North Shore Trip

We took a trip up the north shore to Lutsen on our own recently. It was the first trip we've done alone for quite a while and we had a great time. We spent the night visiting the Vos family in Duluth on Friday night. It was fun to see them again and the kids had a great time playing together. The boys really liked having a sleep over on Luke and Joe's bedroom floor.

Saturday morning we headed up to Gooseberry Falls so the kids could walk in the river and climb on the rocks. We also stopped at Split Rock Lighthouse and took a quick tour - the boys liked going up in the light house to see the great big lens turning around on a mercury bearing.

We stayed up at the Caribou Highlands Lodge right at the bottom Lutsen ski resort. We did some swimming and had s'mores Saturday night.

Sunday we went on the boys first real hike on the Superior Hiking Trail. They did great - we made it about 1.5 miles and they loved the moss, mushrooms, bugs, and trees. They created a little picture journal of what they saw and did texture rubbings of trees and rocks.

After that we took a quick ride on the tram to the top of the hill for a great view of Lake Superior. The boys weren't too impressed by the view but they loved the ride. Then we rode alpine slides for quite a while. They LOVED that!

Then we headed home with a stop in Two Harbors to throw rocks in the lake for an hour or so.

All in all it was a great weekend!
CCV

Playing a little street hockey before we left town.


Cayden, Nora and Luke Vos, and Dylan clowning around.


Playing by Gooseberry Falls.


They had fun walking through the river.




This was so cute - the boys were both quietly working in their activity books while Jan and I got ready to head out for s'mores.


Self portrait on the Superior Hiking Trail.


We found out the boys are not afraid of hights.