Archive for August 15th, 2026

Rain with Trolls and Baseball

August 15, 2026

It rained on and off today. But as good Seattlites we didn’t let that dissuade our activities. We even broke out the umbrella,  to carry so the rain gods would look elsewhere.

First up was finishing the troll hunt.

Long Leif

Leif was really tall. See Carl for scale.

The Golden Rabbit 

Not really a troll, and in this story a bit of a villain. The Golden Rabbit is not made from scrap wood, but from scrap plastic and vinyl. He represents consumerism and you can use Alexa’s elixir to thwart him.

Jacob Everear

This was the last troll we saw and was located near the Otter Tail river. It was also along the North Country Trail. A cousin-in-law is very involved in NC trail maintenance, primarily in Michigan.

Two yellow wrens (?)

Leaving the Trolls behind we headed to Minneapolis for ….. drum roll please … a baseball game.  Minnesota Twins vs the Phillies. The Phillies won 9-1.

Our view from left field.
Right by the foul poll.

The game was okay. Except that we had some over-enthusiastic, over-drunk fans rooting for the Phillies just to the left of us one row down. They stood and yelled at any play.

The wall of obnoxious

The family to our left relocated. Their kids couldn’t see anything. And finally, in the 8th inning they were relocated by security.

What we did learn is that other stadiums are trying to fill the air with noise. This was our first visit to Target Field. The rating will be debated over the next day. We did attend a game in the Metrodome in 2002, which was also memorable, but for different reasons.

Rain and Trolls

August 15, 2026

We changed time zones again. The windshield wipers were on for the first 100 miles, on the highest setting most of the time. But that was less than a third of the trip.

Detroit Lakes, our destination, has several Dambo Trolls. We had seen one on a prior trip and started there. Then we added 2 more.

Alexa’s Elixer
Ronny Funny Face
Barefoot Frida

Barefoot Frida was part of a much larger art project. Many more pictures for a future report.

There are still more trolls, but I was getting hangry so we checked into our hotel and found a grocery store.

And now we’re off to Minneapolis.