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    It’s good to be home

    August 4, 2011 - By 
    Just how good you’ll know towards the end of my story that is jammed with lots of pictures…you’ve been warned.
    Our first morning in Duluth we woke to this beautiful sunrise over Lake Superior.
    Then panned to the right and saw a couple of “Lakers” …big cargo ships that travel through the Great Lakes system.
    After we went down for breakfast and returned to our room this was our view!
    It had steamed in that far. 
    This ship was one of the biggest in the fleet at 1004 ft long.
    We quickly walked down to the canal to watch.
    Was it going to fit?
    Just cleared the lift bridge.
    Here’s a view from the lift bridge when it’s down for traffic to flow.
    Duluth is pretty at night as well with the lights reflecting on the water.
    And then we got food poisoning…luckily just us and not the kids as well. At least it was our last night there…sure was a miserable one though. Oh yeah and about 4 AM that miserable night…the power went out in the hotel.  It was only out for about 5 minutes and most likely no one but us even noticed.
    I’ll share some more high points later but for now I must go rest again. 
    Still not feeling 100%
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    What a way to spend the afternoon….

    July 9, 2010 - By 

    At my husband’s urging to get the kids out to “stretch their legs” took them to my hometown for the farmers market and a bit of history.  I grew up in a tiny but historic town that was the summertime playground for the wealthy in the late 1800’s.

    The farmers market was brimming with goodies… We bought radishes, summer sausage, cheese and kettle corn for starters.

    I also got this wonderful bouquet of flowers for $7 and the nice man threw in these nice big zucchini.

    And just look at these wonderful eggs…  I had 2 over-easy this morning. YUM!

    During the farmers market and on weekends the oldest operating streetcar in the country gives short rides with a stop at the restoration barn for a little history lesson. The streetcar was really neat. Ornate carvings on the woodwork, vintage ads at the cove ceiling and a beautiful cast iron stove for use during the winter months.

    And why no pictures you ask… Because silly me forgot that you actually need to charge camera batteries every once in a while…not just drag it around in your purse taking pictures willy-nilly expecting it to magically work indefinitely.

    photo credit:  Minnesota Streetcar Museum