Every year we make our annual pilgrimage du north du Duluth. This year we chose a cabin near Lutsen. It's a pretty big step up from "our" cabin with no running water or heat. This year we found a cabin on a lake near the gunflint trail. However, I am ahead of myself.
Friday! Happy vacation! We headed to Duluth to use our best western gift card from four Christmas' ago ( thanks, dad and Julie!). We thought it would cut the drive in half AND allow us some fun time in Duluth. We got up about 7pm( yay, for Robb getting out of work a little early :). We had a subway stop on the way up so we could be all business once we got to Duluth. We stopped at a park in Canal Par to walk the dogs and let Max stretch his legs. It was very chilly from the summer we are used to but very refreshing. Then we headed to the lake walk/ shops of Canal Park. We also got a tasty treat from Cold Stone, after all, we are on vacation! Then off to check into our "suite" at the Best Western ( we might have ordered Pizza Luce in, as well)
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
The next morning we packed up and picked up Robb's sister Lisa and headed to our favorite Duluth breakfast locale, Amazing Grace! We were not disappointed in the pancakes, yet again! It was a fun time. The. We headed to look at few shops with Lisa before dropping her off at her work where her car was. Then we were officially headed to the north shore. Next stop, Two Harbors SuperOne. That is where we have gotten groceries the last six years. Robb is some kind of a sentimental traditionalist! We made our list on the way up, very efficient, and got the shopping done lickety-split! Then we piled our food and ourselves back into the car for the final two stops, check-in and "our" new cabin. When all was said and done we arrived at approximately 3 pm and we were not disappointed with the new place! The dogs loved it and Max loved the fact that there was a boat to drive!
After unpacking, we thought we missed the car and so piled back in for a trip up to Grand Marais 17 miles away. We found some lunch and a few other things we could not live without. Finally, we headed in for the night to watch the Vikings pre-season game against Seattle. Did I mention the cabin had a flat screen TV with a dish? Cause it did! That about wraps up our day!
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