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<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Orr is a small town!\u00a0 Population 300.\u00a0 A few buildings, a hotel.\u00a0 Pelican Lake is the action in these parts, an 11,000 acre fishing lake with 53 islands scattered about.<\/p>\n (click all thumbnails below for more pictures)<\/p>\n Eileen’s cousin Lulu married into a family that has owned a quaint resort called Northland Lodge for at least two generations.\u00a0 This resort is about 10 miles from Orr itself, occupies a choice site on the south shore of Pelican Lake, and consists of 9 cabins, a house, the main lodge, and various out-buildings.\u00a0 The cabins are of two vintages.\u00a0 The oldest are pure log, the newer are yellow wooden frame, as is the lodge and the house.\u00a0 Dave and Nancy, Tim, Eileen, and Madeline got to stay in the house, a classic farm style.<\/p>\n Eileen’s uncle, Ed Pocrnic, is the younger brother of her mother.\u00a0 He lives in Silver Bay, a few hours to the east on the northern shore of Lake Superior.\u00a0 He owns a sweet cabin, recently remodeled, on property adjacent to Northland Lodge, and this was the site of the Pocrnic Family Reunion Party.<\/p>\n The small green building in this set of pictures is the Sauna.<\/p>\n Attendees:<\/p>\n Ed Pocrnic – our host and Uncle of Eileen<\/p>\n Lulu Fry, Eileen’s first cousin, and owner of Northland Lodge.<\/p>\n Tony Vukelich, brother of Lulu, longtime Orr resident, and owner of just about everything else.<\/p>\n Steve Pocrnic – 1st child of Ed (wife Amber, Gary age 9, Noah age 7), soon to be relocating to Hawaii !<\/p>\n David Pocrnic – 2nd child of Ed (wife Amy, William age 3, Isaac 9 mo), from Proctor, MN.<\/p>\n Michael Pocrnic – 3rd child of Ed (wife Jesse, Abby age 6, Anna age 3), from Prior, MN.<\/p>\n Dave Pocrnic, 1st cousin of Ed, and wife Dorothy, from Hibbing.<\/p>\n John Pocrnic, 1st cousin of Ed, also of Hibbing.<\/p>\n Ed Lakatz, 1st cousin of Ed, and wife Helen, from Buhl, MN.<\/p>\n Annette (Jugovich) Spolarich, cousin to Ed on his mother’s side.\u00a0 From Eveleth, MN.<\/p>\n Matt Jugovich, brother of Annette.\u00a0\u00a0 Famous for flying his seaplane to the last family reunion and taxying right up to the dock.<\/p>\n Matt’s daughter, Kerry, with husband Joe, and three grandkids in tow.\u00a0 From International Falls, MN.<\/p>\n Tim and Eileen Goode, with daughter Madeline (age 14) from Madison, WI.\u00a0 Eileen’s mother Mary is Uncle Ed’s older sister.<\/p>\n Dave and Nancy Goode, parents of Tim, from La Crosse, WI.<\/p>\n Later in the party, a flotilla consisting of Ed’s new pontoon boat, and Tony’s venerable power boat with its massive in-board 6, ventured out to an island in the lake to see Tony’s latest project, a beautiful log cabin in the later stages of development.<\/p>\n Day after the party, a group of us headed by Lulu went for drive. Our first stop was the Pocrnic family farm.\u00a0 This is where Ed and Mary Pocrnic grew up.<\/p>\n Second stop, Vermillion River. Lulu wanted to hike around “Vermillion Falls”, an area where the entire river drops through a rock chute no more than 5′ across. It’s pretty wild. \u00a0Skeeters were fierce all around there. We hit a restaurant in the area on the way out, which is where the flower pics were taken.<\/p>\n Apologies. \u00a0 Flowers . . . puppies . . . sunsets . . . \u00a0all are hard to resist.\u00a0 For three evenings the skies over Pelican Lake were completely lit, unlike anything I’d ever seen, due to some unique weather blowing through. \u00a0Cloud formations to the east and south added their own shows. \u00a0These were taken on 3 separate nights.<\/p>\n Ed took Madeline and DaveG out fishing twice. Madeline caught one the first time out!\u00a0 These are shots from the various outings.<\/p>\n Orr, MN 300 people.\u00a0 430 miles from Madison, WI.\u00a0 50 miles from the Canadian border. You bet’cha. 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<\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/h2>\nNorthland Lodge<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nThe Pocrnic Cabin<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nPocrnic Family Reunion – Sunday July 18, 2010<\/h2>\n
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\nWhat Croatian get together is complete without some yummy Blood Sausage ?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nBucko Island<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nThe Farm<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nSunsets<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nFishin’<\/h2>\n
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