We had plans to attend the Jasper's Theater in Park Rapids, MN, in the afternoon. But to fill the time before, we we headed to Lake George, MN, to visit the Blueberry festival there. On the way, we got sidetracked by a visit to Emmaville, MN.
The owner of this little restaurant had a sense of humor, making the best of his location "off the beaten track".
An interesting name.
So we had to stop and see what was going on.
This little cafe provided some wonderful food at a very affordable price.
This building was used as a township hall and a church on Sundays. Now one can attend the exclusive "University of Emmaville ".
On to Lake George where we did not see any actual blueberries.
Sue purchased some blueberry jam.
We did enjoy a toy tractor pull, here supervised by Mom.
The weight moved forward on the trailer placing more weight onto a sliding metal pad as the machine moved forward. This is the same mechanism used in actual tractor pulls.
Then we moved on to the Jasper's Jubilee Theater near Park Rapids.
This theater is about 11 years old and is the work of a single large family who own it and provide most of the performers on stage.
Seats, roof beams and the stage curtain were salvaged from other sites around Minnesota.
This is Jack Sand, a former weather person on Channel 6 in Fargo, who serves as host and magician and illusionist on stage. Here he is using a "live" dummy for his ventriloquism act.
There are four generations of performers in the family.
A little local humor with a Norwegian accent.
We would recommend a trip to Park Rapids to see this theater and the Woodtick in Akeley. Both are very good but a bit different.
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