Up the Shore

On Thursday, MEA weekend began. It’s hard to believe that our first long weekend of the school year has already found us! The year has been fast and furious but overall really great. I wasn’t even feeling like I needed the break as I most often have in the past! That said, once Bill and I hopped in the car and headed to Duluth Wednesday night, I was ready for a few days to just get away and relax!

Wednesday evening found us out for dinner and then off to watch Argo. It was back to our hotel for a good night’s sleep and a morning spent watching Homeland before heading to Caribou to enjoy hot chocolate and some reading time. We also enjoyed lunch out and a walk around the mall before heading up to Lutsen Thursday afternoon.

We met up with the Glass family at Caribou Highlands – having found a great deal on this lovely resort! We enjoyed some pool time and a little ping pong before Jesse and April headed out for dinner, and Bill & I snuggled up with Sawyer and Laurin for the evening.

The next morning we headed out on a hike before driving up to Grand Marais.  It was a gorgeous day, and there were people out taking advantage of it! We even ran into this friendly moose wandering through town (and handing out suckers) before we walked down to the lake to do a bit of rock throwing. (Bill, by the way was a rock star when it came to skipping rocks. He even had his own fan club finding perfect skippers – I’m not kidding… a lady we didn’t know!)

We headed back through Tower on Saturday morning in order to get a visit in with Grandpa Poderzay and my mom. It was the perfect end to our little getaway. Then it was time to get home and do a little housework before crashing for a movie.

There’s nothing like a long weekend!