Last week, I found out that my grandma fished for bullheads in Jordan's Mill Pond. This was a long time ago.

Now, there are no bullheads -- catfish -- in the Mill Pond. It's been drained, refilled naturally, and sunfish and other species have been stocked in the water. 

But back in the day, my grandmother made the trek from the Twin Cities down to Jordan to visit a friend. They went fishing in the Mill Pond. Apparently, their catch was great that day. 

She went home and to bed, and everything was great. She'd had a restful day and brought home six catfish.

We are t-minus two days from my departure for the lakes and counting down.

For those not in the know, I’m heading up to the Boundary Waters on Thursday. It’s the first of what I hope will someday be many trips to the allegedly wonderful area in Minnesota’s North Woods. In fact, if the scenery is as beautiful as I’ve been told, I may just set up my tent and stay there for good – coming back to the Twin Cities in August for my wedding, of course.

After living in Minnesota for almost three years, I’m finally getting around to some of the things on my “Becoming a Minnesotan” to do list. I’ve already checked off a visit to the Spam Museum, so now I’m making an effort to understand baseball and pretty much crossing off or trying to understand everything on this list: http://www.commonplacebook.com/jokes/you_know_youre_a/you_might_be_a_2.s....

But this summer I’ll be doing something that I’ve wanted to do since I was in high school, and something that is distinctly Minnesotan.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will be on a trade mission to India from Oct. 20-27.

His wife, Mary, and others are going along in the accompanying delegation.

I realize now that I didn’t make a final post about my last two days of vacation.

The Jordan School Board voted to approve a trip for high school fashions class students during the school’s 2008 spring break.