The town I grew up in - Wadena MN

[hypatia_j]

I'd briefly toyed with the idea of heading north for the Wadena Deer Creek High School reunion this weekend. If I didn't like the scene, I figured I could just head to the family cabin a few miles away. Plans changed

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[mrissa]

Yah. I would be feeling pretty protective of your favorite maple trees around now, too.

I know the sinking feeling, and I'm sorry.

[thorr_kan]

Dang. I hope everything can be rebuilt.

And I certainly understand on the nostalgia. Happens every Memorial Day for me.

[rmnilsson]

In case you hadn't heard, the cabin was totally untouched. Not even enough sticks on the ground to need a stick-clearing expedition prior to mowing the lawn.

Ben and I stayed away from Wadena this weekend. We figured they have enough going on without us gawking, and there wasn't a call for volunteers to help with cleanup yet.

Your Mom drove through on 10, though, and seemed really shocked by what she saw, and she didn't even try to turn off the highway. Then on Saturday evening Dale and Arlene came out to the cabin and they talked about all the calls they're getting from families looking for a place to stay.

We took the Heinola-Parkers Prairie-Osakis route back because we stopped at the cemetary Sunday afternoon, and we saw some serious damage along 29 just south of 210.

It's pretty shocking when it happens somewhere you've lived, even if you don't think of it as home.