Celebrating a year

The thing I didn't mention in the last post is that the reason we're on this vacation is to celebrate our one-year wedding anniversary. How is it possible that a whole year has gone by? The actual anniversary is next weekend, but my husband is on call for work then so we decided to go early.

Here's our anniversary pic to commemorate the anniversary. This is us standing along the Lake Superior shoreline, looking up to the Split Rock Lighthouse.

 

Today we also went to Goosberry Falls State Park to see the waterfalls there.
Here's a picture of the lower falls. The water was gushing at an amazing rate because of all the rain that we've had the past month. We ran into an old military colleague of Jamey's who said he visits the Falls up to 5 times a year and he had never seen it this violent. Amazing.

 

You can see more pictures from our trip in my web album.

On vacation!

My husband and I are on the North Shore of Lake Superior, vacationing at a resort called Larsmont Cottages. It's a relatively new place just south of Two Harbors. Our room is about 50 feet from the shoreline and we've been listening to the waves crashing into the shore (it's been really windy the last couple days).

Our room is a standard hotel sized room, but it has a kitchenette, gas fireplace, whirlpool tub, satellite TV and a DVD player so it's a little nicer than your average room.

Yesterday morning I had a massage at the "massage cottage" that also sits right on the shoreline. It was a heavenly way to start my vacation.

Last night we sat in the outdoor whirlpool tub. It's a little protected from the wind, but wide open to the sky.

Yesterday the weather was really crappy so we spent the first half of the day in bed watching movies. Then we drove to Duluth where we walked around Canal Park, did a bit of shopping and then saw the movie "Michael Clayton." We ate dinner at Hell's Kitchen. I had this amazing sandwich called "Ham and Pear Crisp." It's basically a ham panini but with pears inside and a bread that was a little sweet.

Today we're going to tour the Split Rock Lighthouse and go to Gooseberry Falls State Park. Thankfully the bad weather cleared and the sun was out when we woke up this morning!

Out to the ballgame

Last night I went to the Twins baseball game with my husband and his friend, Erick. We got free tickets at the last minute through my husband's company, so we decided to jump at the chance. We tried to get a fourth, but couldn't.

Unfortunately, the game was less than stellar. The Seattle Mariners pounded the Twins 9-4. Lots of home runs (by the other team, of course) and bad pitches (by our team). But it was still fun. The best part is just people-watching. And it seems like there's always something going on -- besides the game!