MAYBE THE SIGN SHOULD JUST SAY "BRIDGE OUT"

HWY. 13 BETWEEN BAYFIELD AND CORNUCOPIA IS CLOSED

THE PERENNIAL GARDEN IS FINALLY LOOKING NICE

Sunday, 9:00 AM. 46 degrees F,  wind ENE, light.  The sky is overcast and it is quite foggy, but the sun is trying desperately to shine through and it will probably clear up in a couple of hours.  The humidity is still 98% and the barometer is still steady at 29.93".  The garden is starting to look like summer despite the very cool weather, Iris, columbine, poppies and now lilies blooming, with peonies soon to follow.

   Highway 13 is closed between Bayfield and Cornucopia due to bridges over several streams being replaced.  Thru traffic to Superior has been detoured at Washburn,  being diverted onto Hwy. C from Washburn to Cornucopia.  Hwy. 13 is still open to Bayfield and Red Cliff, and Star Route is open from Bayfield to Cornucopia for local traffic. The road should be open in another week, and all work completed by the end of July.

   As most of my blog readers may know, the Northland is heavily populated with folks of Scandinavian heritage, and Sven and Oly  jokes are very much part of the culture. Even though it is Sunday I did not think it inappropriate to tell the following:
    Sven is the pastor at the Swedish Lutheran Church, and Oly the pastor at the Norwegian Lutheran Church, directly across the road.  The two churches and their pastors are often at odds, but one Saturday morning they are out on the road, admiring a huge sign that they have erected,  which reads:

“Sinner, you are going down the road to destruction! 

The End is near!

 Turn yourself around now, before it is too late!”  

    Just then a car speeds past, and an occupant rolls down the window and yells, “You Scandihoovian religious nuts know what you can do with your sign!”
   The two pastors can only watch in dismay and disapproval  as the car careens down the road and out of sight. Shortly thereafter they hear the screech of tires, followed by a loud crash.
    Oly turns to Sven and says, “Ja, Sven, dat iss da tird von diss morning!”
    To which Sven replies, “Ja, you betcha, Oly."   "But you t'ink maybe da sign oughta yust say, 'Bridge Out'?”