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Friday, August 17

On Friday morning we took a walk to Sibley Park to see Diane Manahan's bench. Then we found two geocaches with the gps. When we returned we met up with Nancy and Becky and then took off for the reunion at Pat's and Steve's house in Madelia. After some lunch and socializing, Jimmy and Emily went swimming in the Madelia pool, and then Matt and Jimmy went golfing at the Madelia Golf Course. Then Jimmy played some tennis with Jansen and Gunnar. Then we had a nice Irish stew dinner - prepared by Steve - and a family check-in around the bonfire, before heading back to Mankato for the night.

We hadn't seen Diane's bench before. In fact, I can't say I remember being to Sibley Park before. It is a lovely little park. There are two parts to it: the groomed portion, and a closed portion that is a bit overgrown. The more wild section is where the geocache Matt found is located.

Pictures from the 1st part of the day:

Paul and Matt on the front steps of Vanda's house

Walking down the street - Emily is carrying her shoes!

Paul and Matt sitting on stone steps in mottle sunlight.

In the park:

Five people walking down the road. Matt, ted, Paul, Emily, Kelly

Diane Manahan's bench:

Emily and Matt sitting on a stone bench in the park

A plaque that says In Memory of Diane Jansen Manahan, 1940 to 2001

A group of people gathered around a stone bench in a greet park

Kelly and Emily sitting on a stone bench

Paul reading the Sibley Park sign:

Paul is reading a sign talking about Sibley Park.

Kelly and Annika walking up the hill to the overgrown section:

A woman and a girl walking up a paved path on a hill.

Interesting view of the park, with the grain processing plant in the background:

View from an elevation across a green park with a few tall buildings in the distance.

A couple of shots of us in the overgrown section:

A group of people at a crossroad in a green park.

A group of people at a crossroad in a gren park.

Annika and Tyler in the big front-loader:

Two children sitting inside a large front loader bucket.

The train was going on the track, which we walk under on the way to the park. You can't see it in this picture, but the wooden supports show a mark where the flood line has stopped over the years. It clearly floods there on a semi-regular basis.

The red caboose of a train on an elevated track.