A trip to Duluth

Last Sunday we took a quick 1 night trip to Duluth. We tried a bunch of things we'd never done before, including taking the scenic route up (Hwy 23).

 Hey, who invited George Clinton on this road trip?

We stopped on the way up to check out some railroad tracks.

 Made it to Duluth at 11 a.m. First stop: Enger Tower. The girls pose outside the tower.

Here's the door to the tower. Oooh, looks like a castle right? Yeah, Lila was a bit disappointed once we got inside. It's just an observation tower with tons of stairs. Awesome views, though!

Had lunch at Blackwoods and checked into the hotel. The kids loved their fancy bed!

We noticed a bunch of people renting bikes on the boardwalk, so we tried one out. It was more like a pedal powered golf cart. The kids sat in the front bike basket.

We finally made it to Park Point beach, an actual beach with sand instead of rocks. We've been wanting to go here for years, but it's usually too cold to want to go to a swimming beach. Not this day. It was about 90. Lila got wild and couldn't resist wading up to her neck in the water, then rolling around in the sand.

Sandy Bottoms.


After this we got cleaned up, had dinner at Fitgers, went swimming in both hotel pools (their favorite was the heated rooftop one), and then it was 10 pm and they were wiped out.

The next morning we played around in Canal Park for a little bit...

then headed to Two Harbors to walk on the pier and get lunch. The kids at the pier.

We were going to do more on the North Shore, but poor Tim pinched a nerve in his neck so he was really hurtin'. We did so much the day before, nobody minded going home. It was a fun trip!

Elsa rides again!

Elsa riding her bike... she can even start out on her own - just learned tonight! She goes all the way up the road to the neighbors mailbox and back down to our silo.