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Starting at 10:30 am at the Carlos-Darling Bridge on the Fourth of July will be the annual Lake Carlos Fourth of July Boat Parade. Decorate your watercraft and join the fun or if you have a home on Lake Carlos or know someone that does, pull up a lawn chair, grab a Bloody Mary and get ready to wave and laugh.
Last night was a beautiful night in Alexandria, Minnesota and I had a lot on my mind so I needed some activity. So, I headed out my back door with my Rollerblades strapped on my feet and headed to Big Ole and The Central Lakes Trail.
Most nights, I like to skate east past Lake Agnes, Lake Geneva and Lake Victoria but I decided to head west. It was so nice out that I kept skating and skating. Before I knew it, I was in Garfield and my skate was 14 miles round trip. Along this route, you pass Lake Brophy and I always enjoying seeing it as it was my first experience of life at the lake (my family moved to Alexandria when I was 2 and we lived in a home on the southwest side of Brophy). It is a smaller lake (293 acres) but a very nice and scenic lake. Plus, it is a short drive, bike or skate to downtown Alexandria. As of today, there are 2 homes and 2 lots for sale with frontage on Brophy.
I have fallen behind in my reporting of lakefront sales in the Greater Alexandria Area mostly because of my recent trip to Tanzania (see my photos from Peace House Secondary School and a 2 day safari). So before I get too far behind, here are the 14 closed sales (unless I note that it is a bare lot, it is a lake home) involving lakeshore since May 2nd (Minnewaska was the clear winner in number of sales):
This morning I have been at Lake Ida at the Ida West Townhomes (9 homes total) shooting photos of a three bedroom home that is on the market as of today (stay tuned for video). This 2004 built home is listed in the Greater Alexandria Area MLS (#10-1631) and is priced very attractively at $329,000. The owners in this waterfront community enjoy 400 feet of level lakeshore and a large beach.
Yesterday morning, I climbed into Fred Bursch's airplane along with Fred and three other members of the Alexandria Rotary Club for a short flight to Redwood Falls. Each year, their Rotary Club hosts a Fly-In Breakfast and Fred graciously offered to fly a few of us to it. On the return trip, I caught a few seconds of Lake Minnewaska and have uploaded it to YouTube.[Minnesota DNR Report on Lake Minnewaska - Real Estate For Sale on Minnewaska - Other Posts about Minnewaska]
During the month of May, the Lake Minnewaska market was hot. 4 of the top 5 lakefront sales in the Greater Alexandria Area involved lake homes with frontage on Minnewaska. The fifth was a home on Lake Irene.
Located at the northeast corner of Lake Minnewaska is the Pope County Museum. For the rest of this summer, admission is free as they want to set a new attendance record. It is a great museum for all ages but is an especially nice place to bring children and they should enjoy the many indian artifacts on display.
"The mission of the Pope County Historical Society is to foster among people an awareness of Pope County History so that they may draw strength and perspective from the past and find purpose for the future"
809 South Lakeshore Drive
Glenwood, MN 56334
320-634-3293
Earlier today, a visitor to this site and I were trading emails. We were discussing two lake lots for sale and I was asked which was the better lake for fishing. In the case of the two subject lakes, it really depends on who you ask as both make fishermen and women smile (according to the Minnesota Fishing Report courtesy of the Star-Tribune, Reno, Mary and Miltona have been best for walleyes and Le Homme Dieu has been good for Northerns). What do you think?
In a few hours I will be boarding a plane bound for Kilimanjaro International Airport. I am a member of the Alexandria Rotary Club as is Clark Baldwin from Neighborhood National Bank. He and I will be working with students at The Peace House in Arusha, Tanzania. The Peace House is a secondary school with the goal of creating a positive, sustainable future for AIDS orphans and their communities. Clark and I will be working on projects with the kids and helping with some ongoing construction at the school. We will also be participating with the kids in a service project of planting trees in the city of Arusha.
While I will have my iPhone along with me so that I can send and receive emails (check out alexrotary.com and look at the upper left side for 'Photos of Clark's and Craig's visit to Tanzania' as I will be uploading photos each day), I am going to take a break from updating my site. I started craigmische.com in August of 2005 so there is plenty of content and the links for lakeshore on the left side will still provide real time information about real estate for sale. Over the years, the following categories have proven to be the most popular.
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