Louisiana has an Alec, and yes, Minnesota has one too. I find it curious that the cities which are hundreds of miles apart have the same nickname that is pronounced nearly the same way. Not Alex, but Alec.
Last weekend Dave and I did get away for a weekend of respite with friends in Alexandria. If you are in Minnesota even a short amount of time, you'll hear people talk about 'going to the cabin.' Whether it's a summer vacation or a weekend away, the trip of choice here is a cabin up north. If you have extra money, you buy a cabin up north. Most people are just lucky enough to know someone who has a cabin up north. Near where I work, the traffic jam north begins in mid-afternoon and doesn't ease up until late evening. The trip back Sunday is the same. So when Dave and I got the invitation, we were all excited about our first Minnesota Cabin experience.
Keep in mind, a cabin up north could be a well equipped house, as ours was, or it can be a more rustic cabin with the bare necessities. Some cabins are crammed around a lake with little to no yard, others are a bit more spaced out. Regardless of the lake or the fact there are 10,000 of them, lakefront property is expensive to own.
Dave and I had a good time on our cabin weekend, and hopefully I'll have posts up here about it in the next few days!
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