For the past 7 years the Folks and I have made a yearly trip up the North Shore of Lake Superior on Memorial Day weekend. The objective (beyond a bit of R&R) was - and still is - to hike the northern segments of the Superior Hiking Trail that aren't accessible by day tripping. The first two years we hiked around Silver Bay and Beaver Bay, the last five years have been Grand Marais.
This year, for the first time, the Husband was able to join us in our adventures. The weekend goes rather like this:
Drive up on Friday. Hang out, walk downtown, shop, meander back to camper, eat and have a campfire. Decided 58* was cold and didn't bring enough cool weather clothes.
Saturday: D and I hiked the northern most segment of the Superior Hiking Trail (9 miles) from the Canadian border south which I will post about separately. Took us about 4 hours. 70* up on the ridge. 58* at campground. Ate at the Gunflint Tavern and decided that Saturday at 7p was NOT the time to go. Long wait for food. Had the same experience last year - you'd think I would learn.
Sunday: more lounging. Walked downtown for fresh donuts at the Worlds Best Donut shop. Napped. Went up to Naniboujou Lodge (above) for afternoon tea where it conveniently rained while we were inside. Thought about eating there but decided we had plenty of food back at trailer so we had brats instead. That and the two boys running through the dining room unattended was not conducive to a quiet meal.
Monday: D and I packed up and headed back to tend to the more mundane aspects of life like watering the garden, laundry, swapping tires out on D's bicycle, and catching up on e-mails.
Most interesting - I ran into two people I knew from Duluth up in Grand Marais this weekend. Pretty cool.
1 comment:
Sounds like a great mini-vacation. 58* isn't so bad if you are moving, but sitting .... yep, pretty chilly.
Great photos!
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