Heather's parents and brother and sister-in-law.

We left the cities Friday after work and made it up to Duluth around 7:30pm. We unpacked stuff including a dresser that belonged with a set in Heathers old Hermantown bedroom. Then we high tailed it over to my sister Sarah's to drop off a washing machine that my mom got from her sister down in Shakopee and we were volunteered to deliver up to Duluth. Only Sarah and Hudson were home so were lucky enough to spend some time with the little cutie.

Saturday morning the guys got up early to head up to the hunting shack to mow and let the dogs swim. Even though it took quite a bit of convincing to get Baylen to swim last summer he has become a huge fan of the water and takes to it whenever he can, including in Dale and Carol's front yard pond which is not designed for dogs!

During the early afternoon Todd, Shannon, and I were coming back from doing some errands when I noticed a band saw at the end of someones driveway with a free sign. We stopped and Todd and I went up and talked to the home owner and found out that the band saw worked but that the guy was giving it away because he didn't use it anymore. So of course we loaded it up. We noticed that we would have to do a few minor repairs but nothing we couldn't handle.



After that we went golfing at Nemadji in Superior where we all shot pretty decent rounds. Then as normal we headed to our favorite pizza joint, Shamrock for taco, bacon-cheeseburger, everything, and pepperoni pizza. We capped off the night with Grasshopper ice cream drinks and a nice bonfire. Truly a great day in Duluth!

Sunday we went to church in Hermantown then to Perkins at the mall for breakfast. After that we went down to the cemetery to see Dale's dads head stone. Next we went to visit Dale's mom in the nursing home where she is recovering from hip surgery that she had about a month ago.

We capped off the weekend with a nice steak dinner and rhubarb cake, watched a little bit of the US Open and headed back with our new band saw to the cities.

Monday evening I made the necessary repairs to the band saw and found it to work very well. Who says you can't get anything good for free. Here are some examples of my first projects with the band saw.