[Woodcarver] Black duck

[Carstie]

Sandie;
    Roads are pretty decent blacktops up this way.  About 70 yards up  
my driveway there is a recently cut hayfield to the right which would  
have plenty of room for your rig.  There are a couple of county  
blacktop roads heading east-northeast from Clearbrook to Blackduck  
which would mean you wouldn't need to duck back down to Bemidji and  
then up 71 to Blackduck.

Keep me posted.
    -carstie

On Jul 31, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Sandie wrote:


> Our plans are to head north on 71 and end in International Falls.  

> I'll check the road map as soon as I get laundry done. Don and I  

> have both done several diamond willow sticks. We are traveling in a  

> 30 foot motor home and have to be careful where we take it. We are  

> in a campground on Fox Lake now. Beautiful spot.

>

> On Jul 30, 2013, at 8:59 PM, Carstie <stickman at gvtel.com> wrote:

>

>> Hi, Sandy and Don;

>>   You are in my County ~ the place where Mother Earth gives birth  

>> to the Father of Waters.  As well, this area is well within the  

>> parameters of the Diamond Willow heartland.

>>   For the past nearly dozen years i've been working (playing  

>> really) with the Wizard Willow as i prefer to call it.  Something  

>> over 10,000 hours invested by now and somewhere between 200 and  

>> 300 finished pieces, ranging from fairly simple walking sticks,  

>> staffs, et al to quite complex sculptural pieces which have  

>> occupied sometimes 100 or more hours of my time (primarily in our  

>> long, cold winters.

>>  My house is pretty humble, though intensive gardening and  

>> landscaping occupy much of my time during the warmer months and  

>> currently peppers and very soon ripe tomatoes are part of the bounty.

>>  Should you choose to swing by, its close to 50 miles, taking #71  

>> up to Minn #200 through some more scenic country.  At the Zerkel  

>> junction you would continue northwards rather than following #200  

>> west.  In 15 miles you will come to Bagley, county seat of  

>> Clearwater Co. where you would take US #2 west for just a few  

>> miles till meeting Clearwater #7 right at the 82 mile marker.   

>> Check the odometer closely as you turn right ~northwards~ and  

>> drive EXACTLY 10 miles north. At the end of a mile-long bend  

>> eastwards the road slides northwards once again.  Right at the end  

>> of the bend is my driveway with the blue sign marker reading  

>> 45498.  Take a VERY sharp right turn after slowing down  

>> considerably.  My driveway goes southwards for about 150 yards.

>>  Get back to me on this board and i can provide phone # and  

>> further information as needed.

>>

>>   -Carstie Clausen // stickman

>> On Jul 30, 2013, at 8:31 PM, Sandie wrote:

>>

>>> We are traveling in MN and just read that there was a carving  

>>> show in Blackduck last weekend. Are there any carvers close by  

>>> that would to meet up for a short visit? We are in Lake Itasca  

>>> state park now and will be in a campground by Fox Lake for next  

>>> couple of days before heading to International Falls. Would enjoy  

>>> meeting some more MN carvers.

>>>

>>> Ol' Don and Sandie Burgdorf

>>